Stories

18.01.19

Global Superbugs

World's biggest animal drugs company stops marketing antibiotics as growth promoters in India

Zoetis is still selling feed additives which make livestock grow faster,

02.01.19

Shadow Wars

In photos: When a US strike hits a family home

US aircraft are regularly hitting buildings in Afghanistan as the war escalates, even though this is known to cause civilian casualties. This is how one such strike affected an Afghan family

31.12.18

Global Superbugs

Unseen enemy: Doctors in Gaza battling superbug epidemic

Thousands of patients in Gaza are suffering antibiotic resistant infections in gunshot wounds and the problem is crippling the health system, doctors warn

28.12.18

Food and Farming

Intensive farmers get £70M in government subsidies in two years

Industrial-scale livestock farms housing tens of thousands of animals have received subsidies despite fears about spread of US-style farming in the UK

20.12.18

Shadow Wars

US air strike data from Afghanistan takes step back in transparency

The US military has stopped publishing important information on its strikes in Afghanistan just two months after deciding to release it

19.12.18

Global Superbugs

Antibiotic use plummets on US farms after ban on using drugs to make livestock grow faster

Use of antibiotics in meat and milk dropped by a third between 2016 and 2017, show new figures from the US Food and Drug Administration

17.12.18

Homelessness

The number of homeless deaths tops 500 amid empty government promises

The government has pledged to make sure deaths are investigated by local authorities but the Bureau found little action is being taken

17.12.18

Food and Farming

Suffocation, scalding, heat stress: Chickens suffer "inexcusable" welfare breaches at US abattoirs

Previously unpublished US Department of Agriculture inspection logs reveal welfare violations in US abattoirs

05.12.18

Global Superbugs

India set to ban use of “last hope” antibiotic to fatten livestock after Bureau story

Experts say the proposed ban will save the lives of patients in India and all around the world

04.12.18

Local Power

The public service gamble: Councils borrowing billions to play the property market

A four-month investigation reveals the steep rise in councils across the country racking up debt to finance real estate purchases

04.12.18

Local Power

How the public is kept in the dark over councils' multi-million pound property deals

As councils become major players in the UK property market, purchases worth hundreds of millions of pounds are being signed off behind closed doors without public scrutiny.

01.12.18

Shadow Wars

Concern over civilian casualties as US hits 66 buildings

Newly released data from the US military shows that over 60 buildings were hit last month despite long-standing concerns that these kinds of strikes cause civilian casualties

22.11.18

Global Superbugs

Elanco's adverts 'disgusting' says Chief Medical Officer

Dame Sally Davies said adverts warning mothers not to worry about antibiotics in meat disgusted her "as a woman"

14.11.18

Global Superbugs

Babies hit the hardest by India's antibiotic resistance crisis

In a world where antibiotics no longer work, those most vulnerable to infections are in the most danger

06.11.18

Global Superbugs

"Another Daesh": Superbugs plague Afghan hospitals

The military took steps to combat the deadly spread of superbugs among soldiers. But civilians in Afghanistan, which has one of the world's worst health systems, have been so lucky.

25.10.18

Brexit Impact

Brexit risk: More than a quarter of midwives at some London hospitals are EU nationals

Uncertainty over Brexit is exacerbating an existing staffing crisis in midwifery, and hospitals in the capital are particularly vulnerable.

23.10.18

Brexit Impact

Brexit risk: More than a fifth of doctors or nurses at some hospitals are from the EU

Great Ormond Street Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals and the Isle of Wight NHS Trust are among those with the highest proportion of EU frontline staff

12.10.18

Food and Farming

Experts fear more food poisoning if chickens not inspected

Proposed new regulations would remove requirement to inspect every chicken before it goes into the foodchain

12.10.18

Global Superbugs

World’s biggest animal drugs company sells antibiotics to fatten livestock in India despite superbug risk

Zoetis, a former subsidiary of the drugs giant Pfizer, has been accused of double standards for selling growth promoters in India while publicly supporting a ban in the US

11.10.18

Shadow Wars

US strikes causing civilian casualties more than double in Afghanistan

The UN has found civilian casualties from strikes have risen by 39 per cent, with the US responsible for over half of these

World's biggest animal drugs company stops marketing antibiotics as growth promoters in India

In photos: When a US strike hits a family home

Unseen enemy: Doctors in Gaza battling superbug epidemic

Intensive farmers get £70M in government subsidies in two years

US air strike data from Afghanistan takes step back in transparency

Antibiotic use plummets on US farms after ban on using drugs to make livestock grow faster

The number of homeless deaths tops 500 amid empty government promises

Suffocation, scalding, heat stress: Chickens suffer "inexcusable" welfare breaches at US abattoirs

India set to ban use of “last hope” antibiotic to fatten livestock after Bureau story

The public service gamble: Councils borrowing billions to play the property market

How the public is kept in the dark over councils' multi-million pound property deals

Concern over civilian casualties as US hits 66 buildings

Elanco's adverts 'disgusting' says Chief Medical Officer

Babies hit the hardest by India's antibiotic resistance crisis

"Another Daesh": Superbugs plague Afghan hospitals

Brexit risk: More than a quarter of midwives at some London hospitals are EU nationals

Brexit risk: More than a fifth of doctors or nurses at some hospitals are from the EU

Experts fear more food poisoning if chickens not inspected

World’s biggest animal drugs company sells antibiotics to fatten livestock in India despite superbug risk

US strikes causing civilian casualties more than double in Afghanistan

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