Health

'Periods are not an illness': Spain just became the first country in Europe to introduce menstrual leave
Global solutions

'Periods are not an illness': Spain just became the first country in Europe to introduce menstrual leave

No one should have to ask whether they can 'do without' medication. But that's where we are as a country.
Rachel Charlton-Dailey

No one should have to ask whether they can 'do without' medication. But that's where we are as a country.

Sophie from Romania: How a nervous little dog stole the internet's heart
Animal welfare

Sophie from Romania: How a nervous little dog stole the internet's heart

Don’t call me a snowflake! Why we should treat mental health the same as our physical wellbeing
No one calls Jill Scott a snowflake for looking after herself. Photo: Leila Coker/AP/Shutterstock
wellbeing

Don’t call me a snowflake! Why we should treat mental health the same as our physical wellbeing

A disabled woman has been left without a toilet or shower for months by her healthcare provider
Faith/ disabled/ hoist
Disability

A disabled woman has been left without a toilet or shower for months by her healthcare provider

Menopause policies would keep women in work. Why won't the government listen?
Elizabeth Carr-Ellis

Menopause policies would keep women in work. Why won't the government listen?

Glasses to make you look good and feel good
A blonde woman wearing fashionable spectacles with transparent frames, against a backdrop to out-of-focus trees
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Glasses to make you look good and feel good

Working temperature: When is it too cold to work?
Cold weather

Working temperature: When is it too cold to work?

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Health and wellbeing
Manny Singh Kang
Changemakers 2023

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Health and wellbeing

Sherlock star Lara Pulver: 'Maternal is political. No doubt'
Lara Pulver
working mums

Sherlock star Lara Pulver: 'Maternal is political. No doubt'

The environmental campaigner on a mission to ban disposable vapes
Laura Young (left); Collection of Lost Mary square vapes (right)
Pollution

The environmental campaigner on a mission to ban disposable vapes

Even funding the NHS properly won't solve all the problems caused by austerity
Jaimie Kaffash

Even funding the NHS properly won't solve all the problems caused by austerity

As more children wait for mental health treatment, we need to remember teachers are not social workers
Louisa Rose

As more children wait for mental health treatment, we need to remember teachers are not social workers

The NHS is 'past the point of no return' say junior doctors bearing the brunt of the NHS crisis
NHS crisis

The NHS is 'past the point of no return' say junior doctors bearing the brunt of the NHS crisis

'My elderly mother was in an ambulance for 18 hours. But A&E was worse': This is the desperate state of the NHS
nhs
NHS crisis

'My elderly mother was in an ambulance for 18 hours. But A&E was worse': This is the desperate state of the NHS

Veganuary: Does going vegan help climate change?
Veganism

Veganuary: Does going vegan help climate change?

Ambulance strikes: Paramedics explain why the NHS is 'utterly and completely broken'
NHS strikes

Ambulance strikes: Paramedics explain why the NHS is 'utterly and completely broken'

Martin Compston's Mayflies diary: ‘I'd never experienced a day like it on set before'
Tony Curran and Marton Compston in Mayflies
TV

Martin Compston's Mayflies diary: ‘I'd never experienced a day like it on set before'

The reality is to change things, you need to get involved
Oil rigs
John Bird

The reality is to change things, you need to get involved

The results from a global four-day working week trial are in and you’ll want to show your boss
Four-day working week

The results from a global four-day working week trial are in and you’ll want to show your boss