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Pakistan can ill-afford to add nearly 17,000 newborns each day to its already huge population

Heritage is as good an excuse as any to enjoy a pie and a pint. Here are more excellent reasons to visit places that rarely feature in the guidebooks

The landmark 1842 Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain, by the social reformer Edwin Chadwick, was a damning indictment of how large-scale socioeconomic change during the 19th century contributed to the increased spread of epidemic and chronic diseases. Poor health among the working masses was not simply a consequence of behavioural choices or moral failings but was associated with pathogenic conditions created by the Industrial Revolution.

Two Bury Market stallholders celebrated a glittering milestone this month after reaching half a century of trading.

IN the 1830s, a new disease began sweeping through Britain which is said to have "shocked society like no other illness had done in recent…

Private greed and public filth collide in Nick Higham's The Mercenary River, a superbly malodorous history of the London's great waterway

<strong>Louize Small</strong> | What is commonly assumed as settled history may be the result of modern medical propaganda.

The authors identify capitalism's decay as assuming forms of the prevention of communism. These - notably stalinism and social-democracy - are entirely dependent on capital as well as being its guarantors on a world scale. Yet resting neither upon the law of value nor on that of planning, they are inherently unstable and contain no dynamic towards transition. From Radical Chains no.1.

We expect clean streets and long lives in the developed Western world, where health care programs and disease prevention comprise a thriving industry. But

Calls for post-Covid revolution in building air quality By David Shukman image copyrightGetty Images Dozens of the worlds top experts in how diseases spread have called for big improvements to the air in buildings. They say current rules on ventilation are failing to stop infections, including Covid-19. The problem is likened to the health crisis caused by contaminated water in Britains cities in the 1800s. The appeal comes amid growing evidence that the coronavirus is often transmitted via i...