Kieran Corcoran is the Associate News Editor at Business Insider UK.
A remarkable graphic from a 2018 simulation of a modern pandemic shows how dramatically a disease like the coronavirus could be slowed by people stepping up the amount they wash their hands.
State media in China were celebrating a victory over the US this week, as official health data shows that people there now on average enjoy a longer healthy lifespan than Americans.
The British government has sent letters to 500 companies telling them to start paying their interns as part of a new wave of measures against unpaid work.
New petrol and diesel cars will be banned in the UK from 2040 as part of a government effort to reduce pollution.
A Japanese island where all women are banned has been named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
