Kent mum spends £24k a year on daughter’s cannabis oil

Kent mum spends £24k a year on daughter’s cannabis oil

A mother from Aylesham, Kent, who says she pays £2,000 a month for her daughter’s medicinal cannabis supply has called for greater access to the drug on the NHS. Emma Appleby said her daughter Teagan, 15, uses the drug to manage the daily seizures she suffers due to severe epilepsy. Medicinal cannabis became legal in … Read more

U.S. Spends $1 Billion to Make More Home COVID Tests Available

U.S. Spends  Billion to Make More Home COVID Tests Available

Oct. 6, 2021 — Finding an at-home COVID-19 test has been mission impossible for many lately, but that search will soon get easier, thanks to the FDA authorization Monday of a new at-home test and today’s announcement that the federal government will spend another $1 billion to speed up production of these tests. The … Read more

18-year-old Chaiyanya spends a day in the shoes of UK’s senior-most diplomat

18-year-old Chaiyanya spends a day in the shoes of UK’s senior-most diplomat

Chaitanya Venkateswaran sure had a hectic and bustling day, when she got the unique opportunity to act as the British High Commissioner, which is the post of the UK’s senior-most diplomat, for a day from New Delhi. The 18-year-old girl from New Delhi had the unique opportunity to spend last Wednesday as the UK’s senior-most … Read more