Empowering better self-care is a shared responsibility

The pandemic triggered a behavioral shift within society, bringing about greater self-care to prevent illness and maintain good health. With greater access to health information than ever before, people are increasingly taking more accountability for their health and well-being. Simultaneously, the consumer health care product market has evolved, with products now being sold in an […]

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The unbearable weight of egotism in Italian politics

Jamie Dettmer is Opinion Editor at POLITICO Europe. ROME — “There’s no room for personal considerations,” former Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti wrote last week, appealing to Mario Draghi, his technocrat successor, and friend, in the Chigi Palace not to quit. “The sense of duty toward the state, toward citizens, is above any other consideration,” […]

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11 times the UK Tory leadership race went completely nuts

LONDON — Blame the unseasonably hot weather. It’s not unusual for Westminster to go a wee bit berserk when the British summertime finally arrives — but even a record-breaking heatwave can’t explain the jaw-dropping, mind-boggling, and frankly surreal nature of the race to replace Boris Johnson as U.K. prime minister. With the Parliamentary stage of […]

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How to unite a divided nation? Write a national song

Welcome to Declassified, a weekly humor column. Imagine if you could write your own national song. The actual piece of music that gets played at important occasions of state and before meaningless football matches! What an honor it would be. Now, the U.K. has a rubbish national anthem in “God save the queen,” not least […]

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