‘I don’t want to die’: the shielders who fear the end of Covid restrictions
Thousands of vulnerable people fear others’ freedoms will put them under permanent house arrest as Covid becomes endemic
‘I used to judge people’: the Polish woman who became her city’s lone voice for abortion rights
Monika was too busy with her young family to join the early protests against Poland’s strict abortion laws. But when she became pregnant for the fourth time, she realised she had to act
Revealed: many common omega-3 fish oil supplements are ‘rancid’
Independent tests find that a number of products on the market use oxidised oils, with the rancidity often masked by flavourings
Global heating linked to early birth and damage to babies’ health, scientists find
Exclusive: Impacts include premature births and birth defects and affect everybody, everywhere, say researchers
Has gen Z really killed off dieting – or has it just changed its name?
Body positivity is all the rage and soft drinks are being repackaged as ‘zero sugar’. But is ‘clean eating’ just dieting in disguise, asks Arwa Mahdawi
South Korea should fund hair loss treatment, says election hopeful in bald bid for power
Proposal for hair regrowth on public healthcare insurance by Lee Jae-myung criticised as populist by opponents
Five great reads: what drives burnout, the reality of revenge porn and four years filming a cow
Guardian Australia’s summertime round-up of juicy writing as selected by lifestyle editor Alyx Gorman
Five great reads: a cyclist battles bad driving, interactive self-help and a deeply weird symposium
Guardian Australia’s bespoke round-up of upbeat and occasionally infantile summertime reading, as selected by Alyx Gorman
Phil Harvey obituary
Social entrepreneur who used profits from sex shops to subsidise contraception in developing world and to champion civil liberties
The person who got me through 2021: Ami Faku sang the break-up track I listened to on a loop
I’ve spent 12 months of the pandemic obsessively listening to the song Uwrongo, with its line: “This is not working, go home.” I’m very grateful to its singer