Deborah O’Donoghue is a reporter at Travel Tomorrow. This British-Irish writer lived in the UK and France before moving to Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish ‘n’ chip shop in Brighton, and been a gopher in a comedy club, as well as a teacher. She’s a past winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. Her début novel, Sea of Bones, was published by the UK's Legend Press in 2019 and Droemer Knaur Germany in 2021.
Pakistan should remain under travel restrictions until at least July 2025, World Health Organization (WHO) officials have said, due to an ongoing polio outbreak classed as […]
Finland has been named the world’s happiest country for the eighth consecutive year, according to the latest World Happiness Report. The study, released by the Wellbeing […]
A new study warns that Parkinson’s disease cases will more than double by 2050, reaching 25 million worldwide. Countries with poorer socioeconomic conditions and ageing populations are expected to see the steepest rise, […]
By 2050, almost 60% of the world’s adult population will be classed as obese, and a third of under-25-year-olds will be overweight or obese, according to […]
Air pollution can negatively affect human brain function even after only short periods of exposure, researchers have found. Published in Nature Communications journal, the study by […]
A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology echoes previous findings that show exposure to aircraft noise, particularly at night, can […]
Belgium is launching a challenge to citizens to go alcohol-free for the month of February. The so-called “Mineral Round” or Tournée Minérale commences on the first […]
Smartwatches could help people give up smoking, researchers at the UK’s Bristol University have found. The study, funded by Cancer Research UK and part of the Integrative […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful and rapidly growing technology, but it comes at a significant cost. A recent study published in arXiv examined the impact […]
Who actually enjoys meetings? It’s a question we’ve all asked ourselves at least once in our career and yet, it seems like they’re becoming all the […]
A new treatment for asthma attacks, the first in 50 years, has been described as a “game-changer” by doctors and patients alike. The clinical trial of […]
Feeling stressed? Try a nice warm cup of cocoa, is the message from researchers at the University of Birmingham, who have been looking into how people […]