The use of antidepressants during pregnancy is not linked to a higher overall risk of stillbirth and death in newborns, a study said, confounding a long-held opposing view of such drugs.

Software tycoon Bill Gates’ philanthropic foundation is paying out more than £240m (€360.7m) to fund 43 research projects, from finding Aids vaccines to boosting the nutritional content of bananas.

SCIENTISTS have uncovered startling evidence that oestrogen-like chemicals widely used in food packaging and dental materials may be helping to give women breast cancer.