Nine-year-old Shaurya was a healthy school-going child before developing SSPE, a rare neurological disease linked to measles. Now bedridden and dependent on round-the-clock care, his family is seeking financial aid, medicines, rehabilitation and government support for children with the disease

A University of Oulu study of 2,264 adults found that higher coffee consumption was associated with lower total and visceral fat, greater muscle mass and reduced levels of branched-chain amino acids linked to insulin resistance, offering clues to coffee’s potential metabolic benefits