Abuelita-approved remedies, spring edition: lemon-honey-ginger tea, garlic, onion lore, caldo, and the one remedy that never fails: Vicks.

In a bar, a poet meets the man behind the drug that saved his life — discovering how science, faith and chance created a future thought impossible.

A herb commonly sold in cold and flu supplements may no longer be classified as “low-risk”, after Australia’s therapeutic goods regulator found it can cause severe allergic reactions and even death.