Lebanon cholera: ‘We’re afraid of everything now’
"Normally this waste goes through an initial screening," Ms Higgins explains, "and it gets pumped out 1,600 metres into the...
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Croydon Hospital: Patient tells PM to pay NHS staff more
Rishi Sunak has been told he needed to "try harder" over plans to give pay rises to hospital staff.Visiting Croydon...
Warning over private over-the-counter blood tests
She said: "The rise of private companies offering over-the-counter, unregulated blood tests that make dubious claims about what they can...
UK’s most premature twins to survive turn one
The UK's most premature twins to survive, born at 22 weeks and five days, have just turned turned one year...
Aggressive breast cancer hits black women harder
"Studying triple negative breast cancer in women with different ancestral backgrounds, we are learning that some of the genetic markers...
Health: ‘My illness is so rare it doesn’t have a name’
"As an 11-year-old being told the tests aren't showing anything and your parents are hearing that, there's no thoughts the...
Hospital food banks open for NHS staff in Leicester
Clare Teeney, UHL's chief people officer, said: "As NHS leaders, I think we have a moral responsibility to support our...
Health of nation study calls on millions to sign up
He said: "Information collected through this exciting initiative will provide valuable insight into the health of the nation over time,...
‘When I couldn’t fix George, I climbed a mountain’
A father climbed Mount Kilimanjaro while wearing a special vest that weighed 20kg (44lbs) to represent his son's weight in...
Laser brain therapy offers hope to epilepsy sufferers in England
"By replacing invasive neurosurgery with a cutting-edge laser therapy, allowing clinicians to better target the parts of the brain causing...
Urgent recall of contaminated antibiotic powder
Dr Alison Cave, MHRA Chief Safety Officer, advised: "It is vitally important that you check the labels of your Targocid...
Flu comes early in England, with hospital cases rising
In the week ending 16 October, the hospital admission rate for confirmed cases of flu was nearly one per 100,000...
Patients in England at risk as NHS and care ‘gridlocked’
"People are stuck - stuck in hospital because there isn't the social care support in place for them to leave,...
General practice is like calling an Uber, MPs say
Rules were relaxed so extra funding could be used to recruit non-GP staff, such as senior nurses - as well...
East Kent maternity deaths: Babies might have survived with better care
On at least eight occasions over a 10-year period, the trust board was presented with "inescapable signals" there were serious...
‘No-one joined the dots’ – grandad who exposed an NHS scandal
In early March 2018, some four months after Harry's death, the family finally received the outcome of the trust's internal...
BioNTech: Could Covid vaccine technology crack cancer?
Speaking on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Prof Tureci said: "mRNA acts as a blueprint and allows you to...
Incurable breast cancer: Patients want more support
"When I was really sick, I thought I have to do something. Why is it that someone who is lying...
