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Covid origins: Chinese scientists publish long-awaited data

Covid jabs for under fives in at-risk groups

Love for Dame Deborah James breathtaking, says husband

Patients at risk during doctor strike - NHS bosses

Olaparib: Drug to treat inherited cancers offered on NHS in England and Wales

Kathleen Poole: Deportation of grandmother with Alzheimer's paused

Judge says parents and children should receive infected blood payments

Grandmother with Alzheimer's faces deportation from Sweden

Rare tick disease found in England

Deborah James: Bowelbabe charity fund raises £11.3m

London NHS trust criticised after warning to striking staff on visas

'Major moment in MS research' as new Octopus trial starts

Tourists in South West warned of NHS pressures

Ramadan: How to look after your skin during holy month

England's new ambulance numbers not 800 promised, figures show

Social care reform funding halved for England, government confirms

Lucy Letby: Baby needed help to breathe after attack, trial hears

Essex mental health inquiry: Staff could be compelled to give evidence

Women's health: Body part names taboo a risk to health

Hormone replacement therapy and menopause: What you need to know about HRT

Covid testing scaled back further in England

NI waiting lists: Man feared cancer would spread after waiting months to be treated

NHS Highland reprimand for HIV patient email data breach

Cancer blood test may 'prey on the worried well'

The future of the NHS - what do the experts think?

Blood tests may spare cancer patients chemo

Regulator criticised over whistle-blower response

Oxford hospitals: Mother's op delay concern over terminally ill son

NHS: Public satisfaction with health service drops to record low

NHS will offer pembrolizumab cervical cancer drug in England

UK cosmetic procedure numbers recover after Covid

Bullying and toxic culture at one of England's largest NHS trusts - report

Nitrous oxide: What is it and how dangerous is it?

Nitrous oxide: Laughing gas overdose left woman unable to walk

Laughing gas: Experts warn nitrous oxide ban will not stop use

Smart glasses at Basildon Hospital speed up procedures

Betsi Cadwaladr: Apology over Jean Graves, 10 years on

Sniffing body odour is tested as an anxiety therapy

Long Covid: Three years and no magic bullet

Record revenue for staff agencies supplying NHS

Long Covid: University of East Anglia study finds women more likely affected

London Lonely Girls Club gains thousands of new members

What are abortion pills and could they be banned?

Cambridge University: Neuroscientist Christine Holt wins 'Brain Prize'

Ike Ekweremadu: Organ-trafficking plot politician and wife guilty

Four-day junior doctor strike set for April

Coronavirus: Woman who watched mum die recalls her last moments

'I don't have lots of time to sit around and wait'

Polio vaccine catch-up push to launch in London

Man died of sepsis after being sent home from Milton Keynes Hospital A&E

Progestogen-only pill breast cancer risk revealed

Strike averted as nurses and midwives accept pay offer

West Lane Hospital: Mental health care 'chaotic and unsafe'

Minimum pricing averts alcohol deaths, study claims

Bruce Willis's wife speaks of her grief at his dementia on his 68th birthday

George Ezra 2023 tour: Vertigo diagnosis shines light on symptom

East of England Ambulance Service: NF graffiti at HQ

Henry Dimbleby: Conservatives' obesity strategy makes no sense, ex-adviser says

Covid tests for China travellers to England ending

EastEnders: Edwards' syndrome and the difficult choice for parents

Junior doctor strike led to 175,000 cancellations

Testing offered over Orkney breast cancer gene

Give babies peanut butter to cut allergy by 77%, study says

Dementia study finds no higher risk for goalkeepers

Indian-made eyedrops recalled in US after injuries

Calls for talks to end junior doctors' strikes

Breast cancer gene linked to Orkney islands

Allelujah: Actor Bally Gill talks about new film role as NHS doctor

University of Derby student's hair claw clip warning after car crash

Gonorrhoea cases rising quickly in England

Ukraine war: The shrimp shell fabric saving lives

Cocaine production reaches record levels as new trafficking hubs emerge

Unions close to pay deal with government to avert more NHS strikes

The hidden cost of soothing my throat after cancer

The doctors selling false hope to people facing blindness

Lucy Letby: Doctor asked for nurse to be taken off shift - court

Junior doctor strike: NHS chief says hospitals under major pressure

Cough medicines containing pholcodine withdrawn over safety fears

Burgess Hill family campaigns to prevent breech home birth deaths

Worcester student nurse could quit due to cost of living

Texas man sues women for helping ex-wife get abortion

Patient safety concerns over Birmingham hospital probe

I've never seen the NHS this bad - junior doctor

Tourette's device tested by Lewis Capaldi reduces tics in trial

The tech helping women manage the menopause

Care worker shortages: What is it like working in the industry?

Vasectomies even safer than reported, doctors say

Disability the 'stark' face of England and Wales suicide statistics

Child spinal surgery delay claims are being checked - Sturgeon

NHS Wales: Falls project avoids 50 needless ambulance callouts

Chinese city Xi'an draws backlash with flu lockdown proposal

NHS backlog progress at risk from junior doctors' strike in England

Increase in mental health callouts received by police over past five years

Breakthrough as eggs made from male mice cells

Mental-health crisis from pandemic was minimal - study

Jeremy Parker: Legal claims mount over disgraced surgeon

Endometriosis: Woman spends £20k to manage debilitating pain

Endometriosis: Bindi Irwin reveals decade-long struggle with severe pain

Weight loss drug semaglutide approved for NHS use

Covid booster jab to be offered this spring

Nursing shortages are delaying spinal operations - surgeon

Vitiligo: Controversial skin cream may come to UK

Canadian siblings certified as world's most premature twins

Nitrous oxide: Laughing gas should not be banned, review says

Prince Harry praises mother Diana's legacy in fighting HIV

China's new human gene-editing rules worry experts

NHS consultants could strike says British Medical Association

Matt Hancock texts reveal concern at plans to relax Covid isolation

Harwell science campus chosen for new Moderna vaccine base

Mothers denied gas and air in labour say their births were traumatic

Ambulance strikes: Unite union suspends action in England

Consultants want up to £262 an hour to cover strike days for junior doctors

Two unions suspend ambulance strikes in England as talks reopen

Covid origin: Why the Wuhan lab-leak theory is so disputed

Matt Hancock: Eight government WhatsApp Covid messages revealed

Covid: Was Matt Hancock right to push for schools to close?

Meeting to avert junior doctors' strike in England fails

Family criticises East Kent NHS over herpes inquest delay

M&S: Store sorry for displaying daffodils alongside veg

The mesh in my body is a 'ticking time bomb'

Vaping: Rise in teenage use a concern for Kent County Council

Nitrous oxide: Laughing gas users risk spine damage, say doctors

Women with menopause could get paid time off under Labour plan

Medical body NICE backs online mental health treatments

Britain's guide dog shortage: Volunteers increase after BBC story

Betsi Cadwaladr: Riot act read to north Wales NHS bosses, says minister

China should be honest on Covid origin, says US envoy

Covid inquiry: Race should be at its core, say campaigners

Parents to be offered weaning advice for babies in England

Man, 55, who can hear again 'saved from silent world'

NHS staff cried in safety interviews, says watchdog

Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust prosecuted after three patients died

Rod Stewart pays for scans at NHS hospital to cut waiting lists

Brexit: Medicine supply issues 'due to Northern Ireland Protocol'

Junior doctors to strike on 13 to 15 March

H5N1: Cambodian girl dies in rare bird flu case

Nasal decongestant safety review due to rare brain risk

O2 Academy Brixton crush: Claims of not enough medical cover

Ethnic minority Covid death gap closes – ONS

Nitrous oxide: Laughing gas users risk spine damage, say doctors

How hospitals could avoid future PPE chaos

Derby maternity deaths may have been prevented - report

Nurses to suspend 48-hour strike as talks with government start

Gambling: Government expected to tighten regulation on sector

Kettering Hospital ward accused of traumatising children may close

Big rise in long-term sick hitting UK workforce

Juniors doctors vote for strikes in England

Implant gives hand control nine years after stroke

Symbrachydactyly: Bionic arm hopes for girl from Wymondham

Breast cancer: Living life after treatment

British Medical Association calls government reckless over pay talks

Junk food: Wales may ban meal deals to tackle obesity

Disability: Doctor felt shunned by hospitals in Wales

NHS battles sewage leaks as repair backlog grows

Nurses to stage 48-hour strike as dispute escalates

Little evidence to support health claims made on formula milk

Bristol scientists develop quicker way to detect papilloedema

NHS Wales: Patient in hospital for weeks due to social care backlog

Wolverhampton teen embracing life after leg amputation

Some ambulance callers to be told go elsewhere

Ambulance waits putting disabled children's lives at risk, doctors warn

Nearly 250,000 potential donors yet to give blood

First toddler receives life-saving gene therapy on NHS

The UK’s most expensive drug saved one sister, but it is too late for the other

Male contraceptive pill prototype stops sperm swimming

Turkey earthquake: Nurses rush to protect baby incubators as quake strikes

West Lane Hospital: Trust mixed up dead teenagers' names

Coventry mum's comfort to hear from those with son's organs

Hospitals in England with worst A&E waits revealed

Hollywood weight loss jab to be sold by Boots chemist

Watford General Hospital recorded 50 times birth gas legal limit

Northumberland hospitals test drone flights for medical supplies

Nurses strike: A&E and cancer staff could join further walkouts

Keep vapes out of sight of children in shops, say councils

AstraZeneca: Jeremy Hunt 'disappointed' by drugs firm's low-tax move

Strikes Update: How Friday 10 February’s walkouts will affect you

Bridgend: Surgery changes could halve waiting times

Ambulance response times improve by one hour

Cervical cancer: Health trusts miss abnormal cells in smear tests

Mum traumatised by Nottingham maternity failings gives birth to girl

NHS to use test that prevents babies going deaf

Archie Battersbee died in prank gone wrong - coroner

The scheme that gives alcohol to alcoholics

Kourtney Kardashian's Lemme vagina gummies? Don't bother, say experts

NHS Strikes: Unite ambulance staff on second day of strike

Cancer patient's medical supplies donated to Ukraine

One of last NHS dentists in Felixstowe goes private

How NHS strikes on Monday 6 February will affect you

Biggest-ever round of NHS strikes gets under way

HIV testing: Free do-it-at home kit offered in England

Nurses offer to call off strikes in England if Sunak makes fresh pay offer

Lib Dems call for higher pay for social care staff

NHS chief: Strikes making hospital bosses restless

FGM: 'I'll save another girl by talking about female genital mutilation'

Covid: Last chance for adults under-50 to get booster

Sex drive boosted by hormone kisspeptin in trials

Wales ambulance strike postponed after better pay offer

Congleton mum's brain tumour detected week after baby born

'A blood test saved my life' says young cancer patient

Lucy Letby: Nurse sent card to grieving parents, jury told

MrBeast: Why has YouTuber faced criticism for blind surgery video?

Avian flu spills over from birds to mammals in UK

Ian Paterson: Further 1,500 patients to be recalled

North East ambulance staff lacked critical medicines, CQC finds

Ambulance workers to strike on 10 February

Jess Hodgkinson: Lack of medication contributed to mother's death

Bethany Shipsey: Parents welcome toxic DNP reclassification to poison

Cost of living with food allergies becoming 'unbearable'

Cost of living: One in five eating food beyond use-by date

Experts warn over vaping packaging

Woman died after walking out of Priory Hospital Arnold

Bridlington man repairs tooth with plastic and super glue

Thousands of NHS staff with long Covid risk losing their pay

£1bn boost in hospital beds and ambulance fleet

NHS: More at-home care offered in bid to shorten hospital wait times

Hundreds of NHS buildings contain asbestos, says TUC

Toxic slimming pill drug DNP to be declared poison

Infected blood scandal: Inquiry hears Belfast Trust apology

Wynter Andrews: NHS trust fined £800k over baby's neglect death

Covid: No new hospital admissions in Wales as flu levels fall

Bharat Biotech: India launches its first nasal Covid vaccine

Parkinson's: 'Exercise has left me symptom free'

Bangor University: Medical school to tackle doctor shortage

University of East Anglia: 80-year-old baby-deaths mystery is solved

Dad's warning after girl, 14, dies from inhaling deodorant

This nurse uses humour to highlight serious challenges

Physiotherapists, 'the quiet NHS miracle workers', walk out

NHS pressures: Staff leave social care for more money

Paramedics say people are getting ill because their homes are so cold

Dreaded Covid-flu twindemic cost NHS this winter

What is the menopause and what are the signs?

IVF: Woman's anger at fertility changes after £30k spend

Priory and Springhill GP surgeries to be taken over by health trust

'Menopause leave' trial rejected by ministers

Harlow hospital suspends gas and air over nitrous oxide levels

Ambulance Strikes: Births suspended at Frome Birthing Centre

‘Alexithymia means I can't explain how I’m feeling’

Technology can help the NHS, says AstraZeneca boss

Motion capture tech from Avatar films used in disease research

NHS England boss: Repeated strikes make workload more challenging

'I've been given a do not resuscitate order but I want to live'

Thousands of treatments lost during nurse strikes

David Nash inquest: Student 'likely to have lived' if seen in-person by GP

Pandemic drinking: Alcohol misuse treatment up 10%

Junior doctor blamed Birmingham hospital for her suicide, family say

Beth Matthews' raw honesty saved lives, say mental health experts

Covid: Half a million people missed out on heart drugs

Dentists warn of permanent damage from clear braces ordered online

Actress Vicky McClure hands dementia letter to Downing Street

Kaylea Titford: Dad's neglect led to obese daughter's death - court

Hundreds of jobs to go at Leamington Covid 'mega lab'

Illegal vapes are biggest threat on High Street, say Trading Standards

Keep cake away from office, suggests food watchdog head

Investigation into Wolverhampton NHS staff sleeping in patient's bed

Dementia: Brain check-up tool aims to cut risk at any age

Patients told to expect widespread disruption as nurses strike

Are nurses striking in your area?

Sidney Box's family praise community after 93-year-old's death

Why are NHS staff striking and what should patients do?

'Doctors discuss my daughter like she's nothing'

Antidepressants exit must happen in stages, says medical watchdog

Nurses' strike: New dates as union escalates dispute

Transgender people lose NHS waiting times High Court case

Basildon Hospital maternity staff exposed to 30 times legal gas limit

NHS: More Wales strike dates to be announced - nurses' leader

NHS crisis: The medics trying to fix the health service

Ambulance strike cover insufficient, says health secretary

Pancreatic cancer: What losing my wife taught me about life and loss

Nurses' strike: Union says next one will be twice as big

HRT could cut Alzheimer's risk in some women - early study

Feel good lower fat chocolate clue

Birmingham hospital trust declared war on me - surgeon

Consider statins for millions more people in England, NHS told

A&E nurse: Most challenging I've seen in 30 years

Ambulances taking 90 minutes to get to 999 calls

'We don't train to give care in corridors'

Organ transplants: Black people wait up to six months longer, NHS figures show

Andrew Bridgen suspended as Tory MP over Covid vaccine comments

Help during childbirth has declined, survey finds

Ambulance service being misused, paramedics say

Strike: What will ambulances respond to on Wednesday?

Covid booster: Who can get another jab this winter?

Hampshire hospitals' chief urges more patients to see pharmacists

I worry we're killing people - ambulance dispatcher

Excess deaths in 2022 among worst in 50 years

NHS: Woman, 90, forced to wait three days in A&E chair

Nuclear cancer treatment: Plan to make Wales global leader

Diabetes artificial pancreas tech recommended for thousands on NHS

China Covid: More than 88 million people in Henan infected, official says

21st Century Folk: GP who nearly died from Covid becomes folk song hero

Prof Sir Jonathan Van-Tam joins Parkrun charity

Pandemic care home death: Family to sue over mother's end-of-life consent

Union talks aimed at ending strike action

NHS pay: Nurses leader sees optimism over Sunak talks

Rishi Sunak refuses to say if he uses private GP

'I stopped drinking and never really went back'

Guide dog shortage: The blind people who train their own guide dogs

PM Rishi Sunak to hold crisis meeting over NHS pressures

Brexit: Growing differences between drugs approved for GB and NI, says report

Gridlock as record number of ambulances queue at A&E

Junior doctor strike warning for March

China Covid: Young people self-infect as fears for elderly grow

NHS: Discharge guidance could see patients die - doctors

UK plan for national mRNA cancer-vaccine advance

Ros Atkins on… Funding and the NHS crisis

NHS hospitals moving patients into hotel to free up beds

Employers could sue unions under planned anti-strike laws

China Covid: Celebrity deaths spark fears over death toll

All The Beauty and the Bloodshed film explores Sackler scandal

Cold medicine shortage blamed on lack of government planning

What is known about new Covid variant XBB.1.5?

Patients in Wales can be sent home without care package

NHS bosses consider deploying field hospitals in 'call to arms'

Social care shortage compounds NI hospital pressures

NHS: Inside a GP surgery as winter pressure mounts

China Covid: How is it tackling the latest surge in cases?

Wearing a mask if ill is sensible advice - minister

A&E patients in Scotland enduring 'inhumane' conditions

Children told to stay home from school if sick amid flu, Covid and scarlet fever

Some A&Es in complete state of crisis, warn health chiefs