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A survivor of the Southport attack has said she is "absolutely devastated" after it emerged 48 hospital workers inappropriately accessed the medical records of victims.
Africa's top health agency says around 246 cases have been reported.
Although blood test reduces deaths by two for every 1,000 men screened, many could face unnecessary treatment Screening for prostate cancer with a blood test can save men’s lives, but the “absolute be...
Health officials say close contacts being offered antibiotics as a precaution after cases discovered in ReadingA young person has died and two others are being treated after an outbreak of meningitis...
Two pupils from different schools in Reading are being treated for meningitis following the death of a student from a nearby town.
This liveblog is now closedReport: Andy Burnham has path to challenge PM but must win byelection firstAl Carns, the defence minister first elected in 2024, will launch his own leadership bid if a cont...
Close contacts of people linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak in Reading are being offered antibiotics as a precaution.
Celeste Calocane gives evidence for first time at inquiry into Valdo Calocane’s 2023 attacksThe mother of the man who killed three people in an attack in Nottingham in 2023 has told an inquiry that th...
US-based site, whose operators were fined £950,000 by Ofcom, appears in Google’s search results and can be accessed in UKGoogle has denied breaching the Online Safety Act by promoting a “nihilistic” s...
NHS experts and MPs say he ‘told a good story’ as health secretary while kicking difficult cans down the roadWes Streeting’s 22 months in office were characterised by relentless media interviews, news...
Outgoing health secretary declares Labour’s ‘plan for the NHS is working’, though experts question how goal was reachedHospitals in England have hit a key target for improving the time it takes patie...
"I am pleased to report that I have delivered against the ambitious targets you set for me when I became your secretary of state for health and social care."
Asymptomatic people allowed off ship from Wednesday afternoon but those infected ordered to remain in isolationA norovirus-hit cruise ship carrying mainly passengers from the UK and Ireland has had a...
Woodland Trust also finds significant north-south divide in tree cover, leaving many people at risk of poor health Nigel Farage’s constituency of Clacton-on-Sea is a “tree desert”, leaving people more...
Medicines watchdog approves two treatments for patients with spinal muscular atrophyHundreds of children with a rare muscle-wasting disease will be able to receive two drugs that can improve their sur...
Passengers will remain in isolation for 45 days of isolation, with health officials confirming they remain asymptomaticSix people who were evacuated from the cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbr...
Exclusive: Doctors say ‘highly concerning’ poll highlights risk to patients of turning to AI for medical adviceOne in seven people are using AI chatbots for health advice instead of seeing their GP, a...
Researchers say rise not inevitable and it is important to unpick what is behind differences in obesity trendsA continuing rise in obesity around the world is not inevitable, research suggests, with r...
Keir Starmer set out bills to abolish NHS England, overhaul Send provision, limit jury trials and forge ties with EUKeir Starmer has laid out long-promised changes to education, health and the courts...
About 50 people on vessel carrying mostly British and Irish passengers have symptoms, say officialsFrench authorities have confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew members to a cruise ship docked...