Deaths of 56 babies at Leeds hospitals may have been preventable, BBC told
MARTIN MCQUADE / BBC Amarjit Kaur and Mandip Singh Matharoo’s daughter Asees was stillborn in January 2024 The deaths of at least 56 babies, and two mothers, at an NHS…
Government to lead UK emergency pandemic exercise in autumn
Emergency service teams, local councils and government officials will take part in a full, multi-day pandemic preparedness exercise, to help the UK prepare for potential future threats. The test, which…
Tanzania denies suspected Marburg outbreak after WHO alert in Kagera area
Tanzania has dismissed a World Health Organisation (WHO) report of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in the north-west of the country. On Tuesday, the global health…
Rise of vaccine distrust – why more of us are rejecting jabs
Getty Images Covid vaccines saved lives. Lots of them. Research by the World Health Organization (WHO) now puts the number at 475,000 in the UK with many more kept out…
Fix Send now or risk a ‘lost generation’ of children, MPs warn
Rachel Morgan Urgent action is needed to stop a “lost generation” of children leaving school without ever getting the support they need for their special educational needs and disabilities (Send),…
Global report urges more accurate definition of obesity than BMI
Getty Images People with excess body fat can still be active and healthy, experts say There is a risk too many people are being diagnosed as obese when “a more…
NHS home bowel-cancer tests to be extended to over-50s in England
All 50-74-year-olds in England will now receive a home-testing kit for bowel cancer every two years. NHS England has been posting the faecal-immunochemical test (Fit) to all 54-74-year-olds since 2021…
Women seeking abortions after using ‘natural’ contraception
Getty Images There has been a rise in the proportion of women seeking abortions despite using “natural” methods to prevent pregnancy, like fertility tracking apps, a study in England and…
‘I feel blessed to get Wegovy weight-loss jab’
BBC Ray says he feels “lucky” to have had access to the drug via the NHS, especially now he is a granddad to Willow Ray, 62 from south London, became…
Llantrisant woman woke from a coma to find her baby had been born
Atlanta Mcintyre Atlanta McIntyre was placed in an induced coma due to complications caused by hyperemesis gravidarum A woman who was placed in an induced coma after experiencing severe pregnancy…