Trump picks Covid lockdown sceptic to lead top health agency
US President-elect Donald Trump has picked a leading Covid lockdown sceptic Jay Bhattacharya to be the next director of a key US public health agency. Trump said he had selected…
Plan to boost NHS dental treatments ‘not on track’
The £200m rescue package to increase access to NHS dentistry this year is not on track, a spending watchdog says. The dental recovery plan published by the Conservative government in…
How does assisted dying work in other countries?
Getty Images For the first time in almost a decade MPs are going to vote on giving terminally ill adults in England and Wales the right to have an assisted…
What is methanol and how does it affect the body?
Getty Images The UK Foreign Office advises travellers: “Take care if offered, particularly for free, or when buying spirit-based drinks. If labels, smell or taste seem wrong then do not…
Human Cell Atlas project transforms understanding of human body
Getty Images An ambitious plan to map all 37 trillion cells in the human body is transforming understanding of how our bodies work, scientists report. The received wisdom said we…
Alcohol-mimicking drug found to ease voice spasm that RFK Jr has
Getty Images People with laryngeal dystonia (LD), a condition that makes the voice sound strained and hoarse, might benefit from a drug already used to treat a sleep disorder, researchers…
Women plan UK legal action over talc cancer claims
BBC Cassandra Wardle is one of hundreds of women part of the group action against Johnson & Johnson Hundreds of women in the UK are planning to take on one…
Durham biker crash victim’s wife Samantha tells of ‘pain’
Family photo Widow Samantha Morris says she feels “pain and sadness” being a single parent to three children The wife of a motorcyclist who could have been saved after a…
Surgeries on ‘precipice’ ahead of tax hike, says GP
BBC Dr Andrew Purbrick, who represents thousands of GPs in the south of England, says surgeries are facing a “funding crisis” GP practices could be pushed “over the edge” by…
Streeting orders review to end ‘toxic row’
Getty Images The government has ordered a review of physician associates (PA) and anaesthesia associates (AA) in England after mounting concern about their use in the NHS. The number of…