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Reeves plans stealth taxes as Starmer prepares to splurge billions on NHS Sir Keir Starmer has insisted that his government will not break Labour’s manifesto…

Wes Streeting’s NHS revolution with smartwatches to monitor diabetes in 10-year plan Wes Streeting is set to reveal plans for people to monitor their own…

Food guru Tim Spector and health experts call on NHS to make vegan food the norm in hospitals Food guru Tim Spector has joined healthcare…

Unemployed to be given weight-loss jab to help them back into work, government announces Unemployed people will be given weight-loss jabs to assist them back…

World-first ovarian cancer vaccine being developed in the UK in bid to wipe out disease The world’s first vaccine to prevent ovarian cancer is being…

UK toddlers get nearly half their calories from ultra-processed food, study finds Review also finds by the time children are seven, 59% of calories come…

NHS warns of 18,000 flu deaths since 2022 as it urges vaccination uptake Health experts ask those eligible to ‘help reduce the burden on our…

Only 4.3% of stroke patients in England can access life-saving treatment Only 4.3% of stroke patients in England can access life-saving treatment. Mechanical thrombectomy can…

One in four Black men in the UK refused prostate cancer test by their GP, survey finds Findings are despite black men being twice as…

Pharmacy closures in England threaten plan to use them instead of GPs for some care Pharmacy closures in England are causing serious concern for GPs.…

British Scientists Discover New Blood Group After 50-Year Mystery  A team of scientists from the United Kingdom’s NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and the University…

Keir Starmer ready to face down ‘nanny state’ jibes in radical public health drive Junk food ad ban, age limit on energy drinks and expanded…

More than a million unpaid UK carers living in poverty, research finds Carers UK estimates 600 people a day quit jobs to care for loved…

Missouri’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that a proposed amendment to restore abortion rights in the state will appear on the November ballot.

Lucy Letby: inquiry into how former nurse was able to murder babies begins Hearings into deaths at Countess of Chester hospital’s neonatal unit are expected…

WHO exceeds target for Gaza polio vaccinations as campaign continues The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that polio vaccinations in central Gaza have exceeded…

NHS faces ‘tipping point’ in England where most appointments will not be with GPs Rapidly falling number of family doctors will harm ‘continuity and quality’…

Pregnant women and older people in England offered RSV vaccine on NHS Programme for respiratory syncytial virus could prevent estimated 5,000 hospitalisations annually in infantsPregnant…

Israel agrees to pauses in fighting for polio vaccine drive Israel has agreed to a series of “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza to facilitate a mass…

Workplace health checks introduced in England to target preventable diseases More than 130,000 people across England will benefit from workplace health checks being trialled to…

EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell calls for three-day ceasefire to stop polio spread in Gaza The polio disease has re-emerged in Gaza more than…

Africa to finally receive first batch of vaccines for deadly mpox virus Nigeria has become the first African country to receive mpox vaccines, obtaining 10,000…

Thailand confirms first Asian case of new Mpox strain Bangkok, Thailand – A 66-year-old European man has become the first confirmed case of the potentially…

Alzheimer’s ‘wonder drug’ won’t be available on NHS because it’s too costly The NHS spending watchdog has recommended that a ‘groundbreaking’ Alzheimer’s drug shouldn’t be…

Deadlier mpox variant ‘likely already in the UK’ A deadlier variant of mpox that is tearing through Africa is ‘very likely’ already in the UK,…