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Covid-19: Vaccine hesitancy and access affect uptake of new boosters

October 2, 2023

Clinicians raise concerns over pilot of blood test for multiple cancers

October 2, 2023

GP given formal warning after telling vulnerable patient to reconnect with God

October 2, 2023

Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller groups need more equitable mental healthcare, says report

September 29, 2023

Young doctors in Italy protest and threaten to strike over working conditions

September 29, 2023

Climate action: Six young people take on 33 European nations in landmark case

September 29, 2023

New controls on drug prices will benefit patients, say health economists

September 29, 2023

ADHD: GPs are told to review some patients amid drug shortages

September 28, 2023

Sixty seconds on . . . frilusftsliv

September 28, 2023

Health experts call for a “feminist approach” to cancer care

September 28, 2023

Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty can be used to treat obesity, says NICE

September 28, 2023

Ministers are urged to adopt 10 year blueprint to tackle mental ill health in England

September 28, 2023

Writing off medical students’ loans could improve NHS retention, says think tank

September 28, 2023

Seven days in medicine: 20-26 September 2023

September 28, 2023

Safe space for injecting drugs is approved in Scotland

September 27, 2023

Investing in community care saves money for the wider NHS, analysis shows

September 27, 2023

Seven in 10 GPs see rise in patients seeking help to deal with cost of living crisis, warns RCGP

September 26, 2023

US doctors told to steer clear of “grateful patient” hospital fundraising because of ethical concerns

September 26, 2023

NHS has rescheduled one million hospital appointments this year because of strike action

September 26, 2023

All out: England’s doctors take first joint strike action

September 26, 2023

Coroner alerts health secretary to another case where second opinion could have prevented child’s death

September 26, 2023

Some police have stopped answering mental health calls, with no alternative support in place, experts warn

September 25, 2023

Emergency medicine: Government’s plan won’t avert crisis this winter, leader warns

September 25, 2023

Biden establishes top level office to reduce gun violence “to send a clear message to the country”

September 25, 2023

Don’t put up and shut like we did, say Welsh medical leaders about sexual harassment

September 22, 2023

A&E: Long waits are up by 80% as “dire” figures indicate pressure on services

September 22, 2023

Sixty seconds on . . . derogation

September 22, 2023

Locum emergency consultant is struck off for series of missed diagnoses

September 22, 2023

World leaders commit to greater collaboration over future pandemics

September 22, 2023

Restricting direct GP referrals must not be a barrier to care, says RCGP

September 21, 2023

BMA calls for investigation into debacle over covid and flu vaccinations

September 21, 2023

Maternity care: Leicester services are downgraded for understaffing and risky triage delays

September 21, 2023

Congenital syphilis: Public health failures are blamed for “alarming” increase in cases in Mississippi

September 21, 2023

Scabies: UK treatment shortage poses public health threat, warn dermatologists

September 21, 2023

Health secretary is “still misleading public” about doctors’ pensions and pay, says BMA

September 21, 2023

Seven days in medicine: 13-19 September 2023

September 21, 2023

Royal college president apologises to female surgeons for “misguided” comments that undermined diversity agenda

September 20, 2023

SAS doctors to be balloted on whether to strike over pay

September 20, 2023

More than half the world’s population lack basic health services

September 20, 2023

Patients in more deprived areas of Scotland get less contact time with GP staff, study finds

September 20, 2023

Sudan’s worsening health conditions see children die of measles and malnutrition

September 20, 2023

Hypertension: 76 million deaths could be averted by 2050 if treatment coverage improves, says WHO

September 20, 2023

Withdrawing care from children: review identifies trigger factors that lead to court cases

September 19, 2023

Above-inflation pay offer could end consultant strikes, leader suggests

September 19, 2023

Measles: Unvaccinated children may need to isolate as threat of outbreak looms in London

September 19, 2023

Women denied abortions for dangerous pregnancy problems sue three US states

September 19, 2023

Covid-19: Florida governor tells under 65s to shun boosters against national guidance

September 18, 2023

Scrap bursary for medical students in England, says Institute for Fiscal Studies

September 18, 2023

Private providers see surge in demand as PM blames long NHS waiting lists on strikes

September 18, 2023

Stretched medical aid agencies race to disaster zones in Libya and Morocco

September 18, 2023

Phenylephrine: Commonly used decongestant in cold and flu remedies doesn’t work, says FDA

September 18, 2023

UK perinatal mortality rates increased in 2021 for first time in seven years

September 18, 2023

Nipah virus: India’s Kerala state moves quickly to control fresh outbreak

September 15, 2023

Smart toilets, bored students, why crowds gather, and tasty rocks—it’s the 2023 Ig Nobel Awards

September 15, 2023

Covid-19: Drug companies charged South Africa high prices for vaccines, contracts reveal

September 15, 2023

Maternity care: Understaffing at two units is putting mothers and babies at risk, says CQC

September 15, 2023

Ovarian cancer: NICE recommends expanding availability of genetic testing

September 15, 2023

Police expand inquiry into patient deaths at hospital in Brighton

September 14, 2023

Sixty seconds on . . . movie credits

September 14, 2023

NICE recommends rimegepant for treating acute migraine in adults

September 14, 2023

Health coalition calls for industry levy on salt and sugar

September 14, 2023

Seven days in medicine: 6-12 September 2023

September 14, 2023

A third of medical students plan to leave the NHS within two years of graduating, survey suggests

September 13, 2023

GP practice successfully defends discrimination claim brought by patient who abused staff

September 13, 2023

Covid-19: New “Pirola” variant BA.2.86 continues to spread in UK and US

September 13, 2023

UK could have averted 240 000 deaths in 2010s if it matched other European nations, report finds

September 12, 2023

Nearly a third of female surgeons have been sexually assaulted by a colleague, survey finds

September 12, 2023

Sixty seconds on . . . turmeric

September 12, 2023

Government pledges to reduce suicides in England over the next two years

September 12, 2023

Abortions rise in the US as state restrictions cause widespread travel for care

September 11, 2023

Tirzepatide: NICE recommends another GLP-1 agonist for type 2 diabetes

September 11, 2023

Anaesthesia associates: Royal college convenes extraordinary meeting after call from members

September 11, 2023

Martha’s rule: What could the proposed changes mean for doctors?

September 8, 2023

NHS trust is charged with corporate manslaughter over woman’s death

September 8, 2023

Abortion is decriminalised in Mexico as “green wave” sweeps the region

September 8, 2023

Nottingham trust faces criminal investigation into baby deaths

September 8, 2023

Horizon Europe: Researchers celebrate “pivotal moment” as UK rejoins funding programme

September 7, 2023

Labour is urged to prioritise mental health after doctor leaves shadow cabinet

September 7, 2023

Digital NHS: Government rejects advice to increase pay to boost IT staff numbers

September 7, 2023

Government consults on legislation to disclose industry payments to doctors

September 7, 2023

Racial and socioeconomic inequalities in US have a “devastating effect” on preterm infant mortality, finds study

September 7, 2023

NHS trusts are told to prepare to evacuate hospitals with crumbling concrete

September 7, 2023

Essure device: 200 women in England and Wales can take legal action against Bayer

September 7, 2023

Seven days in medicine: 30 Aug to 5 Sep 2023

September 7, 2023

Safety of telehealth and digital health services is being neglected, says WHO Europe

September 5, 2023

NHS organisations are urged to commit to stamping out sexual harassment in the workplace

September 5, 2023

Departing Stanford president retracts two Science papers after investigation

September 4, 2023

Paris fights to halt spread of dengue mosquito

September 4, 2023

US mortality continues to worsen when compared with other rich nations, study finds

September 4, 2023

Cancer charity questions NHS England’s claim that waiting times are improving

September 4, 2023

Virtual wards: NICE sets out guidance on managing acute respiratory infections at home

September 4, 2023

Avoid using “bcc” in bulk emails, says information regulator

September 1, 2023

Assisted dying: Doctors in Quebec aren’t bending rules, says medical leader

September 1, 2023

Biden administration sets out plan to reduce price of 10 drugs used by over 65s that cost $50bn a year

September 1, 2023

Diabetes: Doctors are told not to start new patients on GLP-1 agonists because of shortages

September 1, 2023

Expand health based interventions to curb deaths and harms from drug use, say MPs

September 1, 2023

Letby inquiry gets statutory power to compel witnesses to give evidence

September 1, 2023

Junior doctors and consultants will strike together for first time over pay erosion

September 1, 2023

Death risk varies with social deprivation, employment, and ethnicity, data show

August 31, 2023

Sixty seconds on . . . the cost of semaglutide

August 31, 2023
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