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US hospitals face collapse as cyberattack on UnitedHealth cuts revenue streams

March 19, 2024

BMA demands inquiry into use of physician associates on medical rotas

March 18, 2024

GPs call for resignation of TPP chief following racism row

March 18, 2024

Sixty seconds on . . . ChatGPT and medical exams

March 18, 2024

Tackling poverty should have equal priority with lowering waiting lists, says King’s Fund

March 18, 2024

Only 8% of GP registrars plan to work full time, finds survey

March 15, 2024

Doctors are told to ration salbutamol amid shortage

March 15, 2024

Physician associates: Doctors express anger over RCP extraordinary general meeting

March 15, 2024

Tameside General Hospital must improve its maternity services, says CQC

March 15, 2024

Group GP appointments don’t improve outcomes, study reports

March 15, 2024

Haiti: Hospitals burn to ground as violence rages

March 15, 2024

NHS services in England are told to stop routine prescribing of puberty blockers

March 14, 2024

Gaza: BMA calls for urgent investigation into mistreatment of doctors

March 14, 2024

End of life: Ombudsman calls for better training on DNACPR conversations

March 14, 2024

Seven days in medicine: 6-12 March 2024

March 14, 2024

NHS staff to receive paid leave following pregnancy loss

March 14, 2024

Medical devices: Government vows to tackle ethnic inequities

March 13, 2024

Coroner warns of “multiple failures” that contributed to child’s death from asthma

March 13, 2024

Wegovy: FDA approves weight loss drug to cut cardiovascular risk

March 13, 2024

Global number of FGM survivors is up 15% since 2016, Unicef reports

March 13, 2024

Homelessness is a public health emergency, report warns

March 13, 2024

Fertility clinic in east London has licence suspended over “significant concerns”

March 12, 2024

Gaza: Children dying of starvation as UN food trucks turned away, say aid organisations

March 12, 2024

RCGP alters stance on physician associates to oppose GMC regulation

March 12, 2024

Biden vows to protect reproductive rights and lower drug prices in state of the union speech

March 11, 2024

FDA approves first over-the-counter blood glucose monitor for diabetes

March 11, 2024

Care provider is fined £650 000 over safety failings that led to patient’s death

March 11, 2024

Covid inquiry: What we have learnt about Wales’s response?

March 11, 2024

BMA chair: Junior doctors understandably think my generation has not protected the profession

March 11, 2024

Surge in anti-gay laws in Africa imperil progress on HIV/AIDS, experts say

March 8, 2024

Sixty seconds on . . . 10 000 steps

March 8, 2024

Northern Ireland: Junior doctors on picket line are at “breaking point”

March 8, 2024

Doctors’ strikes one year on: what will it take to end the disputes?

March 8, 2024

Physician associates should not diagnose patients, says BMA guidance

March 8, 2024

Nearly one in 10 NHS staff in England report sexual harassment at work last year, staff survey finds

March 8, 2024

Health secretary urges NHS to have an “M&S moment” and embrace modernity

March 7, 2024

Child waiting times: Data collection change is “rearranging the deckchairs,” say paediatricians

March 7, 2024

Weight loss surgery: Patients need clearer warnings of risks from overseas care, say doctors

March 7, 2024

Plans for same day GP access hubs in London are scrapped after concerns

March 7, 2024

Science secretary pays libel damages and costs after falsely accusing academic of breaching Nolan principles

March 7, 2024

NHS handed £6bn funding boost in spring budget

March 7, 2024

Seven days in medicine: 28 February to 5 March 2024

March 7, 2024

HIV: WHO reports “worrying” increase in resistance to key antiretroviral treatment

March 6, 2024

AI app that can diagnose acute otitis media may cut antibiotic use, say researchers

March 6, 2024

US food manufacturer can say that eating yogurt reduces risk of type 2 diabetes, says FDA

March 6, 2024

Sixty seconds on . . . capsule diagnostics

March 6, 2024

Unions recommend that consultants in England accept new pay offer

March 5, 2024

Montelukast: Regulator reviewing asthma drug over concerns about mental health effects

March 5, 2024

Asthma: Four in 10 patients do not receive timely follow-up after hospital admission, finds study

March 5, 2024

Consultants and SAS doctors in Wales vote to strike

March 5, 2024

Smoking rates in Australia drop below 10%, but vaping increases

March 5, 2024

Over 90 000 appointments were postponed in England during latest junior doctor strikes, data show

March 5, 2024

NHS rolls out fast tracked immunotherapy for advanced endometrial cancer

March 5, 2024

Same day GP hubs: How will they affect access and continuity of care?

March 4, 2024

Women still experience racism in Nottingham maternity services, says inquiry head

March 1, 2024

SAS doctors in England reject pay offer worth 6-9%

March 1, 2024

Idaho halts execution by lethal injection after failure to establish intravenous line

March 1, 2024

Italian doctors launch campaign to fight “harmful” practice of detaining migrants

March 1, 2024

Doctors report big rise in patients with illness because of socioeconomic factors

March 1, 2024

One in eight people globally are obese, with rates in children increasing fourfold in three decades

March 1, 2024

GPs in England express dismay at “final” 2.23% contract offer

February 29, 2024

Waiting lists unlikely to return to pre-pandemic levels until at least 2029, warns think tank

February 29, 2024

Covid-19 taskforce called for a new national vaccine agency to prepare for future pandemics

February 29, 2024

Parliament cannot ignore moves to change law on assisted dying in parts of the UK, say MPs

February 29, 2024

Seven days in medicine: 21-27 February

February 29, 2024

Eating disorders: Targets fail to improve children’s access to treatment, warn psychiatrists

February 29, 2024

Bronx medical students to receive free tuition after $1bn donation

February 28, 2024

Pledge to boost medical training places rings hollow, say leaders

February 27, 2024

Gaza: Excess deaths could exceed 85000, researchers predict

February 27, 2024

Junior doctors in England strike for 10th time as pay dispute rumbles on

February 26, 2024

Sponge-on-a-string test replaces need for endoscopy in eight in 10 reflux patients

February 26, 2024

Nearly half US states limit or ban access to gender affirming care for adolescents, finds report

February 26, 2024

South Korea: Striking junior doctors are threatened with arrest and suspension

February 26, 2024

Dengue fever: Brazil rushes out vaccine as climate change fuels unprecedented surge

February 26, 2024

Covid-19: Two rare vaccine side effects detected in large global study

February 26, 2024

Sixty seconds on . . . Breathtaking

February 23, 2024

Gaza: “No health system left,” says MSF

February 23, 2024

Home Office’s use of second medical opinions to assess asylum seekers was unlawful

February 23, 2024

Excess mortality: “More sophisticated” approach better reflects population, says ONS

February 22, 2024

Scottish NHS faces uncertain future as demand outstrips activity

February 22, 2024

US Medicare claims for urinary catheters rose 10 fold last year in apparent $2bn fraud

February 22, 2024

Seven days in medicine: 14-20 February 2024

February 22, 2024

University in Alabama halts IVF treatments after court rules embryos are children

February 22, 2024

Surge in drug supply problems reflects lack of government insight, says industry leader

February 22, 2024

GMC apologises for regulatory action against doctors convicted under now repealed homophobic laws

February 22, 2024

Torbay hospital needs four more obstetricians to make maternity service safe, says regulator

February 21, 2024

Martha’s rule to be rolled out in English hospitals from April

February 21, 2024

Codeine cough syrups are made prescription only because of risk of abuse

February 21, 2024

NHS England faces legal action over redacted NHS data contract with Palantir

February 20, 2024

Government is refusing to include GPs or nurses in additional roles scheme, says BMA leader

February 20, 2024

Fund “broken” mental health services based on current need, demands BMA

February 20, 2024

Junior doctors in Northern Ireland vote to strike in March

February 20, 2024

Infection specialists call for more clarity on prescribing fluoroquinolones

February 19, 2024

Changes to academic foundation jobs spark concern

February 19, 2024

GMC admits error in decision over whether to investigate doctor’s claims over covid vaccine

February 19, 2024

Gaza: Doctors of the World office destroyed, as medics are forced to amputate without anaesthetic

February 19, 2024

NHS rainbow badge scheme pares back activity after losing funding

February 19, 2024

Sixty seconds on . . . frostbite

February 16, 2024

Hospitals serving England’s most deprived patients generate proportionally less private income, study shows

February 16, 2024

BMA urges government to lift cap on compensation for LGBT veterans

February 16, 2024
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