HIV remains a leading killer in Africa despite medical breakthroughs – how to eliminate it
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbout 38 million people around the world are living with HIV. About 70% of them live in Africa. Read More
Free NHS prescriptions for over 60s may be axed in April as decision deadline looms
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn 2021, the Government proposed scrapping free NHS prescriptions for the over 60s, spreading fear among those suffering from multiple chronic conditions…
It’s not just the NHS: health services are imploding all over Europe
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Sick patients flood in at the university hospital, filling up already overcrowded wards. Read More
China reopens borders to tourists after three years of Covid closure
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteChina has reopened its borders to international visitors for the first time since it imposed travel restrictions in March 2020. Read More
Warning for UK women over physical and financial toll of egg freezing
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe UK’s fertility regulator has called for an urgent update to the law around egg freezing as rapidly growing numbers of women choose…
PM Sunak welcomes 'valuable' talks with health leaders
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteRishi Sunak found a meeting with health leaders to tackle the pressures in the NHS “highly valuable”, Downing Street has said. Read…
Sick man of Europe: why the crisis-ridden NHS is falling apart
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt is 6am and a dozen ambulances are waiting to offload their patients, but the local NHS hospital is already full. Read…
Anti-stroke drug taken by millions found to be 'unreliable' and potentially fatal side effects were ignored, documents reveal
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteResearch behind a blockbuster anti-stroke drug could have included fake data while its serious and potentially fatal side effects were kept secret,…
Newborn Florida baby is left in child 'safe haven box' for first time since it was installed
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA newborn baby was left in the only ‘safe haven baby box’ in Florida – the first time it has been used since…
Himalayan town evacuates after hundreds of cracks appear in homes and roads
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAuthorities in an Indian Himalayan town have stopped construction activities and started moving hundreds of people to temporary shelters after a temple…