health

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTrade unions have vowed to oppose any new anti-strike laws tabled by the government, as the home secretary, Suella Braverman, Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minutePeople are being advised to heat living rooms during the day and bedrooms before going to sleep as a cold spell hits…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMinisters are planning to impose extraordinary measures to increase supply of antibiotics to treat children with strep A, including importing unlicensed medicines…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSouth Africa today said it would decriminalise sex work, hoping to tackle high levels of crime against women in a country with…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIncreased drug resistance in bacteria causing bloodstream infections, including against last-resort antibiotics, was seen in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic,…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Texas boy died from rabies after being bitten by a bat, health officials revealed today — as cases of the disease rebounded…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe occupations that carry the highest risk of lung disease across the US have been revealed in an official analysis. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA weight-loss supplement flying off pharmacy shelves needs to be taken for life andmost people will pile the pounds back on when…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIranian forces are deliberately shooting female protesters in their faces, breasts and genitals in an apparent attempt to ‘destroy their beauty,’ medics…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBusy, noisy, highly stressful – and sometimes violent. This is the reality of A&E as the NHS gears up for what will…