health

Reading Time: < 1 minute  Teenagers as young as 12 are being prescribed nicotine patches and gum on the NHS, with nearly 1,300 prescriptions issued to…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteChina is experiencing a surge in infections of a respiratory virus, leading to overcrowded hospitals, emergency measures, and public concerns about an outbreak.  Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Metropolitan Police officer has admitted to causing the death of a moped rider due to careless driving while responding to an emergency call…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDiscussing gynaecological health can sometimes feel awkward or embarrassing, but it shouldn’t.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThree people died after a fishing ship hit a rock and capsized off a southwestern island of South Korea on Saturday, officials said….

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlcoholic drinks should carry cancer risk warning labels, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said in a report Friday.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute  The Israeli army has confirmed that the director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, is in their custody…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWes Streeting was accused of being ‘crass’ and ‘cruel’ after telling people to turn on their heating this weekend – despite slashing…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMyanmar’s military government has released more than 6,000 prisoners and reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty marking the…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe UK’s first safer drug consumption room will open in less than two weeks in Glasgow, the council has confirmed.  Read More