Swine flu: UK detects first human case of new strain
Patient had mild illness and is fully recovered from a strain of H1N2 normally seen in pigs.
Fresh pay offer could end NHS consultant strikes
Extra increase on top of 6% rise given this year will now be put to union members in England.
Hughie and Freddie: Fundraising teen on moment he got cancer all-clear
Hughie was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2020, and has gone on to raise thousands with best friend Freddie.
New Zealand smoking ban: Health experts criticise new government’s shock reversal
Health experts are appalled as the new government plans to repeal the policy to fund tax cuts.
Royal Papworth starts ‘blood powder’ trial with first recruit
Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge hopes the product will improve heart surgery survival rates.
‘Long Covid triggered our MCAS, but doctors didn’t believe us’
Elle Gorman and George Cooper explain how they were told their post-long Covid illness didn't exist.
John Lewis to offer health checks to customers
The department store is partnering with Covid-19 testing firm Randox Health to offer new services.
Covid: Lack of trust in government adversely affected minorities – Badenoch
The business secretary tells the Covid inquiry some minority groups did not trust the government.
Hep C: More than 70% of Bristolians ‘know nothing’ of virus
Keith Hathaway, from Bristol, is promoting awareness of blood-borne viruses such as Hepatitis C.
China says no ‘unusual or novel pathogens’ after WHO queries respiratory outbreaks
Beijing tells the WHO it found no "unusual or novel pathogens" in the cases involving children.