Entries by BBC News - Health

Dirty-bomb antidote: Drug trial begins in US

Volunteers will test a pill designed to remove radioactive contamination from the body.

Davina McCall and Sir Salman Rushdie win at British Book Awards

Menopausing is Book of the Year and Salman Rushdie gets a special accolade at British Book Awards

Hundreds of Derby cancer patients get tattoo-free treatment

One patient says the treatment reduced the "tiny traumas" she has gone through during the illness.

Rare skin condition leads to stares and comments from strangers

Rhiannon Morgan has grown used to people making comments or asking if her condition is contagious.

‘I’ve been stuck in my bedroom for two years’

A young woman with a rare disease says she is not being supported to have any quality of life.

Online depression therapy given go-ahead in England

Psychiatrists and mental health charities say digital therapies are no substitute for one-to-one care.

Florida professor breaks record for time spent living underwater

Researcher Joseph Dituri has been living underwater in the Florida Keys for more than 70 days.

Needle-free Covid vaccination trials taking place in Cambridge

Trials are taking place in Cambridge, where the technology was developed.

Senior doctor strike ballot opens over pay dispute

The BMA said talks with the government were deadlocked and their final pay offer was unacceptable.

Allergy deaths: London mothers renew plea for government tsar

Tanya Ednan-Laperouse and Emma Turay say more needs to be done as the deaths were "preventable".