Entries by BBC News - Health

Why do we itch when reading about bedbugs? /in /by

Experts explain why just thinking about bedbugs can leave us feeling itchy.

What we learned from a shocking week of Covid testimony /in /by

A picture emerged of a dysfunctional, divided No 10 - a timely reminder of events in November 2020.

Unlikely first Covid lockdown could have been avoided – Johnson /in /by

The former PM says only a vaccine or drugs - unavailable at the time - could have averted the curbs.

Suicide site encouraged daughter to die – parents /in /by

Bronwen Morgan's parents are calling for a block on suicide websites after she took her own life.

No targeted mental health support for flood-hit farmers /in /by

The government rejects calls to provide new funding for mental health support for farmers in crises.

Children’s health warning system rolled out by NHS /in /by

The concerns of families and carers will be at the heart of a new early-warning system, the NHS says.

Pioneering operation combines cancer surgery and Caesarean /in /by

Four women have had a landmark two-in-one operation to reduce the inherited risk of ovarian cancer.

Covid inquiry hears Matt Hancock wanted to decide who lived and died /in /by

Former NHS boss Sir Simon Stevens tells the Covid inquiry the "horrible dilemma never crystallised".

Cough syrup maker boss jailed in Indonesia /in /by

The pharmaceutical firm, Afi Farma, has been linked to the deaths of more than 200 Indonesian children.

Hospitals fail people with learning disabilities, says watchdog /in /by

Watchdog concerned over lack of specialist nurses, training for staff and information sharing in England.