Entries by BBC News - Health

Greenland women seek compensation over involuntary birth control

Some 4,500 women were fitted with coils as part of attempts to limit the territory's population.

Malaria vaccine big advance against major child killer

Deals are in place to make 100 million doses of the vaccine each year to fight the complex disease.

Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines

Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman developed the technology which led to Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines.

Covid will ‘continue to surprise us’, warns health official

Health officials are encouraging anyone eligible to get jabs to protect against Covid and flu.

72-hour doctor strike to cause extreme disruption

A three-day walkout by junior doctors and consultants began on Monday as the pay dispute escalates.

Prostate cancer trial: Radiotherapy doses can be cut safely

Doses for men could be reduced from the current 20 or so to around five, a trial suggests.

Nottingham University Hospitals Trust failed to send 400,000 letters

A former employee told the BBC there was a lack of responsibility over a new computer system.

Stowmarket double cancer survivor, 21, backs leukaemia campaign

Jake Andrade has had a rare type of the blood cancer twice since he was 13-years-old.

NHS dentist targets vulnerable in pilot scheme in Cornwall

A pilot project aims to focus the practice's limited NHS capacity on people with the greatest need.

Law will let young people find sperm donor parents

Young people born using a sperm or egg donor will soon be able to find the identity of their parents.