Entries by BBC News

Five questions that still need answering about the meningitis outbreak /in /by

The size and speed of the outbreak which has now affected 29 people, killing two of them, has been labelled "unprecedented".

Meningitis B: Your questions answered /in /by

BBC Health reporter Smitha Mundasad answers your questions on meningitis B

Thousands get meningitis vaccine as experts wait to see outbreak peak /in /by

The outbreak, which has killed two people, is thought to have originated at a Canterbury nightclub.

‘I feel so grateful to be alive’: Meningitis survivor speaks to the BBC /in /by

Annabelle Mackay, 21, has spoken to the BBC about her experience surviving meningitis.

Lab-grown food pipe offers new hope for young patients /in /by

UK scientists have grown fully functioning food pipes and successfully transplanted them into mini pigs, paving the way for human trials.

Lab-grown food pipe offers new hope for young patients /in /by

UK scientists have grown fully functioning food pipes and successfully transplanted them into mini pigs, paving the way for human trials.

I went to bed with a sore ear, meningitis put me in a coma /in /by

Mark McNamee did not know he had meningitis until he woke up in hospital after being in an induced coma.

Woman with ‘agonising’ condition to ‘give back’ /in /by

The Worcester woman says she wants endometriosis patients to be "met with a little extra comfort".

Hospital waiting lists in Wales see record drop /in /by

Wait times for planned care are falling but diagnostic and cancers waits are up, latest figures indicate.

Stay at home advice questioned and rules too tough – key findings from Covid report /in /by

An NHS close to collapse, patients failed and NHS staff put at risk - what you need to know.