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Test-at-home kit for cancer patients approved for use/in /by
Patients say the device allows them to reduce the number of hospital visits involved in cancer care.
Vaccine expert ‘very worried’ by whooping cough deaths/in /by
Five babies have died from the infection amid a rise in cases in the UK.
Mum ignored test and got cancer says BBC presenter/in /by
BBC Wales' Lucy Owen on her mum's regrets at taking no notice of bowel cancer test offers.
Victims infected with Hep C after blood screening began/in /by
Lawyers tell the BBC people infected after September 1991 should be allowed to claim compensation.
Victims infected with Hep C after blood screening began/in /by
Lawyers tell the BBC people infected after September 1991 should be allowed to claim compensation.
‘World first’ for double hand transplant patient/in /by
Tanya Shepherd has received pioneering blood treatment to prevent her body rejecting her new hands.
Whooping cough cases up again as five babies die/in /by
There were 1,300 cases of the bacterial infection in March, after just over 900 in February in England.
Hundreds of infected blood victims living with undetected Hep C/in /by
About 1,750 people are unaware they got the virus from blood transfusions in the 70s, 80s and 90s.
Gene-therapy leap restores baby girl’s hearing/in /by
Opal, 18 months, can now hear - even a whisper - after becoming the first person to try a new treatment.
Agency charging NHS nearly £2,000 for nurse shift/in /by
A leading NHS boss says firms are deliberately targeting areas where nurses are in short supply.