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FDA to approve COVID-19 booster shots for children five to 11 years old

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set to approve COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for children as young as five years old as early as Tuesday, the New Yor... read more

Dr Makary warns that academics and policy makers are not addressing Americans’ health care needs

Health care leaders in the United States are out of touch with the reality of the basic healthcare needs of ordinary Americans, one leading public health expert... read more

NHS ambulance crisis saw one patient ‘wait 24 HOURS outside busy A&E unit last month’

An NHS patient had to wait 24 hours in the back of an ambulance outside A&E last month, it was revealed today. The handover delay — technically the longes... read more

ALL New Yorkers should wear face masks in grocery stores, offices and other indoor public places

New York City has become the latest Democrat-led area to urge residents to wear face masks in all indoor spaces including grocery stores, offices and shops beca... read more

UK monkeypox alert as health chiefs detect another FOUR monkeypox cases 

UK monkeypox alert as health chiefs detect another FOUR cases of killer virus – and NONE have travel links to Africa MailOnline understands all four of th... read more

Less than HALF of ‘Covid’ patients in NYC hospitals were admitted because of the virus, data shows

More than half of COVID-19 patients in New York City hospitals are not severely ill with the virus, official data suggests, with the rest admitted for another a... read more

Married couple of 40 years diagnosed with cancer just five months apart beat disease 

Married couples vow to battle all of life’s tribulations together, and in their 40 years of marriage Diane and Paul Boothby have been no exception.  But ... read more

NHS bureaucracy has DOUBLED since start of Covid while frontline medic workforce has stagnated

NHS bureaucracy has DOUBLED since start of Covid while frontline medic workforce has stagnated More than 14,500 health officials now compared to 7,800 in Februa... read more

Patients made 4.7million trips to A&E because they couldn’t get advice or treatment from their GP

Patients made 4.7million trips to A&E because they couldn’t get advice or treatment from their GP, UK’s health watchdog suggests Up to 4.7 million A... read more

Family who can’t get an appointment with an NHS dentist flies 6,000 miles to BRAZIL

A family has to fly nearly 6,000 miles to Brazil for dental check-ups because of the NHS crisis. Stuart Woodmansey, from Market Weighton in Yorkshire, claims he... read more

Trainer mum of five Chontel Duncan reveals how she got back in shape in just NINE weeks after birth

Fit mum-of-five reveals how she got back in shape in just NINE weeks after giving birth to twins – despite suffering Covid, a broken foot and sleep depriv... read more

Getting Health Insurance Outside of An Employer

Many people in the United States get their health insurance through their employer, known as employer-sponsored health insurance. We’ll talk more about that b... read more

WFH woeful for health: Bupa says toll could take years to tackle

WFH is woeful for your health: A fifth of those working from home exercise less, a third are eating more – and the toll could take YEARS to tackle, says B... read more

Now dark web dealers cash in on HRT crisis: Vital treatments being sold at FOUR times the NHS price

EXCLUSIVE: Now dark web dealers cash in on HRT crisis: Vital treatments being sold at FOUR times the NHS price Women desperate for hormone replacement therapy (... read more

Victory for partners supporting their wives and girlfriends in labour

Victory for partners supporting their wives and girlfriends in labour: UK’s Covid inquiry to examine ‘draconian’ maternity ward policies after... read more

Labour MP Wes Streeting urges hospitals to end the ‘postcode lottery’ of visitation rules

The loneliest I have ever felt in my life’: Labour MP Wes Streeting urges hospitals to end the ‘postcode lottery’ of visitation rules after re... read more

Dupuytren’s disease breakthrough: New jab fixes ‘claw hand’ condition that hit Lady Thatcher

Millions struck by a disease that leaves them with an almost useless ‘claw hand’ could soon benefit from a drug that halts the condition before it c... read more

England will end free NHS flu jabs for over-50s but Scotland won’t

A major rift has emerged in the flu vaccination strategy being adopted by England and other Home Nations.  While the Government has said England will ditch the... read more

My GP says I’m too old for HRT at 68. What can I do? DR ELLIE CANNON answers your health queries

I am 68 and have suffered hot flushes since going through the menopause at 54. Hormone replacement therapy helped, but last year my GP switched me to a drug cal... read more

Poor healthcare? More than half of patients don’t complain

HEALTH NOTES: More than half of patients put up with poor healthcare… and they’re more likely to complain about postal delivery issues By Mail on Su... read more

Trendy air purifiers: Do they really work and are they worth their eye-watering price tags?

They look like high-tech smart speakers or designer coffee tables and come with grand claims they can purge rooms of harmful pollutants, allergens, bacteria, fu... read more

Cells infected with Covid can ‘explode’

Cells infected with Covid can ‘explode’: Landmark discovery could lead to radical new ways to tackle virus The reaction, a cell death known as pyrop... read more

Covid jab’s very rare side-effects may be explored in public inquiry into pandemic

Pandemic inquiry may look into very rare side-effects and deaths from the Covid vaccine It may look into struggle affected families have faced in getting compen... read more

Health chiefs deny vulnerable patients vital care which NHS should fund

The frail elderly man with terminal bone cancer, dementia and emphysema – too sick to breathe properly and in constant pain. The 97-year-old Second World War ... read more