Worst of Covid IS over – but one in 30 people still have it, major surveillance report reveals The Office for National Statistics estimates 1.7million in ... read more
An unfortunate Chinese man developed a 2inch-long horn on the tip of his penis, doctors have revealed. The unidentified 43-year-old sought medical advice after ... read more
Regulators have expressed ‘deep concerns’ about the quality of care mothers and babies receive in hospital after maternity services deteriorated to ... read more
Patients are being routinely placed at risk of harm because health and social care is so ‘gridlocked’, a damning report reveals today. The logjam pr... read more
Four weight-loss drugs that cut bodyweight by up to 10 per cent in a year were recommended for moderately overweight and obese adults who did not have luck with... read more
Leading CDC panel votes to add COVID-19 vaccines to recommended immunizations for all Americans – even children – joining shots for polio and hepati... read more
Ever wondered why you always crave a cheeky late-night kebab after a heavy night of drinking? Well, scientists might finally have come up with an answer. Austra... read more
Alaskans fork over more than $11,000 annually to pay for healthcare, the most of every state’s residents, and kidney stones are the most expensive ailment... read more
The NHS should launch specialised clinics to people who have suffered long-lasting illness after getting a Covid jab, an MP said today. Sir Christopher Chope, T... read more
Britain’s winter flu outbreak has begun but Covid pressures are already beginning to ease, health chiefs declared today. The UK Health Security Agency, ... read more
Federal health officials have launched a probe into a controversial Boston University study where scientists created a form of COVID-19 with an 80 per cent leth... read more
A young boy in Nevada has died of a brain eating amoeba that officials believe he contracted at Lake Mead, local officials reported. The child, a Clark county r... read more
A vegan, low-fat diet might be just as good as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopausal women, a study claims. Researchers found women who cut out all a... read more
Friendship is the key! Having active friends can convince a couch potato to do more exercise, study finds Sedentary people can be motivated to adopt active hab... read more
Almost 40,000 cancers went undiagnosed during the first year of Covid, official figures revealed today, laying bare the ‘true and catastrophic impact̵... read more
Squeezing a stress ball might be the most conventional way of battling stress. But if you are looking for something a little different, you could try pretending... read more
NHS staff who lie to cover-up poor care in the health service should face a criminal charge, the author of the damming probe into the East Kent maternity scanda... read more
Pregnant women or those who have just given birth are more likely to be murdered than die from pregnancy complications in the US, experts say. Researchers at Ha... read more
Lateral flow tests for monkeypox are set to be developed by Government-backed scientists amid fears of future outbreaks and the virus becoming endemic. A grou... read more
Children born to mothers who suffer a dangerous condition during pregnancy are more likely to die after birth and in adolescence, a study has found. Chinese res... read more
Seeing your GP should not be like booking an Uber driver who you will never see again, MPs say, as they call for a cap on surgeries’ patient list lengths.... read more
£400 bribes really DO help pregnant women stop smoking: Mothers-to-be given vouchers are TWICE as likely to give up, study finds Experts say financial incentiv... read more
