Some weeks ago one of my former patients, a man in his mid-70s, asked if I would meet him. As we made our way to a coffee outlet near his office, I noticed he�... read more
The number of Britons falling ill with Covid every day fell five per cent last week, according to one of the country’s biggest surveillance projects. Ki... read more
‘Thousands will die’ over the next decade because of a huge cancer care backlog, damning report reveals Thousands of cancer patients will die over t... read more
A panel of international experts representing the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended high-risk COVID-19 patients receive Regeneron’s monoclon... read more
Children of mothers depressed in pregnancy are more likely to suffer depression themselves in the future, a study suggests. University of Bristol experts also... read more
In 1988, Maggie Keswick Jencks was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 47. She had a mastectomy and, in her own words, ‘put cancer behind me’. But ... read more
The fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic fueled by the Delta variant may be the last surge the U.S. sees, according to the former head of the Food and Drug Admi... read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) advisory committee has officially recommended the use of boosters doses for the Pfizer-BioNTech COV... read more
COVID-19 patients who require intensive care are likely to have delirium and other neurological symptoms, a new study finds. Researchers at the University of Mi... read more
Unvaccinated children getting infected with Covid isn’t an issue because they face such a vanishingly rare chance of falling seriously ill, a scientist sa... read more
Asymptomatic children in Florida will no longer be forced to quarantine after being exposed to a Covid-positive kid and will instead be allowed to go back to sc... read more
After a spike in COVID-19 vaccinations during the Delta surge, vaccinations in the U.S. are now dropping again. Under 300,000 Americans got their first doses ea... read more
Pregnant women may have suffered complications because of Covid even if they did not catch the virus ‘because of the stress of the pandemic’, study ... read more
A Covid-infected pregnant woman has claimed she lost her baby after being forced to wait for two-and-a-half hours in a hospital car park. Fationa Nikolli, who w... read more
Fat children should be given weight loss surgery because it is safe and can improve their health, scientists say. Medics are cautious about offering bariatric s... read more
Yet another study has found that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine may be more effective against infection that the Pfizer-BioNTech shot. Researchers, led by the Cen... read more
Patients from disadvantaged communities were less likely to have access to telemedicine during the pandemic, a new study shows. Ophthalmologists at the Massachu... read more
Nearly 18million fewer NHS appointments were carried out last year, according to official data that lays bare the true toll of the Covid-induced backlog on the ... read more
Health bosses are already pleading for a further £1.5billion in funding, just a fortnight after No10 pushed through a £12billion tax raid to prop up the NHS.�... read more
Family doctors are treating 200,000 fewer patients on Fridays as the surging number of part-time GPs enjoy long weekends off, figures suggest. Surgeries conduct... read more
The Daily Mail’s campaign to win the right for all patients to have face-to-face care from their family doctor has received a tidal wave of public support... read more
Grieving daughters say their hospice carer mother who died from cancer after struggling to arrange an in-person GP appointment was ‘failed by the system&#... read more
