Medicare or Medicare Advantage? A Guide for 2025
Medicare — the federally funded health care program — has been in place since 1965. Since then, an expanding array…
GPs advise not to ignore scabies symptoms
Getty ImagesPeople are being told not to ignore an itchy rash, with GPs in England reporting a spike in scabies…
Lucy Letby loses bid to appeal against conviction
Convicted killer Lucy Letby's bid to appeal against her latest conviction for the attempted murder of a baby girl has…
UK regulator tells doctors to watch out for obesity injection misuse
The UK's drug safety regulator is asking doctors to be alert for patients who may be misusing obesity injections, such…
Disposable vapes to be banned from June, says government
The sale of disposable vapes will be banned in England from June next year, the government has confirmed.
Cocaine use fuels record high in drug deaths
Drug-poisoning deaths in England and Wales have hit the highest level in 30 years, fuelled by a 30% rise in…
Streeting will vote against assisted dying law
Health Secretary Wes Streeting will vote against changing the law on assisted dying, the BBC has confirmed.
NHS will not fund new drug to slow Alzheimer’s
A new drug that slows the pace of Alzheimer's disease is too expensive for too little benefit to be used…
Is the system letting down people who were harmed by Covid vaccines?
BBCThere is nothing in life that is free of risk. That includes vaccines. But the evidence is compelling that the…
Vaccine for winter vomiting bug to be trialled on thousands
Getty ImagesA vaccine is to be trialled on thousands of people to find out if it could protect against norovirus…