Bob Harris steps down from BBC Radio 2 shows because of ill health
Veteran broadcaster makes ‘one of hardest decisions of my entire life’ weeks after revealing spread of cancer to spineThe veteran broadcast…
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Experts criticise plan for American-only Ebola quarantine centre in Kenya
Plan departs from policy of bringing CDC staff back to US for treatment and offering support to all health workersFormer top US officials a…
UK car sales hit post-Covid high as Chinese EV makers gain ground
Registrations are up 7% in May, with battery electric vehicles recording the fastest growth and Tesla jumping 45%British car sales rose in…
Three studies used by RFK Jr and allies to justify controversial vaccine policies changes facing new scrutiny
Scientists praise moves to investigate, retract or remove controversial studies.
Rebel attacks in eastern DRC kill 30 people and hamper Ebola response
Islamic State-linked militia blamed for raids in North Kivu as governor says three patients with disease fled clinicsRebel attacks around a…
NHS to tackle antisemitism after report finds Jewish staff and patients 'routinely ostracised'
Lord Mann’s review prompts new training for health bosses and restrictions on political symbols on uniformsThe NHS is taking action to tack…
DRC Ebola outbreak could have begun as early as January, WHO chief says
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the virus ‘had a big head start’ but that the response was catching upThe Ebola outbreak in the Democratic…
Diphtheria outbreak: residents of remote NT community say health clinic has no hand sanitiser
There’s a three-week wait on test results in Yuendumu, near Alice Springs, and locals say NT Health has dropped the ball on telling locals…
Big tobacco uses cigarette playbook to help sell ultra-processed foods, journal reveals
New issue of the American Journal of Public Health focuses on parallels between marketing for cigarettes and UPFsThe new issue of the Ameri…
Thousands more UK black men to be invited for prostate cancer screening
Health secretary announces expansion of Transform trial but does not back population-wide testingThousands more black men will be invited t…
Doctors hail drug that spares bladder cancer patients 'life-changing' surgery
Durvalumab shows promising results in trial led by London-based Institute of Cancer ResearchDoctors are hailing a drug that spares bladder…
South West Water fined £1.85m over parasite outbreak in Devon
Utility company pleaded guilty to criminal offence of supplying water unfit for humans‘My son is still suffering’: the ill effects of water…
Smart drug that strips cancer cells of 'invisibility cloak' can shrink tumours by 30%, trial shows
Experimental tablet produces encouraging results in patients with world’s most common forms of disease• ‘I was getting ready to say goodbye…
Shared NHS patient records could cut 20,000 A&E visits a year, ministers claim
Modernisation bill would require GPs and hospitals in England to share data, reducing errors and duplicationSharing access to patients’ hea…
WHO calls for community cooperation to contain Ebola outbreak in DRC
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus makes appeal after protests against protocols for handling victims’ bodies in Ituri provinceContaining the Ebola…
WHO puts Ebola outbreak death rate at 'huge' 30-50% as chief arrives in DRC
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calls for ceasefire among armed groups to help avoid deaths from preventable diseaseThe death rate of the Ebola…