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Updated 2025-06-14 23:00
Covid: Novavax jab volunteer's 'regret' over trial approval wait
Participants in the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine trial are not yet recognised as being fully vaccinated.
NHS dentistry access delays: 'I pulled 11 of my own teeth out'
Dentists warn of waits of up to four years to join an NHS dental practice.
Brain implant may lift most severe depression
Sarah, the first patient to try it, says it has allowed her to enjoy life again.
Lucy Letby: Nurse denies murdering eight babies
Lucy Letby is accused of murdering five boys and three girls at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Sense of touch and heat research wins Nobel Prize
US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian share the 2021 prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Bowel cancer patients fear cost of break in treatment
Bowel cancer patients say rules governing two drugs are unethical and unfair.
Portsmouth girl, 15, dies of Covid on day she was due jab
Jorja Halliday, from Portsmouth, was due to have her coronavirus vaccination on the day she died.
Covid: Care home staff should get the jab or another job - Javid
The health secretary says he will not delay the November deadline for workers to be fully vaccinated.
How healthy are vegan ready meals?
Vegan alternatives have never been more widespread, but are they a healthier option?
'Running could cause sudden death for people like me'
BBC journalist Gem O'Reilly explains the risk of exercise-related death in people with unknown heart conditions.
Covid: Delay of third jabs for most vulnerable criticised
Charities say they have been inundated with calls from worried immunosuppressed people.
Covid antiviral pill can halve risk of hospitalisation
Promising results mean a clinical trial has ended early and emergency authorisation is being sought.
Covid: One in 20 secondary-age children infected in England
This is the highest reported rate for Covid for any age group since the pandemic began.
Pret allergy death: Parents welcome Natasha's allergy law
Natasha Ednan-Laperouse's parents said she would be "very proud" of the new law to protect allergy sufferers.
Botox-style injections and lip filler ban for under-18s in England
Campaigners say the new rules in England do not stretch far enough to protect everyone.
Covid-19 vaccinations: More than 50 nations have missed a target set by the WHO
Most of those not making the target of 10% of people fully vaccinated by the end of September are in Africa.
'Shock type 1 diabetes diagnosis won’t stop me running an ultra'
Just months after being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, Reece Parkinson attempts a 50-mile race.
Shopping centre clinics to help tackle NHS backlog
They will be kitted out with equipment to carry out X-rays, breast screening, ultrasounds and scans.
Facebook grilled over mental-health impact on kids
Facebook's global head of safety, Antigone Davis, testifies to the US Senate, about child protection.
Covid: Children's mental health has not improved since lockdown - survey
One in six children in England is likely to have a mental disorder, up from one in nine in 2017.
Face-to-face GP visits still near lockdown levels
Surgeries in England say remote consultations are the only option as they do not have enough staff.
Coming off anti-depressants may not cause relapse - study
Staying on them reduces the risk of depression recurring but there's no guarantee, a study suggests.
Coronavirus: Will we go back to seeing our GPs face-to-face?
Ministers say GPs in England must offer in person appointments, after a rise in phone consultations.
Vitamin A treatment trial for Covid loss of smell
Volunteers will receive brain scans and be asked to sniff powerful odours such as rotten eggs and roses.
People also suffer 'long flu', study shows
Similar to Covid, other viruses can cause prolonged symptoms that take time to get over.
Covid: Boris Johnson makes inquiry pledge to bereaved families
Boris Johnson says he will appoint an inquiry chair before Christmas, after meeting a campaign group.
Covid: Kettering's high rate 'not all about children'
Kettering has the highest rate of new coronavirus cases per 100,000 people in the country.
NHS Highland pays out millions to bullied staff
The health authority says it expects payments to reach £3.4m after a culture of bullying was exposed.
What it's like to be a nine-year-old in a vaccine clinical trial
Fraternal twins Evan and Lizzy are enroled in Pfizer's vaccine trial for children between ages five and 11.
Half of young people willing to get Covid jab - study
The findings come from one of the first Covid surveys asking the young, rather than parents, their views.
Hospitals in England can relax Covid rules to treat more patients
Testing and isolating low-risk patients before planned operations can be dropped, new advice says.
Addenbrooke's Hospital: A&E patients made to wait in car park
A woman was left in "disbelief" as her daughter and other patients were made to wait in the cold.
Covid: 'I lost my daughter to cancer after the pandemic paused chemotherapy'
Mandy Russell told the BBC she's "broken" after 31-year-old Kelly Smith died of bowel cancer.
NHS waits: More people feeling forced into private healthcare
Increasing numbers are raising money to go private rather than wait for NHS operations.
'Judo gives me strength to deal with sight loss'
A Coleraine judo club is one of the first in NI to offer training for visually impaired participants.
London Marathon 2021: Student runs with Essex bone marrow donor 'who saved my life'
A student says it will be "so special" to do the London Marathon alongside her bone marrow donor.
CBD trial to treat hallucinations in Parkinson’s disease
Charles Ogilvie-Forbes is a volunteer in a clinical trial at King’s College Hospital, London.
Margaret Keenan: First UK person to get the Pfizer jab gets booster
The 91-year-old got her booster in Coventry alongside the matron who administered her first dose.
What is fat freezing and what are the risks?
A non-surgical technique to remove stubborn fat from the body can have side effects.
QE Hospital Birmingham: Winter looms with staff 'hanging on by a thread'
A hospital consultant says workers at the QE in Birmingham are already under "immense" pressure.
Covid: Cancer backlog could take a decade to clear
Research identifies 20,000 missing patients in England - and warns more staff and equipment are needed.
UK Covid vaccine rules cause hesitancy - Africa health boss
The UK's refusal to accept vaccine certificates from Africa could increase hesitancy, says Africa CDC.
Woman with Down's loses abortion law fight
Heidi Crowter says the current law on abortion for foetuses with the condition does not respect her life.
Annabel Wright: Family 'made aware' of Roaccutane adverse effects
Annabel Wright, 15, had been using Roaccutane in the months before she died, an inquest hears.
Covid-19: Life expectancy is down but what does this mean?
Life expectancy for men has fallen because of the Covid pandemic - but what will be the long-term effect?
NHS Scotland's 'biggest crisis' in five charts
Looking at the figures behind the enormous pressures being felt by NHS Scotland
GP appointments in Wales: People facing crisis, says watchdog
By the time Becca Martin's family got an appointment for her dad, he was so ill he was taken to hospital.
'Giving birth left me needing a colostomy bag'
Former triathlete Kayleigh Adams endured a fourth-degree tear that led to her needing a colostomy bag.
Is 'the worst cold ever' going around?
As more people mix again, the common cold is back - and leaving people floored.
Covid: How can missing five million be persuaded to have the jab?
Headlines have focused on teenagers and booster doses - but millions still haven't had a first jab.
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