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Health Secretary Sajid Javid encourages those eligible for a Covid booster to take the jab now.

A report raises concerns about chronic understaffing and excessive workloads at one hospital.

But the business secretary says it is not time for "Plan B" and he wants to avoid further lockdowns.

Many care staff are struggling with an increased workload and want to quit, research suggests.

Targeted annual PSA screening could spot early, treatable cancers in high-risk men, researchers say.

Laura Anderson shares her experience of hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) during her pregnancy two years ago.

But Boris Johnson says the rollout of a Plan B to control the virus in England has not been discussed.

The Duchess of Cambridge warns of the "devastating impact" of the pandemic on addiction rates.

A judge ruled Alta Fixsler's life support should be withdrawn in a hospice rather than at home.

Scientists are studying it to better understand how much of a threat it may pose.

Warren Higgs speaks before and after having his kidneys, which weighed more than five stone (35kg), removed.

Doctors booked a termination for Sharon Gorvett, but no-one discussed her options with her.

The famed service is helping solve the immense challenge of vaccinating remote Australia.

Critics worry the rollout is happening too slowly in England to best protect people ahead of winter.

Lucy is thought to be the oldest child to receive a donor heart that did not match her blood type.

After the Wanted star's diagnosis, he wants to raise awareness to improve treatment and research.

Blood results show it gets the body to mount an immune response to fight coronavirus.

Nightclubs and large events can only allow entry to people who can show they have had two Covid jabs.

People share their stories of having negative PCR tests after positive lateral flow results.

A lab in Wolverhampton is suspended as 43,000 people in England and Wales are potentially affected.

Health chief says it's not clear what went wrong as 43,000 in England and Wales potentially affected.

Some people who took tests in Berkshire earlier this month may have wrongly been given the all-clear.

The figures come despite improving numbers overall, with some 610 fewer stillbirths in 2019 than in 2013.

It comes as ministers unveil £250m package for GPs to encourage more face-to-face consultations.

Positive results from the widely-used rapid Covid tests should be trusted, say UCL researchers.

Henrietta Lacks was an African-American woman whose cells have led to key medical breakthroughs.

The World Health Organization unveils a new group to examine the emergence of the virus more closely.

Doctors who came into the public eye during Covid received death threats and harassment.

A woman says hospital restructuring has badly affected her husband's treatment.

A lack of care staff in the community leaves hospitals struggling to discharge patients.

The app widely used to prove vaccination status for travel suffered an outage Wednesday.

One of England's leading hospitals is preparing for its busiest winter ever.

The highest level of hospital investigation will be carried out into the cases of 17 patients.

It is alarming, say researchers, that longevity was declining in the north even before the pandemic.

The treatment, meant to rejuvenate and treat dryness, worked no better than a placebo procedure.

"Dementia is something you learn to live with, not just die of," - tips from, those living with the condition.

The vaccine is being offered to children aged 12 and older.

The former England rugby player speaks to those living with the same condition as his father.

The former minister will become a special representative for a United Nations body in Africa.

But the new report by MPs fails to reflect the views of bereaved relatives, campaigners say.

Some of the Tesco Max All-In-One Chesty Cough & Cold Lemon Sachets contain incorrect dosing information.

The chief scientific adviser says he does not just tell the government what it wants to hear.

An investigation prompted by a radiographer's death finds not all staff were properly fitted for masks.

NHS England says the number of pregnant women seriously ill in critical care with the virus has grown.

The inquiry panel will try to establish what happened between residents and some staff.

As African countries get the vaccine, Newsbeat speaks to two people who've grown up with Malaria.

Laura McAdam shares her story as part of new government campaign to boost the uptake of smear tests.

The Youth Sports Trust charity wants girls to have a greater say over PE in schools.

Catching both viruses at the same time puts people at a more significant risk of death, a health boss says.

England's chief nursing officer urges people to top up protection ahead of a busy winter for the NHS.