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Vegan alternatives have never been more widespread, but are they a healthier option?

BBC journalist Gem O'Reilly explains the risk of exercise-related death in people with unknown heart conditions.

Charities say they have been inundated with calls from worried immunosuppressed people.

Promising results mean a clinical trial has ended early and emergency authorisation is being sought.

This is the highest reported rate for Covid for any age group since the pandemic began.

Natasha Ednan-Laperouse's parents said she would be "very proud" of the new law to protect allergy sufferers.

Campaigners say the new rules in England do not stretch far enough to protect everyone.

Most of those not making the target of 10% of people fully vaccinated by the end of September are in Africa.

Just months after being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, Reece Parkinson attempts a 50-mile race.

They will be kitted out with equipment to carry out X-rays, breast screening, ultrasounds and scans.

Facebook's global head of safety, Antigone Davis, testifies to the US Senate, about child protection.

One in six children in England is likely to have a mental disorder, up from one in nine in 2017.

Surgeries in England say remote consultations are the only option as they do not have enough staff.

Staying on them reduces the risk of depression recurring but there's no guarantee, a study suggests.

Ministers say GPs in England must offer in person appointments, after a rise in phone consultations.

Volunteers will receive brain scans and be asked to sniff powerful odours such as rotten eggs and roses.

Similar to Covid, other viruses can cause prolonged symptoms that take time to get over.

Boris Johnson says he will appoint an inquiry chair before Christmas, after meeting a campaign group.

Kettering has the highest rate of new coronavirus cases per 100,000 people in the country.

The health authority says it expects payments to reach £3.4m after a culture of bullying was exposed.

Fraternal twins Evan and Lizzy are enroled in Pfizer's vaccine trial for children between ages five and 11.

The findings come from one of the first Covid surveys asking the young, rather than parents, their views.

Testing and isolating low-risk patients before planned operations can be dropped, new advice says.

A woman was left in "disbelief" as her daughter and other patients were made to wait in the cold.

Mandy Russell told the BBC she's "broken" after 31-year-old Kelly Smith died of bowel cancer.

Increasing numbers are raising money to go private rather than wait for NHS operations.

A Coleraine judo club is one of the first in NI to offer training for visually impaired participants.

A student says it will be "so special" to do the London Marathon alongside her bone marrow donor.

Charles Ogilvie-Forbes is a volunteer in a clinical trial at King’s College Hospital, London.

The 91-year-old got her booster in Coventry alongside the matron who administered her first dose.

A non-surgical technique to remove stubborn fat from the body can have side effects.

A hospital consultant says workers at the QE in Birmingham are already under "immense" pressure.

Research identifies 20,000 missing patients in England - and warns more staff and equipment are needed.

The UK's refusal to accept vaccine certificates from Africa could increase hesitancy, says Africa CDC.

Heidi Crowter says the current law on abortion for foetuses with the condition does not respect her life.

Annabel Wright, 15, had been using Roaccutane in the months before she died, an inquest hears.

Life expectancy for men has fallen because of the Covid pandemic - but what will be the long-term effect?

Looking at the figures behind the enormous pressures being felt by NHS Scotland

By the time Becca Martin's family got an appointment for her dad, he was so ill he was taken to hospital.

Former triathlete Kayleigh Adams endured a fourth-degree tear that led to her needing a colostomy bag.

As more people mix again, the common cold is back - and leaving people floored.

Headlines have focused on teenagers and booster doses - but millions still haven't had a first jab.

Scientists at Imperial College London are now researching a link between Covid-19 and new allergies.

The 15-year-old's mother says she told doctors she had heard of suicides linked to Roaccutane use.

Health Minister Eluned Morgan says she's taking responsibility as military called in to drive vehicles.

Infected blood scandal survivors have accused ministers of misleading the public in 1983.

Almost 2,000 swimming pools in England could be closed by 2030 without urgent government action, a Swim England report suggests.

Women tell their stories as the number of parents having a baby via surrogacy increases.

Some prescribed treatments are unnecessary and even harmful, says government-commissioned report.

Joe Biden wants more global vaccine equality but the US and other nations have not backed promises with action.