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The kits, sold on the High Street, are not predictive enough to pinpoint the change of life, top UK doctors warn.

Angela Rayner says there is "suspicion" about contracts for a firm she says is linked to a Tory peer.

Review suggests year by year increases until no-one is allowed to buy tobacco and cigarettes.

Patients are staying an average of seven days in hospital for treatment, a BBC investigation finds.

Patients in England, Wales and Scotland will no longer need to see their GP to receive a "fit note".

Opening takeaways near schools could also end under plans to tackle childhood obesity.

Thais can now grow cannabis for commerce, but the rules still ban recreational use.

Experts warn health inequalities will be widened by the surge in the cost of living.

Doctors say it may cause confusion but NHS Digital says the updated advice now has wider relevance.

Laura Mahon, 29, gave birth at 30 weeks after being told she had an inoperable brain tumour.

The health secretary says a video of a nurse warning of delays is "not what anyone wants to see".

Health Secretary Sajid Javid says the findings are "stark" ahead of the report's publication later.

Staff say physical and verbal abuse is unacceptably common, and many now feel unsafe at work.

Carrie-Ann Farquhar was told her young son had normal hearing, but years later he was diagnosed as being profoundly deaf.

A nurse is filmed as she informs a packed accident and emergency waiting room of long delays.

The government's chief scientific adviser says it was "really important" everyone stuck to the rules.

Doctors will be required to notify their local council or health protection team about suspected cases.

A High Court judge is considering the case of Archie Battersbee, 12, who is on life support in hospital.

Colin Gibson says being diagnosed means "you know what you are dealing with".

A report shows some of the poorest drinkers cut back on food when the unit price was set at 50p.

Patients in England will be able to get early access to promising new treatments.

Nurse leaders are concerned about access to care and support for those with long-term problems.

A court considers the case of Archie Battersbee, 12, who is on life support in hospital.

Outbreaks of the rare virus are continuing to occur in many countries outside Africa.

An inquiry into allegations of abuse at Muckamore Abbey Hospital begins public hearings in Belfast.

Sarah Mullen is one of a growing number of women in Scotland who are choosing to give birth at home.

Patients missing out on care and medicines as NHS struggles to fill posts across UK, staff say.

WHO figures show confirmed cases tripled in a week, which is likely to be an underestimate.

Here's why you need more than one Covid jab.

UK health officials say no one factor linking all the cases has been identified so far.

A senior GP warns that the steep rise is likely to have a "significant impact" on doctors and staff.

China's biggest city, a vital global trade hub, begins to relax crippling Covid restrictions.

Cervical screening is changing, but fewer checks will not mean more cancers missed, a study confirms.

Surgeons successfully transplanted the donated organ into a patient who, a year on, is doing well.

James MacDougall offered his sperm via social media but did not disclose his genetic syndrome.

Shortage has left some areas of England having to cope with half the number of doctors than others.

Max Dingle, 83, died after his head became trapped in a bed at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

A patient paid to diagnose slipped discs and is living in pain with private surgery costing £15,000.

Three families say they "objected to the poor care" before their relatives were taken to hospital.

Women burned more body fat during morning exercise whereas evenings counted more for men.

Anyone who tests positive should abstain from sex while symptomatic and use condoms for eight weeks.

Frustrations with waiting times and drunk patients are thought to be behind the 5% increase.

A 70-year-old kidney transplant patient is waiting for a drug to be reapproved.

A couple who lost their baby say staff had no idea what to do for them when they arrived at A&E.

Shama Hanif tells of her struggle with anorexia and how she has cast off the shame she once felt.

Some medical leaders say protest-free areas are the "only way" to protect patients and staff.

Conspiracies and memes shared during the Covid pandemic are cropping up again.

More than half of those to die in the latest wave to hit Hong Kong were care home residents.

Helen Goss calls for more help for children like Anna, 9, who is ill two years after catching Covid.

Gerbils, hamsters and other rodents could be particularly susceptible to the disease, warn experts.