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Outbreak of ‘top contagious threat’ at Georgia high school leaves health officials…
Hundreds of students and staff at a suburban Georgia high school are being tested for a Victorian-era disease considered the world's biggest infection threat.Health officials say up to 300 people may have been exposed to someone with an…
The Chancellor announces a £22.6 billion cash injection for the health service in the Budget
The health service will receive a £22.6 billion cash injection over two years, the chancellor has announced, in what she calls the biggest non-Covid spending increase since 2010. But health experts say patients may not feel the impact if…
Why I argue against legal regulation of psychotherapists | Letter
As a former chairman of the British Council for Psychotherapywho led our fight against legal regulation in the first decade of this century, I am concerned when I read what feels like a new and thoughtless rush towards legal regulation of…
Name that tumor: Donald, Elon, Vladimir, Nigel? | Short letters
When I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, you kindly published my letter (May 29, 2022) in which you referred to my tumor as Boris, as an unwanted growth that needed to be eliminated. Well, I won that one, but now the gods have decided…
Medtronic has dismissed the lawsuit against the pulse oximeter, the FDA is still working on…
In a lawsuit filed against CVS, Walgreens, GE Healthcare and many other medical technology companies and sellers of pulse oximeters — devices that use light to measure oxygen saturation in the blood — Medtronic has been dismissed, the…
Family of California toddler bitten by deadly snake must pay $300,000 for life-saving antivenom
Brigland 'Brigs' Pfeffer had just turned two when his parents were confronted with the very real possibility that he would die.The little boy was playing in his backyard in San Diego, California, when he ran to his mother and screamed that…
A rise in the world’s deadliest infections has been reported – it ‘looks like a cold in…
World Health Organization (WHO) leaders have warned that tuberculosis is now the 'leading cause of death from infectious diseases', with a record 8.2 million cases last year.Known as consumption during the Victorian era, officials warn that…
First UK case of ultra-deadly monkeypox strain hits London patient
A case of the new Clade 1b monkeypox has been discovered in London and has spread to several African countries, the first in Britain.The unnamed patient was on holiday in an African country currently experiencing an outbreak earlier this…
Ice creams on sale in UK supermarkets that don’t contain ANY cream – they’re made…
According to recent research, there is nothing vanilla about some vanilla ice creams on supermarket shelves.A social media influencer popular for his health videos caused shock this week after revealing that more than half of supermarket…
First UK case of mpox variant clade Ib detected in London
The first British case of a potentially deadly variant of the MPOX virus has been discovered in London.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the risk to the UK population from the Clade Ib mpox variant “remains low”.The person…