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One dead and two ill after meningitis outbreak
Close contacts of people linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak in Reading are being offered antibiotics as a precaution.
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Mental health system is broken, says mother of Nottingham triple killer
Celeste Calocane gives evidence for first time at inquiry into Valdo Calocane’s 2023 attacksThe mother of the man who killed three people in an attack in Nottingham in 2023 has told an inquiry that th...
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Google denies breaching law by promoting suicide forum linked to 164 UK deaths
US-based site, whose operators were fined £950,000 by Ofcom, appears in Google’s search results and can be accessed in UKGoogle has denied breaching the Online Safety Act by promoting a “nihilistic” s...
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Wes Streeting vowed to fix ‘broken’ NHS but critics say he failed to deliver
NHS experts and MPs say he ‘told a good story’ as health secretary while kicking difficult cans down the roadWes Streeting’s 22 months in office were characterised by relentless media interviews, news...
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Waiting times for hospital treatment in England hit key target, figures show
Outgoing health secretary declares Labour’s ‘plan for the NHS is working’, though experts question how goal was reachedHospitals in England have hit a key target for improving the time it takes patie...
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Wes Streeting claims he hit his NHS targets - this says otherwise
"I am pleased to report that I have delivered against the ambitious targets you set for me when I became your secretary of state for health and social care."
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French authorities lift lockdown on norovirus-hit cruise ship
Asymptomatic people allowed off ship from Wednesday afternoon but those infected ordered to remain in isolationA norovirus-hit cruise ship carrying mainly passengers from the UK and Ireland has had a...
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Farage’s Clacton-on-Sea constituency worst ‘tree desert’ in England, research shows
Woodland Trust also finds significant north-south divide in tree cover, leaving many people at risk of poor health Nigel Farage’s constituency of Clacton-on-Sea is a “tree desert”, leaving people more...
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NHS drugs go-ahead offers lifeline to children with rare muscle-wasting disease
Medicines watchdog approves two treatments for patients with spinal muscular atrophyHundreds of children with a rare muscle-wasting disease will be able to receive two drugs that can improve their sur...
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Six from hantavirus cruise ship leave Arrowe Park hospital to isolate at home
Passengers will remain in isolation for 45 days of isolation, with health officials confirming they remain asymptomaticSix people who were evacuated from the cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbr...
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One in seven in UK prefer consulting AI chatbots to seeing doctor, study finds
Exclusive: Doctors say ‘highly concerning’ poll highlights risk to patients of turning to AI for medical adviceOne in seven people are using AI chatbots for health advice instead of seeing their GP, a...
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Obesity rates in some countries levelling off or potentially falling, study finds
Researchers say rise not inevitable and it is important to unpick what is behind differences in obesity trendsA continuing rise in obesity around the world is not inevitable, research suggests, with r...
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The king’s speech: what is the government’s legislative agenda for the next 12 months?
Keir Starmer set out bills to abolish NHS England, overhaul Send provision, limit jury trials and forge ties with EUKeir Starmer has laid out long-promised changes to education, health and the courts...
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France confines more than 1,700 people to cruise ship after suspected norovirus outbreak
About 50 people on vessel carrying mostly British and Irish passengers have symptoms, say officialsFrench authorities have confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew members to a cruise ship docked...
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NHS to roll out 'life-changing' treatments for children with rare muscle-wasting condition
Hundreds more children with a rare muscle-wasting condition are to be given access to two "life-changing" treatments after they were approved for NHS use.
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More than 1,700 people banned from leaving British cruise ship over likely stomach flu outbreak
More than 1,700 passengers and crew members have been ordered not to leave their cruise ship while French health officials carry out tests after a likely stomach flu outbreak onboard.
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Murder investigation as pedestrian struck by car dies in hospital
A murder investigation has been launched after a man who was part of a group of pedestrians struck by a car in Nottinghamshire died in hospital.
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Older people risk mental decline if they do long hours of caring, UK study shows
Researchers find 50+ hours a week can be detrimental to health but lighter responsibilities have positive effectThe stresses and strains of caring for someone for 50 hours or more a week leads to “acc...
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Capacity of lifts not kept up with UK obesity levels, study shows
Research on weight limits of elevators made in UK and Europe 1972-2004 raises concerns over safety and equityLifts are no longer big enough to fit the UK’s larger citizens, according to researchers.A...
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These are the ghd straighteners I swear by as a former hairstylist for sleek styles (aff)
The situation could still change and there might be more confirmed cases, warns the head of the World Health Organization.
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