Health & Medicine

The Thirlwall Inquiry finds some babies could have been saved if action had been taken earlier.

The Trump administration is eliminating limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Environmental groups say this will impact the climate and public health.

Inquest hears how Rolando Torres-Pena, 22, was able to strangle and kill Hugo Flint-Cahan on a hospital ward in east London.

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Those in the medical profession say the HBO Max show about a US hospital emergency room is the most realistic medical drama yet.

Pennsylvania reports that a 40-year-old woman died from the disease, which was declared eliminated in the US in 2000.

Actor Tatyana Ali says her healing journey after a traumatic childbirth has inspired her advocacy for Black maternal health, including support for midwives, doulas and other birth workers.

Chickens – which can test positive for viruses but cannot spread them – an ideal early warning system for mosquito-borne disease The start of West Nile virus transmission began unusually early in…

Sarah Hickey and her team help keep nearly 20,000 acres of upland in the Isle of Man healthy.

Marcus Hearn recalls the stories his father told him about the filming of episodes in Cambridge.

The worst U.S. measles outbreak in decades is growing and flu season is imminent. Experts are fretting about federal health data reliability after the CDC questioned two Pennsylvania measles deaths.

Students say they were legally admitted and funded to study in Pakistan, but now face being sent home mid-degree.

Sleeping next to a snorer could be having a negative effect on your health, experts tell the BBC.

At the launch of On Your Side, a mental health toolkit created by the Prince of Wales and the Royal Foundation, BBC Sport's Nesta McGregor asks sporting stars, 'how has sport helped your mental…

Studies from hotspots across Europe that have introduced levies suggest they have no impact on visitor numbers If you wandered down Las Ramblas or lazed on a beach in the Balearics this summer, you…

Health secretary says extreme demand no longer confined to winter as service in England warns of knock-on effects The NHS faced the “busiest summer in its history” as the UK experienced a series of…

Prince William urges sport at every level to make suicide prevention part of its culture through a new nationwide toolkit called On Your Side.

Many Iranians cannot access or afford life-saving drugs, but authorities say pharmaceutical sector will not collapse.

One parent says the number of patients involved in a review is "ridiculous".

Phillip Ormerod was taken to hospital in critical condition and later died.

HHS releases report linking ‘gender ideology’ to political violence – a study scientists say was poorly conducted The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released a report…

The pop star's first album since 2021 deals with the mental health fallout of perimenopause.

Doctors told Elle Black if she had gone to hospital later the outcome could have been quite different.

The Royal United Hospital in Bath has set up swimming sessions for stoma bag users.

Healthy middle-aged people deemed to be at higher risk of developing condition among those eligible to participate People without memory loss will be offered an experimental Alzheimer’s drug that…

Sudan Doctors Network says SPLM-N forces shelled residential areas in the town of Dilling.

Some say the case shed light on the mental health struggles of mothers, while others argue it's no excuse for murder.

Mabon ap Gwynfor says he respects the decision but has questions for the health board responsible.

National Audit Office urges government to act as climate crisis, disease and cyberattacks pose growing risks The climate crisis, disease and cyber-attacks pose growing risks to the UK’s food supplies…

Survivors in relief camps in Nepal are struggling to get basic commodities like food and medicine

Climate crisis could increase incursions of Aedes aegypti, which can transmit Zika virus and dengue, experts say An invasive mosquito capable of transmitting tropical diseases has been found breeding…

Abu Safia, who has been under custody for nearly two years, continues to face abuse inside prison, his lawyer says.

Almost half of the world's farmers are poisoned annually by pesticides, according to a study published Wednesday, September 2, in Frontiers in Public Health. By using..

Iran's health minister says the death toll from US attacks has risen to 19, including two children.

More than 500 students in Indonesia were hospitalised with food poisoning on Tuesday.

Number of people killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo from disease exceeds 3,000 amid response funding gap.

Top medical groups band together to ease confusion from Trump administration’s changing immunization advice Leading US medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and Covid-19 vaccinations…

In the unprecedented absence of federal guidance, leading medical groups are issuing their own recommendations for who should get the COVID-19, flu and RSV immunizations.

Dr Mark Deakin, a consultant at Alder Hey hospital, was described as Letby's "boyfriend" during her trial.