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WHO Warns of Soaring Rates of Measles In Europe
Europe has seen a big surge in measles cases in 2017, which the World Health Organization says is a tragedy after a...
E-Cigarettes ‘should Be On Prescription’
E-cigarettes should be available on prescription, according to Public Health England (PHE). The agency wants them to be...
Children ‘exercise Less As They Get Older’
Children ‘exercise less as they get older’ The number of children doing an hour of exercise a day falls by nearly...
Contaminated Blood Scandal Inquiry Announced
A UK-wide inquiry will be held into the contaminated blood scandal that left at least 2,400 people dead, the prime...
Google NHS Deal Rebuked Again By DeepMind Panel
An independent panel set up to oversee the activities of Google’s DeepMind has agreed that its initial deal with a UK...
UK Parliament Hit By ‘sustained’ Cyber-Attack
The UK Parliament has been hit by a cyber attack, officials at Westminster say. The “sustained” hack began on...
Prostate Cancer Blood Test ‘helps Target Treatment’
Scientists have developed a blood test that could pick out which men with advanced prostate cancer would benefit from a...
NHS Cyber-Attack Was ‘launched From North Korea’
British security officials believe that hackers in North Korea were behind the cyber-attack that crippled parts of the...
Surgeon Removes 30 Inches Of Man’s Constipated Colon
A team of surgeons in China have beat the odds to remove 30 inches of large intestines from a 22-year old man suffering...
Third London Bridge Attacker Named
The third London Bridge attacker has been named as 22-year-old Youssef Zaghba, a Moroccan-Italian man. Pakistan-born...
Prostate Cancer Treatment ‘could Help More Patients’
One of the largest clinical trials for prostate cancer has given “powerful results”, say UK researchers. A drug for...
Drug Shrinks Ovarian Tumours In Early Trial
A new targeted treatment for ovarian cancer has shown “very promising” results in women in the advanced stages of...
‘Disgraced’ Breast Surgeon Ian Paterson Jailed For 15 Years
Breast surgeon Ian Paterson has been jailed for 15 years after carrying out unnecessary cancer operations. Paterson,...
Queen Elizabeth Visits Victims of ‘very Wicked’ Manchester Attack
Queen Elizabeth described the terror attack that left 22 people dead in Manchester as "very wicked" during a visit to...
UK’s First Proton Beam Machine Arrives
A key component of the UK's first high-energy proton beam machine has been delivered to its new home in Newport. Proton...
US and UK Far From Top 10 In Global Health Rankings
The US and UK lagged far behind other leading nations in a new global healthcare report. Although both nations are seen...
‘Heart Attack Risk’ For Common Painkillers
A fresh study suggests there may be a link between taking high doses of common anti-inflammatory painkillers – such...
Next Cyber-Attack Could Be Imminent, Warn Experts
Another major cyber-attack could be imminent after Friday's global hit that infected more than 125,000 computer...
Security Blogger Halts Ransomware ‘by Accident’
A UK security researcher has told the BBC how he "accidentally" halted the spread of the malicious ransomware that has...