The NHS hospital where the neonatal nurse Lucy Letby worked has been censured by England’s healthcare regulator over failings ...

A new report has catalogued hundreds of alleged human rights abuses in US immigration detention centres, including physical ...

Nearly 8000 people in southern China have fallen ill with chikungunya since mid-June, officials have said, although the ...

World Athletics has said that all athletes wishing to compete in the female category will have to take an SRY gene test, but ...

A former consultant colorectal surgeon has been struck off the UK medical register for concocting multiple fake medical ...

One third of doctors are looking to leave the UK medical profession, and nearly half of those are taking serious steps ...

In my 30 years as an orthopaedic surgeon, the types of broken bones we see in hospitals have changed remarkably. We used to ...

Consider preparation method and replacement food when assessing health risks The potato is a carbohydrate rich tuberous vegetable that traditionally has been used as a staple in many food cultures.

As the fourth high level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) approaches, Bai Li and colleagues warn that failing to tackle obesity will set back progress ...

GPs should report all incorrect or misleading results from artificial intelligence (AI) tools used in clinical practice, the UK medicine regulator has urged. The Medicines and Healthcare Products ...

NHS 111’s reliance on an “ineffective” algorithm for potential sepsis cases could be putting patients in danger, experts have warned after the death of a baby. On 26 June 2024 the health of 1 month ...

Ministers have vowed to “crack down on cowboy cosmetic procedures,” after a rise in unqualified and rogue operators left people “maimed, injured and in need of urgent NHS care.” Under the new rules, ...