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Health
New TB vaccine in 100 years advances as Gates, others fund...
Wellcome and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced funding, to advance...
Pill made from freeze-dried faeces to be taken by liver...
Around 300 people are expected to take part in the trial and will be randomly assigned...
She was denied an abortion in Texas - then she almost died
A Texas law that bans all abortions - except in dire medical circumstances - is...
Skin cancer: Smartphone camera lens technology to be used...
The tiny device can take detailed images of moles or skin legions, and is set to...
Ghana patients in danger as nurses head for NHS in UK -...
The recruitment of nurses by high-income countries from poorer nations is "out of...
Lung cancer pill cuts risk of death by half, study finds
The drug, developed by AstraZeneca, if taken daily after surgery, dramatically reduces...
Covid: Top Chinese scientist says don’t rule out lab leak
The possibility the Covid virus leaked from a laboratory should not be ruled out,...
Mozambique cholera: Why outbreaks have sparked unrest
False claims about the spread of a cholera outbreak in northern Mozambique have...
US and Mexico sound alarm over cosmetic surgery-linked...
US and Mexican authorities are urging the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare...
NHS to deliver world first blood-matching test to aid sickle-cell...
Transfusions are a common way to treat both conditions but inadequately matched...
Patients will be able to use NHS app to opt for private...
The news comes as the number of people waiting for routine treatment on the NHS...
Dirty-bomb antidote: Drug trial begins in US
The first human trial of a new type of dirty-bomb-antidote pill, designed to remove...
New test made with AI could help doctors diagnose heart...
Researchers who developed the computer algorithm hope it could reduce unnecessary...
US Justice Dept sues Tennessee over transgender healthcare...
The law, passed in the state’s Republican-led statehouse, prohibits youth from receiving...
Pakistan confirms its first case of mpox
A 25-year-old Pakistani man is diagnosed with the infectious viral disease, once...