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The NHS in England will no longer limit the amount of Caesarean sections it performs, under plans to improve care for mothers and babies. Maternity units were previously encouraged to promote natural births and keep the…

People should not be forced into making a "terrible choice" over going into work with Covid or risking losing income by self-isolating at home, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has said. The trade union raised concerns ahead…

Boris Johnson is due set out his plans to scrap all remaining Covid legal restrictions in England, including the requirement to isolate. The prime minister is to meet the Cabinet in the morning before updating the Commons in…

Vegetables may be good for you, but eating a lot of them is unlikely to reduce your risk of a heart attack or stroke, a large UK study suggests. What else we eat, how much exercise we do and where and how we live may have…

Throughout the pandemic many people have reported losing their sense of smell and taste. Smell loss can be caused by viral infections and brain injuries. The charity AbScent, which aims to end smell disorders, has been hosting smell…

Jimi Olaghere thought he would have to wait decades to be freed from his sickle cell disease - but now scientists have engineered his blood to overcome the disease which left him in constant pain. "It's like being born…

Thomas Hebbron is one of the forgotten victims of the pandemic. He was diagnosed with leukaemia in February 2019 - a year before Covid hit the UK. The eight-year-old, from Leeds, has been treated with chemotherapy…

A group that represents NHS bosses has called for free Covid testing to remain, despite speculation that it could be scrapped. The NHS Confederation also said 75% of senior staff in England did not want self-isolation rules…

Children aged between five and 11 in England will be offered a low-dose Covid vaccine, the government says. Northern Ireland has said it will also follow Wales and Scotland in offering young children the vaccine.…

Hundreds of people who had retinal implants to improve their sight face an uncertain future as the technology they rely on is now obsolete. Second Sight stopped making its Argus II bionic eyes several years ago to focus on a…

Scotland's dental leaders say the backlog for patients getting NHS treatment is "enormous". Official data shows people in more affluent areas were much more likely to be seen by a dentist in the last two years compared to…

NHS services across the east of England continue to be affected after three cases of Lassa fever were discovered in the region. A newborn baby died at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital, an adult was cared for at Addenbrooke's…

Children aged between five and 11 in England will be offered a low-dose Covid vaccine, the government says. Official scientific advice concludes the move would help protect the "very small" number of children who become…

About five million adults in the UK still haven't had a Covid vaccine, according to government figures and ONS population estimates. Covid vaccines offer very high levels of protection against infection and are safe. Leicester's director…

More than 14,000 UK men are thought to need treatment for prostate cancer, but have not come forward because of the pandemic. The NHS is urging men to check their risk online as a first step to identifying a cancer that is very…

Analysis of more than 30 bottles of wine has found two glasses could be enough to reach the recommended daily sugar limit for adults. Research by Alcohol Health Alliance UK found some bottles had up to 59g of sugar - more…

People who are vaccinated are less likely to develop long Covid even if they catch the virus, a rapid review by the UK Health Security Agency reveals. It looked at the available evidence to date from 15 studies around the…

All five to 11-year olds in Wales are to be offered Covid vaccinations, the health minister has announced. Eluned Morgan said she was following a "yet to be published" recommendation from the UK's Joint Committee on…

A woman with a rare form of cancer is waiting for an operation to remove a 8kg tumour growing near her spine. Stephanie Coles was diagnosed with leiomyosarcoma in December after finding a lump on her abdomen. The…

Death registrations involving Covid in the UK fell slightly in the week ending 4 February, according to the latest Office for National Statistics figures. There were 13,472 deaths registered in total in the UK during that…

A County Tyrone man who has been waiting six years for a gall bladder operation has said he feels forgotten about by the health service. John Doherty, 55, said he could not understand why he was unable to get updates on his…

Pollution of the world's rivers from medicines and pharmaceutical products poses a "threat to environmental and global health", a report says. Paracetamol, nicotine, caffeine and epilepsy and diabetes drugs were widely…

Medical face masks could be turned into curtains or bedsheets, the government has said as it tries to tackle pandemic-related PPE plastic waste. Health minister Edward Argar said the Department of Health and Social Care was…

Critical action is needed to address "vast and persistent" ethnic inequalities in healthcare in the UK, a major study has found. The review, ordered by the NHS Race and Health Observatory, found "overwhelming" evidence of…

Thirty years ago, Michelle Crawford from Londonderry was undergoing an operation that would change her life. Born with a hereditary heart condition, doctors said the 10-year-old might only have weeks to live without a heart transplant. On…

Two NHS hospital trusts are working with police after a doctor was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. Staffordshire Police has launched a major incident review of the doctor's work at hospitals in Dudley, West Midlands,…

A hospital patient has been arrested on suspicion of murdering another patient who died after a fight. Police were called to Rotherham District General Hospital at about 20:55 GMT on Saturday to reports that two men had been…

A woman has resorted to teaching her five-year-old son to use FaceTime over fears his grandmother will have a fourth heart attack. Mandy Swift, 56, has had three heart attacks and now her daughter Vicki is teaching son Gethin…

Teaching people about achieving sexual pleasure can help sell safe-sex messages, say researchers from the World Health Organization. Programmes using this approach improve condom use more than ones that focus only on the…

Tongue-tie is a condition which affects about 10% of newborn babies in the UK, but parents say they can face major struggles for services and support. It occurs when the strip of skin connecting the tongue and the floor of…