Exclusive: New and expectant mothers left to ‘suffer in silence’ as demand outstrips supply Campaigners have expressed alarm at new analysis showing a sharp increase …
Concern over public health fuelled by studies linking UPF to raised blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes Health experts have ramped up calls to improve …
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has delivered a recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Administration on marijuana policy, and Senate leaders are hailing …
Move in England comes after detection of high-mutated coronavirus variant that is spreading around the world Health officials have brought forward plans for autumn flu …
Exclusive: spending data shows Home Office hired ‘resilience practitioners’ after what PCS union calls ‘trauma assessments’ The Home Office has provided border officers with mental …
Potentially lethal to fish and dangerous for humans, the summer’s toxic invader is caused by warming seas and strong winds When Owen Francomb from Margate …
Health care providers in Alabama have filed lawsuits against state Attorney General Steve Marshall over threats to prosecute people who help women arrange abortions outside …
Presidential hopeful makes comment after Senate Republican leader, 81, froze and was unable to speak this week Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has suggested her fellow …
A federal lawsuit alleges that health insurance giant Cigna used a computer algorithm to automatically reject hundreds of thousands of patient claims without examining them …
Large-scale global study also suggests buyouts associated with higher healthcare costs Private equity takeovers of health services worldwide are associated with worse quality of care …
Lords committee calls for creation of advisory groups to tackle the pollutants, which may increase risk of heart disease and premature death Light and noise …
As results show 35% slowing in cognitive decline, health leaders say swift decisions crucial What impact will the Alzheimer’s drug donanemab have? Health regulators are …
Soaring temperatures lead some to reconsider travel plans or adjust itineraries, as sweltering weather is expected to continue British holidaymakers aiming to travel to mainland …
Dele Alli interview shines spotlight on players’ wellbeingFormer PFA chairman calls for change to ‘crisis mode’ approach The Professional Footballers’ Association has been urged to …
Tourists collapse in Greece and Italy and worker killed near Milan amid heatwave worsened by carbon pollution A ferocious heatwave inflamed by carbon pollution is …
Thousands could be hospitalised and dozens die if MMR vaccine take-up doesn’t rise, say immunologists London is at risk of a major measles outbreak that …
Junior doctor leaders have threatened to keep up industrial action until spring unless they receive a ‘credible pay offer’ Rishi Sunak’s pledge to cut NHS …
Minority ethnic newborns risk late diagnosis and poorer health as guidance was developed for white European babies in 1952 Tests to assess newborn babies’ health …
Prosecutors and others say in the weeks before Kimbrady Carriker opened fire at random with an AR-15 in Philadelphia killing five people, the few people …
Researchers find physically active short sleepers in their 50s and 60s suffer cognitive decline as fast as those who do less exercise Middle-aged people not …
Health service is in ‘critical condition’ but public support is ‘rock solid’, say three thinktanks in letter to political leaders The Tony Blair Institute, the …
Damning report highlights lack of control over billions in spending and no stockpile plan for future pandemic Britain’s lead public health body has a staggering …
Mikheil Saakashvili appears frail and emaciated on court video link, leading to concern about his treatment Georgia’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili has appeared on television …
Steve Barclay also announced public inquiry into ‘tragic’ mental health deaths across Essex NHS Trust as he said “I’d like to thank The Independent for …
Other senior staff allowed rollout to begin 10 days before Treasury’s formal green light, new book claims Steve Barclay frustrated health officials by delaying the …
Charity calls for prioritisation of NHS heart care after nearly 100,000 excess deaths since March 2020 England is engulfed in a cardiovascular disease emergency, health …
Figures come two years after ministers pledged to end ‘dangerous’ practice and highlight ongoing chronic shortage of mental health beds in NHS More than 5,000 …
Exclusive: Research reveals only a quarter of primaries will have vital school-based support by end of 2024 Ministers have been accused of failing to grasp …
Latest updates: Government seeking judicial review arguing it should have right to hold back ‘unambiguously irrelevant’ material Steve Barclay, the health secretary, also had trouble …
Embedded tracking tool revealed details of users’ visits to content on depression, self-harm and eating disorders Some of Britain’s biggest charities providing support for people …