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Private flu vaccine stocks running low as cases rise

Pharmacies have warned that private stocks of flu vaccines are running low. It comes as lab-confirmed cases rose by 24% to 2,331 cases, from 1-7...

Campaigners question ethics of puberty-blocker trial in legal letter to Streeting

Campaigner Keira Bell has told the BBC she believes the planned clinical trial of puberty blocking drugs for gender-questioning children is unethical and children...

Flu wave hits England’s busiest A&E – hundreds of patients are arriving a day

At England's busiest emergency unit, all the beds are full by midday. As one patient leaves his room at Leicester Royal Infirmary's acute unit, cleaning...

Last minute offer may avert strike by resident doctors

Next week's strike by resident doctors in England may be averted after ministers offered the British Medical Association a fresh deal. The doctors' union has...

Sperm from donor with cancer-causing gene was used to conceive almost 200 children

A sperm donor who unknowingly harboured a genetic mutation that dramatically raises the risk of cancer has fathered at least 197 children across Europe,...

Some schools disrupted amid rise in flu cases

Some schools have had to bring back Covid-like measures to prevent the spread of flu, as rates of reported illnesses in schools and other...

Much of £11bn Covid scheme fraud ‘beyond recovery’, report says

Much of the £10.9bn in taxpayer money lost to fraud and error in Covid support schemes is now "beyond recovery", a report has said. The...

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