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Hundreds of children die within months as measles cases soar in Bangladesh

Akira was always a fast learner, her father Al Amin says with pride. At 6 months she was already saying her first words. At just...

‘We knew somebody would die’: Teenage patients ‘ignored’ before fatal NHS trust failures

"We knew somebody would die… and nobody listened." Laura Kenny is remembering her friend Christie Harnett. Both were patients at a mental health unit in Middlesbrough...

Australia confirms first diphtheria death amid worst outbreak in decades

Australia has recorded its first diphtheria death in almost a decade as the country grapples with the worst outbreak of the vaccine-preventable disease in...

PCOS name change ‘more representative of condition’

Changing the name of a metabolic condition affecting more than 170 million women globally is "more representative" of it as a whole-body condition -...

Excessive social media ‘negatively impacts wellbeing’

We all know the feeling of doom-scrolling, the mindless numbing of the brain. But did you know it's actually impacting our wellbeing more in the...

From decades to years – AI could speed search for brain drugs hiding in plain sight

Scientists are using AI to accelerate the search for treatments for neurological conditions that may be hiding in plain sight. Researchers at the UK Dementia...

Ebola risk raised to ‘very high’ in DR Congo

The public health risk from the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been increased from "high" to "very high" by...

UK scientists developing new Ebola vaccine that could be ready in months

Scientists at Oxford University are developing a new vaccine that could be used within months to help tackle the Ebola emergency. The outbreak, centred on...

The tragedy of the ‘invisible killer’ of the young

Seventeen-year-old Adam Ankers and 20-year-old Matthew Dunning were both keen footballers, fit, healthy and in the prime of their lives. They did not know each...

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