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Andy Burnham could apply lessons from Manchester to create a healthier Britain with a stronger economy

For the first time in more than a decade, the UK could be led by someone who can offer a vision of a healthier, wealthier future grounded in evidence and operational experience, write Martin McKee and ...
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BMA recommends that 16 and 17 year olds get access to cross sex hormones

Under 18s with gender incongruence or dysphoria should have NHS access to cross sex hormones, the BMA says. Currently, new NHS prescriptions for these drugs are not permitted for this age group, but ...
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Hantavirus outbreak linked to cruise ship is over, say officials

An outbreak of hantavirus sparked by cases on a cruise ship is over, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. WHO’s director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that the final contact of a ...
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Uganda confirms Marburg case as Ebola outbreak continues

A new case of Marburg disease has been registered in Uganda, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed. Teams are already on the ground to help the East African country stem the spread as it ...
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New BMA GP committee chair Clare Bannon is elected

Clare Bannon has been elected as the new chair of the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee for England (GPC England). Bannon, a GP in Barnsley and former deputy chair of GPC England, will succeed ...
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Australia increases penalties for social media companies to enforce under 16s ban

Australia is stepping up its attempts to prevent children under 16 from accessing social media, a year on from becoming the first country in the world to enact a ban. In new moves, the Australian ...
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Health costs of the UK-US trade deal on pharmaceuticals

Samuel Cross, Karl Claxton, and Andrew Hill argue that diversion of billions of NHS funding to pay more for new drugs under ...
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Peptides: FDA appointed advisory committee criticised for conflicts of interest

A committee of experts tasked with deciding if the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should loosen restrictions on peptides has members who stand to financially benefit from the move, critics have ...
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Amos maternity review: Doctors must work differently as units “no longer fit for purpose,” but report is dogged by controversy

Fundamental changes are needed to how doctors work in neonatal and maternity units that are “no longer fit for purpose” to ...
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Covid-19 vaccine study pulled by US CDC is finally published

A study showing the effectiveness of covid-19 vaccines, initially pulled from publication by the US government in March this year, has finally been published. Originally slated for the Morbidity and ...
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Can the NHS afford Mounjaro? It spent £574m on the jab last year despite most eligible patients not getting it

The NHS spent £574m on tirzepatide (Mounjaro) last year, an almost fivefold annual increase and around 5% of its total ...
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Nottingham families were right about maternity failings; now ministers must listen to their calls for a statutory public inquiry

The largest maternity review in NHS history has laid bare a decade of systemic failure affecting more than 2500 families.1 ...