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Researchers say pregnant women could be spared from risky breech deliveries by an extra ultrasound scan at 36 weeks.

Alice Sanderson, April 23, 2019

Proposals for the new presumed consent organ donation system, which comes into force in England next year, say that some body parts should be excluded.

Alice Sanderson, May 09, 2019

Public Health England has announced that 12 and 13-year-old boys will be offered the HPV vaccine.

Carrie Tennick, July 09, 2019

British babies are not given enough checks for rare but serious diseases and health conditions, according to a new report.

Carrie Tennick, July 24, 2019

Antibiotic-resistant strains of the superbug Klebsiella pneumoniae, a pathogen that can cause respiratory and bloodstream infections in humans, are spreading throughout European hospitals.

Carrie Tennick, July 30, 2019

Women using menopause hormone therapy (MHT) face an increased risk of breast cancer, with this increased risk lasting for more than a decade after they stop using it.

Carrie Tennick, August 30, 2019

Cancer survival in the UK has improved since 1995, but rates are still behind other high-income nations.

Carrie Tennick, September 12, 2019

More than 600 people suffered incidents of medical negligence so serious they should never have happened between April 2018 and July 2019.

Carrie Tennick, September 17, 2019

The private sector is responsible for providing 84% of beds for people in residential social care, up from roughly 82% in 2015, says a new report.

Carrie Tennick, September 19, 2019