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Trump’s war with Iran is threatening medical supply chains, experts warn

April 10, 2026

Doctors’ strikes: Streeting won’t rule out ban on industrial action

April 9, 2026

People in mental health crisis at serious risk in emergency departments, watchdog warns

April 9, 2026

Iran war: Attacks near nuclear sites pose “alarming” health risks, WHO warns

April 9, 2026

Drone strike on Sudan hospital kills 10

April 8, 2026

Genetic testing: Australia bans life insurers from discriminating against applicants

April 8, 2026

New US cholesterol guideline recommends earlier screening and statin treatment

April 8, 2026

Zero tariffs for UK drug exports to US, but experts warn deal will cost NHS billions

April 8, 2026

Long covid’s £8bn bill: OECD report warns pandemic continues to cast a “long shadow”

April 8, 2026

Resident doctors’ strikes have cost NHS £3bn, Streeting claims, as first day of industrial action begins

April 7, 2026

Measles: 38 children dead in Bangladesh outbreak

April 2, 2026

Doctors join protest against far right

April 2, 2026

Government axes 1000 new training posts in England as resident doctor dispute deepens

April 2, 2026

HIV/AIDS: MSF condemns Gilead for refusing to sell it lenacapavir

April 2, 2026

Mental health, ADHD, and autism review: Underdiagnosis, misdiagnosis, and overdiagnosis are happening simultaneously

April 2, 2026

RSV vaccination programme expanded to 3 million more older people

April 2, 2026

Medical news in brief: New GMC rules on doctors’ beliefs, Scotland rejects assisted dying, missed TB cases, and other stories

April 2, 2026

Meningitis kills 259 000 people a year, global study finds

April 1, 2026

Drug supplies: Iran war leaves NHS chief “really worried”

April 1, 2026

BMA to ballot senior doctors on industrial action

April 1, 2026

Conversion therapy: US Supreme Court rules against law banning practice for minors

April 1, 2026

Wegovy: GPs to prescribe weight loss jab to prevent heart attacks and strokes

April 1, 2026

Resident doctors given 48 hours to call off strike or lose 4500 specialty training places, in new ultimatum from Starmer

March 31, 2026

NHS England’s vision for the NHS App—a “lifelong companion” available 24/7

March 31, 2026

Endometriosis: NICE adds dedicated fertility treatment pathway

March 31, 2026

PAs will not receive CCTs, officials say, amid GMC reform fears

March 30, 2026

Scientists turn plastic waste into Parkinson’s drug

March 30, 2026

Palantir: New York Hospitals ends contract amid protests

March 30, 2026

Strikes: Streeting threatens to withdraw extra training places if resident doctors walk out

March 27, 2026

British Palestinian doctor Rahmeh Aladwan is charged with supporting Hamas

March 27, 2026

Bird flu: First human case of H9N2 in Europe

March 27, 2026

Meta and Google are found liable for harm to child’s mental health in landmark ruling

March 27, 2026

Chikungunya alert: UK cases reach 10 year high as travellers urged to protect themselves

March 27, 2026

GPs in England overwhelmingly reject contract changes

March 26, 2026

Abortion: More US women using telehealth to access care amid bans

March 26, 2026

Doctors condemn expansion of GMC’s appeal powers after government “betrayal”

March 26, 2026

Doctors’ pay: 3.5% award for 2026 is a “crushing blow,” leaders say

March 26, 2026

Covid vaccines are not linked to sudden death in healthy younger adults, study finds

March 26, 2026

Diabetes patients dying in hospital from insulin mismanagement, safety watchdog warns

March 26, 2026

Resident doctors announce fresh strike action in England

March 25, 2026

MenB: Kent hospital admits “indefensible” delay in raising alarm about suspected meningitis case

March 25, 2026

Midwifery journal sent “inappropriate” survey sponsored by formula company, critics say

March 25, 2026

Children’s end-of-life care has “serious inadequacies,” MPs warn

March 25, 2026

Israel is using “Gaza playbook” to attack healthcare facilities in Lebanon, experts warn

March 25, 2026

“Distinct” meningitis B genome is one of three factors driving Kent outbreak, experts say

March 24, 2026

GMC to get new powers to crackdown on doctors over racism and antisemitism

March 24, 2026

Abortion rates at record high—as House of Lords backs decriminalisation, what’s driving the rise?

March 24, 2026

Medical exam errors: Electronic systems needed to avoid marking blunders, guidance says

March 24, 2026

Transgender care: US judge rules RFK Jr declaration “did not follow lawful procedure”

March 23, 2026

Lucy Letby: Key medical witness in trial was under investigation by his employers

March 23, 2026

Violence against doctors reaches record levels in Spain

March 23, 2026

Four Jewish charity ambulances in London are destroyed in “cowardly” arson attack

March 23, 2026

Meningitis: Kent outbreak “passes peak” as one new suspected case is reported in northwest England

March 23, 2026

Environmental Protection Agency is sued by 24 US states over change to greenhouse gas regulation

March 23, 2026

Alzheimer’s drugs: Lecanemab and donanemab to be reconsidered for NHS after appeal

March 20, 2026

Meningitis: MenB strain may have evolved to be more transmissible, say experts

March 20, 2026

GMC: Doctors to get new rules on their personal beliefs and work

March 20, 2026

Covid inquiry: “Superhuman” efforts of health workers saved NHS from collapse, report finds

March 19, 2026

Emergency department doctor suspended for “predatory” behaviour over examinations of colleagues

March 19, 2026

Child mortality: millions of preventable deaths as aid cuts thwart progress, UN warns

March 19, 2026

Plastic surgeon who tried to kill colleague is struck off

March 19, 2026

Medical news in brief: Daily pill for hot flushes, medical training prioritisation bill passes, no Sweden subsidy for Wegovy, and other stories

March 19, 2026

BMA accused of hypocrisy as its own staff vote to strike over pay erosion

March 18, 2026

Hospices in England face funding “cliff edge” that threatens services, MPs warn

March 18, 2026

Afghanistan: “Scores of patients dead” after devastating airstrike on hospital

March 18, 2026

Meningitis: Cases rises to 20 in fatal Kent outbreak amid surging demand for private jabs

March 18, 2026

Assisted dying rejected in Scotland as England’s bill stalls in the Lords

March 18, 2026

Fount of filth: Artwork reflects the effects of water pollution on health

March 18, 2026

Experts outline “urgent” need for more pregnant women to be included in clinical trials

March 18, 2026

Maternity taskforce set up to respond rapidly to Amos review

March 18, 2026

US vaccination: Judge blocks RFK Jr’s controversial reforms

March 18, 2026

Meningitis: Fatal outbreak in Kent is less targeted strain B, officials confirm

March 17, 2026

Climate change: Rising temperatures could increase physical inactivity for millions, study warns

March 17, 2026

Overseas doctor recruitment saved NHS £10.9bn but UK is failing to train homegrown talent, say MPs

March 16, 2026

Unemployment linked to stark disparities in self-reported health, 10 year analysis finds

March 16, 2026

Meningitis in Kent: Two young people dead and 11 seriously ill in outbreak

March 16, 2026

Breastfeeding and codeine guidance in doubt after calls for retraction of pivotal Lancet study

March 16, 2026

Misinformation “infodemic”: Doctors need “humility” when tackling patient concerns, say experts

March 13, 2026

Abu-Sitta case: New regulator joins appeal effort on doctor cleared of supporting terrorism

March 13, 2026

Patients at risk from new “advice and guidance” referral rules, GP leaders warn

March 13, 2026

FDA approves leucovorin—but not for autism, despite Trump hype

March 12, 2026

NHS staff survey: Nearly one in six resident doctors physically attacked at work last year

March 12, 2026

Palantir: Coalition urges NHS organisations to refuse to use controversial tech giant’s software

March 12, 2026

Iran war: 43 attacks on healthcare facilities in Iran and Lebanon, WHO says, as thousands killed

March 12, 2026

Space drugs: Why the UK government wants to head into orbit to make medicines

March 12, 2026

Antimicrobial resistance: Pharma pipeline projects drop by over a third

March 12, 2026

Governments failing to implement physical activity policies, researchers warn

March 11, 2026

Menopause: NICE approves daily pill for hot flushes

March 11, 2026

MPs reject social media ban for under 16s

March 11, 2026

TB surge: Is England about to lose its low incidence status?

March 11, 2026

Donna Ockenden to lead investigation into Leeds maternity services

March 10, 2026

RCP elections: Allowing younger doctors to vote a watershed moment

March 10, 2026

NHS halts cross sex hormone treatment for under 18s

March 10, 2026

Martha’s rule: 446 lifesaving interventions in 16 months, NHS says

March 9, 2026

Jewish doctor suspended after Islamophobic comments

March 9, 2026

Vinay Prasad leaves FDA again amid dispute over Huntington’s disease treatment

March 9, 2026

Medical training prioritisation bill passes but clarification still needed on IMGs, leaders say

March 6, 2026

Consultants demand action to protect their freedom of speech in wake of Abu-Sitta case

March 6, 2026

Iran: WHO calls for protection for health workers as conflict sweeps the Middle East

March 6, 2026

Trump’s glyphosate order infuriates MAHA movement, leaving RFK Jr exposed

March 6, 2026
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