Tag Archive for: BBC News – Health

Action needed after baby feed deaths, says coroner
A law change is needed after three babies die after being given contaminated feed, a coroner says.
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Davina McCall out of ICU after brain surgery
The presenter's partner says she has made an "enormous leap forward" as he thanked well-wishers.
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‘Exploitative’ children’s home profits to be curbed
The new measures aim to stop private care home providers benefiting excessively from a stretched system.
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Gynaecology waiting lists double, leaving women in pain
Around 630,000 women are waiting for gynaecology appointments as waiting lists double in four years.
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Nurse said she would have drowned patient at birth
Kathleen Alexandra Warmington is struck off for making "inappropriate comments".
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US reports first case of emerging mpox strain
A person in California has tested positive for the emerging strain, which can cause a more serious illness.
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Trump picks vaccine sceptic RFK Jr for health secretary
Robert F Kennedy Jr has a history of spreading health information scientists say is false.
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Trump picks vaccine sceptic RFK Jr for health secretary
Robert F Kennedy Jr has a history of spreading health information scientists say is false.
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Folic acid added to flour to lessen birth defects
Fortifying bread and flour will help reduce neural tube defects, such as spina bifida.
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‘My wife died because the NHS used cheap labour’
Roy Pollitt's wife died after a physician associate mistakenly left a drain in her body for 21 hours.
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