Tag Archive for: BBC News – Health

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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League tables to reveal failing NHS trusts
Hospitals in England will be ranked on care and finances, so patients can look for good service.
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‘I might be dead before a decision is made’: Terminally-ill people on assisted dying
Nik is worried assisted dying could lead to coercion - but Elise, who has cancer, wants the choice.
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‘I might be dead before a decision is made’: Terminally ill people on assisted dying
Nik is worried assisted dying could lead to coercion - but Elise, who has cancer, wants the choice.
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Assisted dying could stop harrowing deaths, says MP behind bill
Adults expected to die within six months would be eligible under the proposals for England and Wales.
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Assisted dying bill: What is in proposed law?
The proposed law would allow some terminally ill adults to end their own lives. But there are requirements.
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What is assisted dying and how could the law change?
MPs backed a proposal to let terminally ill people in England and Wales choose to end their life.
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