Tag Archive for: BBC News – Health

Thousands get meningitis vaccine as experts wait to see outbreak peak
The outbreak, which has killed two people, is thought to have originated at a Canterbury nightclub.
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‘I feel so grateful to be alive’: Meningitis survivor speaks to the BBC
Annabelle Mackay, 21, has spoken to the BBC about her experience surviving meningitis.
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Lab-grown food pipe offers new hope for young patients
UK scientists have grown fully functioning food pipes and successfully transplanted them into mini pigs, paving the way for human trials.
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Lab-grown food pipe offers new hope for young patients
UK scientists have grown fully functioning food pipes and successfully transplanted them into mini pigs, paving the way for human trials.
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I went to bed with a sore ear, meningitis put me in a coma
Mark McNamee did not know he had meningitis until he woke up in hospital after being in an induced coma.
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Woman with ‘agonising’ condition to ‘give back’
The Worcester woman says she wants endometriosis patients to be "met with a little extra comfort".
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Hospital waiting lists in Wales see record drop
Wait times for planned care are falling but diagnostic and cancers waits are up, latest figures indicate.
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‘People with ADHD are great in a crisis’
'People with ADHD are great in a crisis'
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Stay at home advice questioned and rules too tough – key findings from Covid report
An NHS close to collapse, patients failed and NHS staff put at risk - what you need to know.
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Patients harmed as Covid pandemic brought NHS close to collapse, inquiry finds
Third report into the pandemic says patients and staff were failed as health service only just coped.
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