5 h. ago Mpox symptoms explained as warning issued over 'global spread' of infection

Health officials say the 'unpleasant and painful' infection continues to spread globally

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5 h. ago Health officials issue mpox warning as 'unpleasant and painful' disease spreads across Europe

The UKHSA has issued a fresh warning as mpox cases have been detected across Europe and the US with "no connection to countries" with known outbreaks

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54 h. ago Docs thought my back pain was a running injury and sent me to physio – now I have just 9% chance of surviving cancer

CLARA Cirks was just 30 years old when she was told she had a nine per cent chance of surviving. The first clues she was sick with an incurable disease was back pain that she had been reassured was linked to running, and she hadn’t wanted to keep bothering her GP. But with other symptoms...

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54 h. ago Inside looming NHS winter crisis as hospitals face ‘armageddon’

Every winter is a challenge for the NHS. But doctors fear this year could be one of the worst yet, as a ‘hugely concerning’ early flu season, a surge in A&E demand and the overhang of a devastating summer put the creaking health service under huge pressure. Medics and officials tell Rebecca Thomas about why they are more scared than ever before

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3 d. ago Officials seize thousands of illegal weight loss jabs in Northampton in 'world's largest raid'

Dubbed the 'world's biggest raid', the MHRA said it was also the first illicit production facility for weight loss medicine discovered in the UK.

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3 d. ago Officials seize more than 2,000 illegal weight loss jabs in Northampton in 'world's biggest raid'

Dubbed the 'world's biggest raid', the MHRA said it was also the first illicit production facility for weight loss medicine discovered in the UK.

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3 d. ago Urgent warning over safety of popular baby feeding product: 'They pose risk of serious harm or death'

The product could raise the risk of choking or suffering aspiration pneumonia - when food or liquids get sucked into the airway - health officials said.

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3 d. ago Urgent warning issued over popular vitamin supplements: Brands sold on the high street found to contain up to 12 TIMES the safe limit

Tests on supplements sold at popular health stores as well as Amazon found many contained more than double the safe upper limit recommended by UK health officials.

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4 d. ago UKHSA issues 'stay at home' warning over 'unpleasant' winter virus

The UK Health Security Agency has issued a warning over a winter bug with nasty symptoms

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4 d. ago UKHSA tells people with any of three symptoms to stay at home

UKHSA has warned of an illness that is 'unpleasant for everyone'

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4 d. ago GPs set to ask all women who attend NHS health check if they could be menopausal in major win for Daily Mail campaign

Menopause questions will be included in NHS health checks for the first time, officials have announced, in a landmark step forward for women's healthcare.

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6 d. ago Israeli settlers beat Palestinian farmers on video as attacks mount during West Bank olive harvest

Video obtained by The Associated Press shows an Israeli settler beating Palestinian olive harvesters with clubs in an attack that Palestinian health officials say sent at least one woman to the hospital with serious injuries

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6 d. ago Are hand sanitisers the next thing to be banned by the EU? Key ingredient under scrutiny 'due to cancer risk'

EU health officials proposed getting rid of or replacing products containing the ingredient over cancer concerns and the increased risk of pregnancy complications.

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7 d. ago Three cases of severe mpox reported in California, health officials say

Unrelated cases mark first time clade I of disease formerly known as monkeypox has spread within US, officials sayThree California residents have been infected with clade I mpox, a more severe strain of the virus formerly known as monkeypox – marking the first time this type of mpox has spread within the US, health officials said on Friday.The unrelated cases, identified in Long Beach and Los Angeles county, involve patients who had not recently traveled abroad. All three were hospitalized and are now recovering, according to the California department of public health. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Here is why flu could be SO bad this winter – as doctor shares 2p hack to relieve symptoms ‘instantly’

A FEW days of feeling under the weather is expected each winter - it is, after all, virus season. But flu, which can cause high fever, aches and exhaustion, and in severe cases lead to hospitalisation, may cause more havoc than usual this year, experts warn. Public health officials have warned England is facing an...

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7 d. ago At least 135 mutilated bodies of Palestinians had been held at notorious Israeli jail, say Gaza officials

Documents indicate they came from Sde Teiman, which already faces allegations of torture and unlawful deathsMiddle East crisis – live updatesAt least 135 mutilated bodies of Palestinians returned by Israel to Gaza had been held in a notorious detention centre already facing allegations of torture and unlawful deaths in custody, officials from Gaza’s health ministry told the Guardian.The director general of the health ministry, Dr Munir al-Bursh, and the spokesperson for Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, where the bodies are being examined, said a document found inside each body bag indicated the bodies all came from Sde Teiman, a military base in the Negev desert, where, according to photos and testimonies published by the Guardian last year, Palestinian detainees were held in cages, blindfolded and handcuffed, shackled to hospital beds, and forced to wear nappies. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Father, 60, with motor neurone disease shares harrowing photos showing his 'pain and suffering'

A father-of-two, 60, from Leicestershire in England has claimed a GP receptionist accused him of 'drinking' when he had an initial symptom of motor neurone disease.

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7 d. ago UNAids is set to close in 2026 – four years early. Are experts right to be alarmed?

The move to shut the agency comes as aid budgets are being slashed, leading to fears that global progress on HIV may be reversedAs executive director of the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association, Ganna Dovbakh was among the many public health officials and NGO leaders shocked by the UN secretary-general’s proposal to “sunset UNAids by the end of 2026”.In the eastern European and central Asian (EECA) countries where Dovbakh works, research indicates that the epidemic is on the rise. Over the past decade, there has been a 48% increase in new infections, and a 32% rise in Aids-related deaths, predominantly among marginalised and criminalised populations such as sex workers, men who have sex with men, and people who inject drugs. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Overdose in America: analysis reveals deaths rising in some regions even as US sees national decline

Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds wide geographical disparities in fatalities linked to the public health crisisOverdose deaths continued to rise in some communities across the US even as they declined nationally in 2024, according to an exclusive data analysis by the Guardian, which found wide geographical disparities in fatalities linked to the public health crisis.The revelation comes just months after public health officials heralded a 27% drop in overdose deaths, a feat that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) attributed to factors including expanded access to the overdose-reversal drug naloxone and substance-use treatment, and shifts in the drug supply. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'Killer' creature suspected to be lurking in popular Welsh lake

The creature is native to eastern Europe but has spread throughout lakes and rivers in western Europe, first being detected in Wales 15 years ago

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