There is only “weak evidence” that high-grade face masks better protected health workers than surgical ones in the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has been told. Prof Susan Hopkins, chief medical…
The chair of the Covid inquiry has refused an application from the UK Health Security Agency to keep the identities of two junior clinicians secret. Lawyers for UKHSA applied for…
Treating patients during the pandemic was like responding to a daily terror attack, the Covid inquiry has heard. Giving testimony, Professor Kevin Fong, spoke of staff he met during a…
Here is the plain text result: Ambulance crews faced crucial delays trying to save dying patients in the pandemic because of the time it took to put on protective equipment,…
Diary of a CEO host Steven Bartlett is amplifying harmful health misinformation on his number-one ranked podcast, a BBC investigation has found. Recent claims from guests - including that cancer…
Here is the result in plain text: A man who has been fighting prostate cancer has described how group fitness sessions have helped with recovery and offered a sense of…
A mum of three who died after a Brazilian butt lift (BBL) procedure had undergone a "frankly barbaric medical practice" in which she gave no informed consent, a coroner has…
Here is the plain text result: "If I see someone tapping their fingers on a desk, my immediate thought is to chop their fingers off with a knife," an anonymous…
The government has said the first victims of the infected blood scandal will receive final compensation payments this week. Ten people have been offered a settlement worth over £13m in…
Medically-assisted dying – also known as voluntary euthanasia – accounted for 4.7% of deaths in Canada in 2023, new government data shows. The country's fifth annual report since euthanasia was…
