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Fears of potential measles outbreak in children as doctors told to be on alert

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has added the condition to its recommendations on the management of children with viral respiratory tract infections in hospital settings

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NHS medicines deal 'will speed up access to cancer treatment and gene therapies'

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Labour would 'hold the door open' for private sector in NHS, says Wes Streeting

Article thumbnail: MANSFIELD, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 08: Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he meets nursing staff during a general election campaign visit to King's Mill NHS Hospital in Mansfield on November 8, 2019 in Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. (Photo by Daniel Leal-Olivas - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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What is Pharmacy First? What pharmacists have said about new prescription service

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Over-the-counter contraceptive pill rolled out across England - here's what you need to know

Article thumbnail: A elderly woman and her carer looks at a magazine in a residential care home in Bath, on March 21, 2006 in Somerset, England. As people live longer and longer lives, social health care provision for elderly people and those with health complications in older age, how to pay for it has remained a major issue for successive governments.
Article thumbnail: A elderly woman and her carer looks at a magazine in a residential care home in Bath, on March 21, 2006 in Somerset, England. As people live longer and longer lives, social health care provision for elderly people and those with health complications in older age, how to pay for it has remained a major issue for successive governments.
Article thumbnail: Outwitting Cancer: Making sense of nature?s enigma The Francis Crick Institute Cervical cancer cell. The cell in this image is a HeLa cell, a cultured cell line that was derived from a biopsy of a cervical tumour from Henrietta Lacks who died of cervical cancer in 1951 aged 31. HeLa cells are an immortal cell line which means that they are able to divide perpetually. Credit: Electron Microscopy STP, Francis Crick Institute Provided by lauren.gildersleve@crick.ac.u
Article thumbnail: Outwitting Cancer: Making sense of nature?s enigma The Francis Crick Institute Cervical cancer cell. The cell in this image is a HeLa cell, a cultured cell line that was derived from a biopsy of a cervical tumour from Henrietta Lacks who died of cervical cancer in 1951 aged 31. HeLa cells are an immortal cell line which means that they are able to divide perpetually. Credit: Electron Microscopy STP, Francis Crick Institute Provided by lauren.gildersleve@crick.ac.u
Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 15 File photo dated 28/04/19 of tablets in a hand. The number of people dying of infections resistant to antibiotics increased last year, with experts warning of "concerning rises" in drugs that are used to tackle the likes of sepsis not working. Issue date: Wednesday November 15, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story HEALTH Antibotics. Photo credit should read: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 15 File photo dated 28/04/19 of tablets in a hand. The number of people dying of infections resistant to antibiotics increased last year, with experts warning of "concerning rises" in drugs that are used to tackle the likes of sepsis not working. Issue date: Wednesday November 15, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story HEALTH Antibotics. Photo credit should read: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: MILAN, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 30: Two women laugh as they check their phone ahead of a choir class at the socio-recreational center ??La porta del cuore?? in the Gallaratese quarter in Milan, Italy on September 30, 2022. October 1st marks the United Nations International Day of Older Persons. According to the WorldBank, in 2021, Italy was home to some of the world??s oldest population, with 24% of its citizens aged 65 and above, the second in the world after Japan at 29%. (Photo by Piero Cruciatti/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: MILAN, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 30: Two women laugh as they check their phone ahead of a choir class at the socio-recreational center ??La porta del cuore?? in the Gallaratese quarter in Milan, Italy on September 30, 2022. October 1st marks the United Nations International Day of Older Persons. According to the WorldBank, in 2021, Italy was home to some of the world??s oldest population, with 24% of its citizens aged 65 and above, the second in the world after Japan at 29%. (Photo by Piero Cruciatti/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)