Baby feeding charities and experts have called on the government to urgently publish its response to recommendations for ...

South Carolina has confirmed 15 cases of measles and quarantined 139 unvaccinated children in the hope of stemming the latest ...

The US president, Donald Trump, has promised to lower the cost of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) by urging companies that provide health insurance to their employees to offer the fertility treatment.

John James Jones, known as JJ or Taff, was, despite being born in Bristol, a proud Welshman. He was raised in Mid Wales by his father, an aircraft draughtsman, and his mother, a midwife. He attended ...

Family doctors will continue to refer patients to emergency departments when they become inundated with appointment requests and “safe capacity is breached,” a GP leader has told health secretary Wes ...

Pharmaceutical pricing policies must prioritise patients and public interest over industry profits, say Els Torreele and Martin McKee Pharmaceutical companies are intensifying pressure on the UK ...

Total liabilities for medical negligence in the NHS now have reached £60bn (€69bn; $81bn), the government’s public spending watchdog has found. The figure—more than four times the sum recorded nearly ...

The GMC has vowed to act after an investigation highlighted a failure to vet overseas doctors applying for NHS jobs. Jane Feinmann reports A total of 22 doctors on the General Medical Council register ...

Multilateral initiatives are needed to signal confidence and fill funding gaps in mRNA research, writes Jennifer B Nuzzo ...

Public health experts warn that England is facing an early flu season this year, with the number of cases rising over the past week. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) urged eligible people to take ...

As specialty training interviews approach, Elisabeth Mahase hears advice from those who have been through them Alice Wakefield, specialty trainee year 5 acute medicine in south east Scotland, says, ...

Tackling rising cases will require a coordinated approach Vaccination has reduced the global burden of pertussis (whooping cough), but the disease has recently resurged.1 After a temporary decline ...