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In East Africa, Rats Have Prevented 400,000 New Cases of Deadliest Infection Using Their Super Sense of Smell

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In East Africa, Rats Have Prevented 400,000 New Cases of Deadliest Infection Using Their Super Sense of Smell

Good News Network

4h ago 4m read

N.B. woman never expected to have to fight to donate kidney to cousin in Ontario

10h ago 10m read

Is it true that … showering every day is bad for your skin?

12h ago

‘Ridiculous’ cuts to AI cancer tech funding in England could cost lives, experts warn

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Take two Van Goghs daily: the growing popularity of museum prescriptions

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Protests postponed after pharmacy funding boost

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Alarms, overdoses and saving lives: Two days in UK's first drug injection room

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Researchers Discover New Mechanism for Rapid Liver Regeneration to Restore Damaged Livers

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Vulnerable patients will lose vital support with Pip cuts | Letters

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Morning-after pill to be made free at pharmacies in England

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What you should know about benzos before you take them

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Squaring up to death after my cancer diagnosis gave me a deeper appreciation of life | Matt Forde

Sun

Is it safe? Is it spying? Disquiet over NHS ‘magic eye’ surveillance camera in mental health units

Sun

Are my braids doing more harm than good?

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The anti-women ‘fertilization president’ who wants to have it both ways | Arwa Mahdawi

Sat

My child has autism. Trump and RFK Jr linking it to vaccines scares parents like me

Sat

‘He still features in my nightmares’: how a sinister psychiatrist put hundreds of women in deep, drug-induced comas

Sat

‘I can’t do this’: Nurse practitioner burnout may be Ontario’s next health-care crisis

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Parents, midwives mourn closure of family birth unit at Montreal's Notre-Dame Hospital

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Social media suggests seed oils — like canola — are bad for you. More science is saying otherwise

Sat 8m read

‘Plot twist - I’m still a fat person!’: meet the people proving you can be fit at any size

Sat

'I had to use a goods lift to go for an abortion'

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Blood victims dying 'two a week' as thousands await compensation

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Use data science approach to boost NHS standards and patient safety | Letter

Fri

No work for me after training as a midwife | Letter

Fri

Utah becomes first US state to ban fluoride in public drinking water

Fri

‘What the hell is this stuff?’: French people on the culture shock of flossing

Fri

‘We live in both worlds’: how teachers of Gullah Geechee herbal medicine are cultivating tradition

Fri

Quebec cancer patient's fight to save home shows how costly a diagnosis can be

Fri 7m read

How do I navigate the fear and anger of this political moment? | Leading questions

Fri

Red Deer overdose prevention site set to close after judge rules against extending injunction

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Big drop in child surgery for swallowed objects

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Drug that could be 'more toxic than fentanyl' being sold in northern B.C.

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New Brunswick not going far enough in reviewing mystery illness cases, family says

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U.S. patient dies from rabies after organ transplant. Can this happen here?

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New York clerk refuses to enforce Texas effort to punish abortion provider

Thu

Theresa Banks obituary

Thu

Man who died from sepsis 'not treated urgently'

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Fake £4m Xanax drug gang boss jailed

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U.S. health department to slash 10K jobs under Kennedy’s overhaul plan

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Deadly, drug-resistant fungus spreading at ‘alarming rate,’ CDC warns

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UNICEF-led Volunteer Effort Has Prevented Afghanistan’s Health System from Collapsing, Ensuring Care for Millions

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B.C. city buys health clinic to help community retain and recruit new doctors

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What do measles outbreaks overseas mean for Australia? - video

Thu

NHS software provider fined £3m over data breach after ransomware attack

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The foods restricted in Welsh shops as ban approved

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Baby slings unsafe for hands-free feeding, charities warn

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Who are the millions of Britons not working?

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FDA approves new antibiotic to treat UTIs in females

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Fertility patients sold unproven add-ons, HFEA says

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What is assisted dying and how could the law change?

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Exercise and screen time advice for new mothers angers parenting groups

Wed

Baby deaths trust claimed £2m 'good care' payments

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Government concerns over assisted dying timeline

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Apology over delay to maternity report publication

Wed 5m read

New WHO guidance calls for urgent transformation of mental health policies

World Health Organization

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Migraines made life feel unlivable. It took years to find a doctor who believed me

Tue

Assisted dying law could take four years to implement

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Baby high chairs, loungers recalled in Canada due to safety risks

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Isle of Man Parliament passes assisted dying bill

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Care of 800 patients reviewed amid surgeon concerns

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Types of data requested to inform May 2025 COVID-19 vaccine antigen composition deliberations

World Health Organization

Tue 7m read

Married 41 years and racked with pain, N.B. couple said goodbye together using MAID

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Who can get an NHS Covid booster this spring?

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Living with long Covid when the world has moved on – podcast

Tue

UK draws up new disease-threat watch list

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Doctors and charities call for gonorrhoea vaccine roll-out

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Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths under threat, warns the United Nations

World Health Organization

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David Williams obituary

Mon

Are whole-grain foods really healthier?

Mon

First case of bird flu in sheep found on UK farm

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Bird flu detected in a sheep for the first time, U.K. officials say

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Chilliwack mother enduring multiple seizures faces year-and-a-half wait for epilepsy procedure

Mon 7m read

23andMe files for bankruptcy, CEO resigns

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Groundbreaking Gene Therapy Cures 21-year-old of His Sickle Cell Anemia: ‘I’m not in pain anymore’

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Mon 3m read

Thirty-seven patients die needlessly each day in the NHS. Change is good, but patient safety must come first | Jeremy Hunt

Mon

How did childcare in the US become so absurdly expensive?

Mon

Want to develop emotionally? Get to know your inner spider

Mon

AI can predict premature death among people with inflammatory bowel disease: study

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‘The goal is to disassemble public health’: experts warn against US turn to vaccine skepticism

Mon

Scans in shopping centres and AI - can ideas like these help save the NHS?

Mon 7m read

'The time for inquiries is over': The problem at the heart of the NHS's maternity care failures

Mon 13m read

My baby's premature birth was humbling, says Beatrice

Mar 23 2m read

Measles was eliminated from Australia. Experts warn US and Asia outbreaks may bring back this ‘heat-seeking missile’

Mar 23

The truth about cholesterol: 12 things you need to know – from eggs to weight to statins

Mar 23

Clemency Burton-Hill: ‘I can say now, after my brain injury, that music can save a life’

Mar 23

Type 2 diabetes increases risk of liver and pancreatic cancers, study shows

Mar 22

The 5 senses of spring: How climate change is shaping our seasonal experience

Mar 22 10m read

US urged to ‘think bigger’ on healthcare amid Trump onslaught on sector

Mar 22

There are daily pills to prevent HIV — but injectable options could change what prevention looks like

Mar 22 6m read

A tale of two conferences: women against women as ‘poison of patriarchy’ returns and abortion fight intensifies

Mar 22

Why higher measles vaccination coverage matters so much now

Mar 21 7m read

T-Shirt That Monitors Vital Signs After Surgery Lets Patients Leave Hospital Sooner

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Mar 21 3m read

RFK Jr. says let bird flu ‘go through’ farms. Experts call it ‘dangerous’

Mar 21 4m read

Trump administration to import eggs from Turkey, South Korea

Mar 21

A ‘back to work’ approach to mental illness is no panacea | Letters

Mar 21

Martin Rowson on Labour beating ploughshares into swords – cartoon

Mar 21

Newborn's death 'due to gross failures of midwives'

Mar 21 3m read

Booby Food, an Alberta breast milk company, has licence suspended by CFIA

Mar 21 2m read

B.C. has recruited hundreds of family doctors. It's still not enough

Mar 21 6m read