January 22, 2025
Health & Fitness
January 21, 2025
First week figures revealed for Glasgow drug consu…
More than 130 people used the UK’s first drug consumption clinic in the facility’s first week. The Safer Drugs Consumption Facility in Glasgow opened on 13 Januaryletting people take substances under supervision. Cllr Allan
January 21, 2025
Trump orders US to leave World Health Organization
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization (WHO). “Oooh, that’s a big one,” the newly inaugurated US president said
January 21, 2025
Trump Withdraws U.S. from World Health Organizatio…
President Trump moved quickly on Monday to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, a move that public health experts say will undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and
January 20, 2025
‘There’s no dignity in this’
“I’ve got no oxygen”, cries emergency department nurse Lisa Blackwell. She calls for more supplies just as three ambulances are about to arrive at Chesterfield Hospital in Derbyshire. The new state-of-the-art A&E unit was
January 20, 2025
18 hospital builds pushed back to 2032 or later
A host of hospital building projects in England are being delayed with some having to wait up to 14 years before work starts, the government says. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the plans –
January 20, 2025
New case of Clade Ib mpox detected
A new case of Clade Ib mpox has been detected in East Sussex, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed. First detected in central Africa, this variant of the virus appears to transmit
January 20, 2025
Ozempic and Wegovy may boost health, from addictio…
Getty Images The first study to assess how weight-loss drugs affect the whole of human health has discovered an “eye-opening” impact on the body, researchers say. The analysis, involving about two million people, linked
January 20, 2025
Why some women are ditching pills and coils for fe…
Getty Images Some women are ditching pills and coils for fertility apps When the BBC reported a shift in contraception use from “hormonal” products like the pill to “natural” fertility tracking apps among some
January 20, 2025