Health & Medicine

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s annual financial disclosure revealed he has received two lucrative book advances and free flights from a friend while in office.

BBC Sport explores the health impact of extreme heat on athletes, following the death of a Fijian rugby player in Japan in August.

With four measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania, health officials are hoping to get people on board with vaccines in private.

People living near a major chemical factory in Lancashire are told they could be at risk of serious health conditions.

Administration is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11 states and one US territory The Trump administration is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11…

NHS England initiative to reduce cut-off period to three months ‘disproportionately affecting’ most deprived areas An NHS policy to remove “ghost patients” from GP lists is inadvertently leaving some…

A concerning number of patients are reporting problems from treatment abroad, say doctors.

Doctors running the UK's first and only dedicated NHS clinic for children with ketamine bladder say they are seeing patients as young as 13.

County’s first such clinic, at Alder Hey in Liverpool, treating children suffering from chronic bladder problems with severe cases needing dialysis Children as young as 13 in the UK have been…

One other person in hospital after fire crews respond to incident at home in Bootle Four people have died after an overnight fire ripped through a semi-detached house on Merseyside. The Merseyside…

Another person was taken to hospital following the "intense fire which spread very rapidly", says fire chief.

Police arrest suspect in shooting near high school as injured are rushed to local hospitals for treatment.

Alternative response programs, where mental health clinicians respond to 911 calls instead of police, have proliferated since George Floyd's murder. What does it take to do this work well?

Changes could save £33bn and result in average of four extra years of good health for people, report says The NHS in England could prevent 20,000 deaths and save £33bn a year by cutting red tape and…

How is Planet Earth? Declining biodiversity, acidified seas and depleted soils are plaguing it. According to the current Planetary Health Check, the situation is critical – but not..

New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms The planetary life support systems relied upon by humans have deteriorated to their…

Former Birmingham winger Jordan Graham is in hospital after being involved in a "serious road traffic accident".

The BBC's Catherine Burns spoke to some young mental health ambassadors who called for an increase in mental health support.

Accusations that the young are a snowflake generation are wrong, the head of an independent review into mental health, ADHD and autism has told the BBC.

The unnamed man is in serious but stable condition at a hospital after being shot once in the torso, police say.

The National Association of Head Teachers says inspections in England may pose a "risk to life" for school leaders.

President’s latest order expected to bring NIH funding under control of Trump administration to align with agenda Donald Trump’s latest executive order is expected to establish a board responsible…

Exclusive: Stark health inequalities in terms of deaths before age of 75, NHS data reveals Adults with severe mental illness are nearly five times more likely than their peers to die from serious…

DR Congo is rolling out vaccine trials for health workers at the centre of the country’s Ebola crisis.

Ruling latest step in legal fight over medically fragile child born after surrogate rejected couple’s request for abortion The Texas supreme court has decided that the month-old infant that surrogate…

The report highlights deep divides between low- and middle- income, a disparity that dates back decades A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reaffirms that adults…

Gaza’s Health Ministry says the son of its director general, Munir al-Bursh, is among those killed.

Italian health authorities see evidence that rising temperatures and longer warm seasons are helping mosquitoes spread West Nile virus across a wider area, during more months of the year.

Separate attacks struck central refugee camps as officials warned Gaza's health sector faces total collapse.

Angle Health has grown to 5,000 customers and become profitable, by helping small businesses get "level-funded" health insurance.

New policy mandates testosterone testing for US service members over 30, citing readiness while experts warn of risks.

The women were among hundreds who were harmed by their treatment at County Durham health trust.

Officials blame disease outbreak for deaths as survivor suggests they suffocated.

The women were among hundreds who were harmed by their treatment at County Durham health trust.

Exclusive: Sisters of Nicholas Brandram recount 44-year-old’s deteriorating mental health in days before he took his life Days before Nicholas Brandram, the man suspected of being the “Putney…

The US health secretary added that he would’ve made sweeping changes ‘on day one’ but he had to follow the law As the death toll from the worst measles outbreak in decades rises, Robert F Kennedy Jr…

The world's oldest female wing-walker has delivered a cheque to the hospital where she was treated.

The Trump administration canceled a grant studying two low-income, majority Black neighborhoods in Pittsburgh Scientific funding cuts imposed by the Trump administration may force researchers to…