Health

Lebanon: Health system overwhelmed following a ‘horrific’ day of Israeli strikes
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Lebanon: Health system overwhelmed following a ‘horrific’ day of Israeli strikes The scale and speed of destruction from the wave of airstrikes in Lebanon which began just hours after the US-Iran ceasefire announcement, has left the country’s already strained health system struggling to cope, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). ...
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From misdiagnosis to medical bias: Why women are living longer but not better
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From misdiagnosis to medical bias: Why women are living longer but not better For 25 years, the world has made significant progress in advancing women’s right to health, particularly in sexual and reproductive care. Women are living longer than ever before – but they are not living better.
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‘We watched them die before our eyes’: Sudan health workers helpless amid medical shortages
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‘We watched them die before our eyes’: Sudan health workers helpless amid medical shortages As violence forces tens of thousands to flee Sudan’s South Kordofan state, doctors in a key maternity hospital are facing impossible choices – with too few supplies, too many patients, and lives slipping away.
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World News in Brief: South Sudan rights, opioid guidelines update, DR Congo crisis continues
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World News in Brief: South Sudan rights, opioid guidelines update, DR Congo crisis continues South Sudan is evolving into a catastrophic human rights and humanitarian crisis, UN Human Rights Council-appointed independent experts warned on Thursday.
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Sudan: Hospital strike highlights surge in drone attacks on civilians
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Sudan: Hospital strike highlights surge in drone attacks on civilians The death toll from a horrific attack on a hospital in Sudan’s Darfur has risen further, amid a “sharp increase” in drone attacks against civilians this year, UN agencies said on Tuesday.
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‘Truly transformative’ new diagnostic tools can help end tuberculosis
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‘Truly transformative’ new diagnostic tools can help end tuberculosis The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Tuesday for countries to step up action to end tuberculosis (TB) – one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers – by expanding access to new diagnostic tools that can help save lives. 
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Nearly 5 million children are still dying annually before their fifth birthday: Here’s why
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Nearly 5 million children are still dying annually before their fifth birthday: Here’s why An estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns, according to new United Nations estimates released on Tuesday – highlighting a worrying slowdown in global progress on child survival.
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Middle East crisis: UN health agency releases emergency funds for Lebanon, Iraq, Syria
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Middle East crisis: UN health agency releases emergency funds for Lebanon, Iraq, Syria The UN World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing another $2 million in emergency funds to support health systems in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria as strikes against Iran by the US and Israeli continue amid counterstrikes across the Gulf and wider ...
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World News in Brief: Afghan-Pakistan border clashes latest, murder of Iraqi women’s rights activist condemned,...
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World News in Brief: Afghan-Pakistan border clashes latest, murder of Iraqi women’s rights activist condemned,... Clashes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border have continued for a seventh straight day, with humanitarian access to affected areas still restricted, the UN said on Wednesday.
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World News in Brief: Epstein scandal highlights ‘silencing’ of women, Danish breakthrough on HIV transmission,...
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World News in Brief: Epstein scandal highlights ‘silencing’ of women, Danish breakthrough on HIV transmission,... UN human rights chief Volker Türk warned on Friday that the Epstein and Gisèle Pellicot scandals are an illustration of intensifying threats to women and girls forced to suffer in silence.
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Department of Health and Social Care - Activity on GOV.UK
Guidance: Damp and mould: understanding and addressing the health risks for rented housing providers This guidance delivers on the government’s commitment in response to the Coroner’s 'prevention of future deaths' report on the death of 2-year-old Awaab Ishak due to mould in the home.
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Transparency data: PHE spend over £25,000: November 2019 Details of Public Health England transactions over £25,000 in November 2019.
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Guidance: Respiratory disease: applying All Our Health Evidence and guidance to help healthcare professionals manage respiratory disease and maximise early diagnosis and treatment.
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Research: Health Profile for England: 2021 The fourth annual profile combining data and knowledge with information from other sources to give a broad picture of the health of people in England in 2021.
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NHS injury costs recovery scheme: tariff and charges from 1 October 2025 Amendment in the tariff and ceiling of charges payable by compensators for the recovery of NHS charges under the NHS injury costs recovery scheme.
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Official Statistics: UK Clinical Research Delivery key performance indicators: data to March 2026 Report bringing together data on the delivery of clinical research across the UK. It will include data on reducing the set-up time for commercial interventional clinical trials to fewer than 150 days.
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NHS patients and British businesses to benefit from historic changes to medicines access following pharmaceutical... New partnership accelerates NHS patients' access to new medicines and will see UK benefit from greater life sciences industry investment.
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Correspondence: BMA resident doctor industrial action, April 2026 The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care writes to the chair of the BMA resident doctors committee.
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Transparency data: NHS injury costs recovery scheme: April 2025 to March 2026 Data on the funds collected by the Compensation Recovery Unit and funds paid to the NHS.
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Medicine supply management An overview of the systems and processes DHSC and NHS England use for responding to medicine shortages.

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