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Artificial intelligence has been used to develop a ‘fundamentally new’ type of vaccine that could protect against a wide range of viruses and prevent pandemics, the BBC reported on Friday, citing information obtained from a team of researchers at the University of Cambridge.more

Many women with breast cancer can avoid unnecessary chemotherapy thanks to a genetic test. It identifies which patients do not need it, thereby avoiding side effects without compromising their prognosis. This development is being hailed as another breakthrough in the treatment of this cancer.more

The NHS is taking action to tackle antisemitism after a government-ordered report found that Jewish patients and staff face “routine ostracism” in the service. Anti-Jewish hatred in the NHS means some patients hide their identity and staff “suffer in silence”, a review by Lord Mann, the government’s adviser on antisemitism, has found.more

Anger among British women has reached a record high, with more than a fifth of females in the UK experiencing feelings of rage from the previous day, new polling has found. Recently published data suggests women in the UK are among the angriest in Europe and are reporting worsening physical and emotional health.more

More pharmacists in England will be able to prescribe medications as part of an effort to speed up care and ease pressure on GP surgeries and hospitals. As part of the Pharmacy First scheme, pharmacists can currently prescribe medication for a sore throat, earache, sinusitis, shingles, impetigo, infected bites and urinary tract infections.more

The capital has the highest rate in England of cases of the food poisoning bacteria, with laboratory reports at 25.6 per 100,000 people, according to a new report by the UK Health Security Agency. This followed a 7.1 per cent jump in the rate over 12 months, with 2,329 laboratory-confirmed cases last year, to what is believed to be a new record high.more

Resident doctors in England will next month stage the 16th strike in their long-running jobs and pay dispute, and have blamed the new health secretary for their decision.more

EU countries have seen record-breaking rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as syphilis and gonorrhea, according to a recent report published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). In Poland, syphilis infections have increased more than fivefold over the past five years.more

Cases of Lyme disease have risen more than 20% in England in the past year, public health experts have revealed, as pharmaceutical companies work to create new vaccines and drugs to tackle the tick-borne illness.more

The number of new melanoma skin cancer cases diagnosed in a year has risen above 20,000 for the first time in the UK. The charity Cancer Research UK says too much exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun or sunbeds is part of the cause, with an estimated nine in every 10 cases thought to be avoidable.more

GPs will stop issuing sick notes to patients across the country as the government announces a new trial to reduce the number of people out of work due to health issues.more

Hantavirus infections are a test and a warning to the world, according to today's edition of “The Times” — which also warns against cutting funding for vaccine development.more

A young person has died and two others are being treated after an outbreak of meningitis in Berkshire, health officials have said. It follows a major outbreak in Kent, linked to a Canterbury nightclub, that killed two people and left more than a dozen needing hospital treatment in March.more

In recent years, Poles have become more physically active, but at the same time, their self-assessments of their physical fitness have deteriorated, according to data published yesterday by the Central Statistical Office (GUS).more

Greenpeace finds cocktail of pesticides including seven banned in EU may have been used on seven categories of vegetables and soft fruit, reports "The Guardian".more

"The last few weeks have been extremely difficult, but my mission does not end with arrival in the Canary Islands," said Jan Dobrogowski, Polish captain of the cruise ship MV Hondius, where an outbreak of hantavirus was detected.more

Morrisons will add cancer awareness messages to its own-brand bath and shower products in partnership with the NHS, rolling out in about 450 stores and online.more

False information about hantavirus is circulating online, claiming it is a side effect of the coronavirus vaccine, for example. NASK has noted that conspiracy theories about the virus, linked to past statements by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, are also circulating online.more

The captain of the MV Hondius cruise ship, on which hantavirus cases have been detected, is a Pole, Jan Dobrogowski, according to footage posted on the BBC. In the video, the captain informs passengers about the death of one of them.more

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that since the start of the war waged by Israel and the US against Iran, there has been an increase in the number of attacks on healthcare facilities and their staff worldwide, and particularly in the Middle East.more

From 29 April patients in England can view hospital referrals and appointments in the NHS App, now linked to every acute NHS trust; the update aims to reduce paper letters and missed appointments.more

People in the UK are spending fewer years in good health than a decade ago, prompting concern that the population’s health is “going backwards”. The sharp decline in Britain’s healthy life expectancy, the amount of time someone spends free of illness or disability, is in sharp contrast to its recent rise in most other rich countries globally.more

The medical data of half a million Britons who voluntarily signed up for a large-scale health study was being offered for sale on the Chinese e-commerce platform Alibaba, the British government announced yesterday.more

The first volunteers in the UK have been immunised with a vaccine to protect against a potential bird flu pandemic. The vaccine targets the H5N1 flu strain which has caused devastating infections in bird populations worldwide and has spread to some mammals.more

The health risk associated with heat waves in Europe has tripled in the last decade compared to the 1990s, according to the third edition of the report published by the weekly "Lancet" as part of the Lancet Countdown project.more