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Researchers in London are seeking to develop the world’s first vaccine to prevent lung cancer in people who are at high risk of the disease. Scientists from the Francis Crick Institute, University College London and Oxford University have created the “LungVax” - a vaccine that activates the immune system to kill cancer cells and stop lung cancer.more

The Information Commissioner’s Office has revealed it is assessing a breach report amid claims hospital staff tried to access the Princess of Wales’s private medical recordsmore

World Health Organisation (WHO) air quality standards for PM2.5 are being met in only seven countries, says Swiss organisation IQAir in an annual report published on Tuesday. These countries are Australia, Estonia, Finland, Grenada, Iceland, Mauritius and New Zealand.more

From the latest report entitled "Poles' sleep. Losses for the economy. 2024 edition" (third edition), authored by UCE RESEARCH and the ePsychologi.pl platform, based on a survey of a nationwide group of over a thousand adult Poles, shows that currently 41% of Poles are dissatisfied with the quality of their sleep.more

There is wide variation across England in how long patients wait for hospital treatment, BBC News analysis reveals. Patients should start treatment within 18 weeks but at the worst-performing hospital trust, Milton Keynes, nearly two-thirds are waiting longer.more

Minister of Health Izabela Leszczyna has announced that prescriptions for free medicines for people 65+ and children and young people up to the age of 18 will soon be able to be issued by doctors without contracts with the National Health Fund.more

Some 60% of Britons are getting no more than six hours of sleep a night, despite NHS guidelines suggesting that a healthy adult usually needs between seven and nine hours, a survey suggests.more

The NHS wants more people over 40 to get a blood pressure check, saying there are millions who do not realise they have dangerously high levels. Often, there are no warning symptoms and it is thought about a third of cases are undiagnosed - that is 4.2 million people in England alone.more

A man from Magdeburg in northeastern Germany says he has been vaccinated against the coronavirus 217 times in nearly two and a half years, with eight different vaccines. According to scientists, it had no negative impact on his immune system, German media report.more

A drug that could improve the quality of life of hundreds of women with womb cancer will be rolled out on the NHS across England from Tuesday. Dostarlimab, also known as Jemperli, is an immunotherapy that works by attracting specific proteins on the surface of cancer cells to help the immune system attack them.more

People with dairy and fish allergies are being advised not to buy vegan products without checking the label carefully as they may contain animal products due to cross-contamination.more

The number of people smoking pipes, shisha and cigars in the UK has risen fivefold over a decade, and experts say this could lead to a rise in smoking-related cancers such as mouth and lung cancer.more

More than four in five outdoor billboard advertisements are in the poorest half of England and Wales, leading experts to warn that the discrepancy risks deepening health inequalities.more

Studies of nearly 46 million people have shown that COVID-19 vaccines reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke and other thromboembolic diseases. At least that's what British researchers who have just published the results of their latest analysis say.more

E-cigarettes are already the most popular nicotine stimulant among school-aged youth. Nearly half of students (47.6%) admit to using them on a daily basis, with one in five (21.3%) reaching for disposable e-cigarettes mainly due to their wide availability and attractive, sweet flavours.more

People in their early 20s are more likely to be not working due to ill health than those in their early 40s, a report has found. This is "radically different" from the past, the Resolution Foundation said, when the older you were the more likely you were to not work due to sickness.more

Menopause symptoms can be considered a disability and employers face being sued if they do not make "reasonable adjustments", a watchdog has said. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) issued the guidance to clarify the legal obligations to workers going through the menopause. more

People are more likely to leave work due to a heart condition than any other health issue, according to a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) think tank.more

An unprecedented number of women are being investigated by police on suspicion of illegally ending a pregnancy, the BBC has been told. Abortion provider MSI says it knows of up to 60 criminal inquiries in England and Wales since 2018, compared with almost zero before.more

Patients are facing delays stuck on hidden waiting lists that do not show up in the official figures in England, a BBC News investigation reveals. The published waiting list stands at 7.6 million - but the true scale of the backlog is thought to be much higher.more

Health officials have launched an investigation to determine why cases of tuberculosis have increased in England. The largest increases have been seen in London, as well as urban centres of the West Midlands and North West, officials said.more

The number of sick leaves issued for mental and behavioural disorders is increasing, these include depression, neurosis and reactions to severe stress, according to data from the Social Insurance Institution. In 2023, the Social Insurance Institution received 8.7 per cent more such exemptions than in 2022.more

In the decades spent waiting to ascend to the throne, King Charles has always ensured he maintained a strict diet and rigid daily exercise routine. The 75-year-old monarch was diagnosed with a form of cancer on Monday, after a check up last month found an unrelated, enlarged prostate that proved to be benign.more

Scam involves more than 700 healthcare workers who used proxies to pass test in Nigeria enabling them to work in the UK.more

An AI system is being piloted in the metro in Montreal, Canada, which is able to identify potential suicides based on monitoring data. It's part of a suicide prevention strategy on Montreal public transit.more