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Just 53% of people are happy with how health service is run, the lowest proportion since 2007.more

Women and girls in hospital who need sanitary protection will be offered free tampons and other products from this summer, NHS England has said. It follows a British Medical Association campaign pointing out many hospitals supply razors and shaving foam to men, but no sanitary products.more

London researchers are trialling a new drug they hope will be the first in the world to restore hearing. The potential breakthrough could transform the lives of millions of people who rely on hearing aids or cochlear implants to overcome deafness.more

The firm behind the KFC chicken delivery crisis has been awarded a contract to help the NHS in the event of a no-deal Brexit.more

A UK patient's HIV has become "undetectable" following a stem cell transplant - in only the second case of its kind, doctors report in Nature.more

Experts are assessing the risk of 'zombie deer' disease entering Ireland, after cases were reported in Norway, the US and Canada.more

The head of NHS England has warned of "vaccination deniers" who are taking part in spreading "fake news" on social media.more

Vitamin D deficiency symptoms: Recent research reveals almost half of the people in the UK display vitamin D deficiency symptoms. more

In the battle for the title of the healthiest country in the world, Spain beat Italy. According to the Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, Iceland, Japan and Switzerland were also among the top five.more

Junk food advertising will be banned on the entire Transport for London (TfL) network from 25 February under groundbreaking measures to help tackle child obesity, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, confirmed.more

Centre for Consueling and Teraphy in Dublin celebrated its 10th anniversary. more

The cost of a prescription in England is to rise to £9, the Government has announced. The move will mean an extra 20 pence is added to the current price of £8.80 from April 1.more

People using 'street tablets' are the focus of a new harm reduction campaign in Dublin's north inner city.more

Around 75 people who ate at the Riff between February 13 and 16 were tracked down by health authorities, of which 29 suffered food poisoning.more

Czech authorities said Wednesday they would slap checks on beef imported from Poland after veterinarians found the dangerous Salmonella bacteria in a 700-kilogramme batch of Polish beef.more

Dr Charles Gerba, a germ specialist and professor at the University of Arizona, suggests that soap dispensers could be hiding gross - and potentially dangerous - bacteria inside.more

The NHS is stockpiling bodybags to cope with a no deal Brexit shortage, ministers have admitted.more

The NHS is spending £70m placing mobile scanning trucks in supermarket car parks in a bid to cut deaths from lung cancer by encouraging patients to undergo a check-up.more

Police have issued the advice after more than 500 suspected counterfeit items estimated to be worth over £40,000 were seized in a raid on a fake perfume factory in London last month.more

One hospital admission every 30 seconds related to alcohol as experts call for end to treatment cuts and curbs on affordability.more

The rise in life expectancy in Scotland is grinding to a halt, according to two new reports. more

Leavers want autonomy and a sense of control, Remainers want intimacy and closeness - and both are traumatised by a decade of shocks and loss of faith in government.more

Families should ban phones at bedtime and keep them away from the dinner table, according to the first official advice on social media and screen use from the UK's top doctors.more

From Exmoor to Northumberland, the country's poorest people are being denied access to England's most beautiful countryside and missing out on the mental and physical health benefits that can result, research has found.more

Criminal gangs are selling fake Valium online at a fraction of the cost of genuine tablets, leading people to take potentially lethal doses of illicitly-produced drugs, according to a leading addiction treatment service. more