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The NHS in England is increasingly reliant on doctors and nurses recruited from outside the UK and EU, analysis has found. more

One in 20 people in the UK who are not in work and not looking for paid work are suffering from long Covid, new figures suggest. more

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg last night rejected an application by the parents of Archie Battersbee, a 12-year-old English boy who suffered a severe brain injury, to postpone disconnecting him from his life support equipment.more

Almost one in three German adults has gained weight by an average of 6.5 kg since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The so-called coronacillos gained over two years of the pandemic are now hard to shed. Scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) noticed that in some cases the weight gain was significant - describes the website of the weekly "Der Spiegel".more

Everything indicates that the fourth dose for the wider population, at least for people over 18, will be available at the beginning of September - said Polish Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski.more

Junk food advertising restrictions on Transport for London (TfL) networks have prevented almost 100,000 obesity cases, research suggests.more

Harmful body expectations mean ads should carry warnings if model photos are digitally altered, say MPs. The Health and Social Care Committee wants the government to quickly introduce new laws.more

A British appeals court yesterday rejected a motion to postpone the end of life support for 12-year-old Archie Battersbee, who had sustained severe brain damage.more

NHS patients would be punished for missing their GP and hospital appointments if Rishi Sunak becomes prime minister. more

Car tyre dust poses a serious threat to the environment. It pollutes the oceans, the air and the soil, writes the British daily "The Guardian". It points out that tyres contain a variety of toxic substances that scientists have shown to seriously harm aquatic organisms.more

The results of a large clinical trial do not support the use of vitamin D supplements to reduce fractures in healthy men and women in the US. The study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine.more

Spain is the first country in Europe and, after Brazil, the second in the world outside Africa where a person infected with monkeypox virus has been confirmed dead. The fatal case was announced on Friday by the Spanish health ministry.more

Hospitals in the Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have one of the longest patient wait times for surgery in England, according to a Daily Mail investigation. The Trust placed at number eight on the list of hospitals with patients waiting more than the NHS recommended waiting time of 18 weeks. more

The NHS is to close the UK's only dedicated gender identity clinic for children and young people.more

Covid infections are on the way down in the UK, dropping by more than half a million in a week, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures. more

The so-called long COVID is associated with a wider range of disorders than previously thought, UK researchers report. Among the dozens of symptoms, there is a decline in sexual performance or hair loss.more

Women going through menopause should be given greater rights and protection in the workplace, MPs say. more

Air pollution is “likely” to increase the risk of developing dementia, a Government research group has said. The Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants has published its findings after reviewing almost 70 studies which analysed how exposure to emissions affect the brain over time.more

White fillings on all teeth - the Ministry of Health and the National Health Fund are planning to discard the amalgam and replace it with other materials. The Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tariffs is in charge - we can read today in "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna".more

The decades-old routine of visiting an NHS dentist for a six-month checkup is being scrapped across England and Wales for most adults as part of changes designed to address the dire lack of access to dental care for many people.more

Heavy home drinking during the pandemic may have set habits that will lead to rises in alcohol-related deaths and illness in England, forecasters warn. more

A leading professor has warned people to assume they have Covid if they wake up with two telltale symptoms.more

The cause of mysterious acute hepatitis in children can be viruses, including adenoviruses, British specialists say. This disease affects young children under the age of 5.more

The large number of unfilled NHS job vacancies is posing a serious risk to patient safety, a report by MPs says. more

World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said yesterday that there is an ongoing dispute among experts over the assessment of the situation with monkey pox. However, WHO introduced a global state of emergency in connection with the epidemic of this disease.more