NHS patients have received life-saving treatments from plasma given by UK donors for the “first time in a generation” after a long-standing ban was lifted. National medical director of NHS England Professor Stephen Powis, Health Minister Baroness Gillian Merron, as well as NHS Blood & Transplant chief executive Dr Jo Farrar met with two of the first people to receive the UK-made plasma.
Cases have fallen from peak but remain at 'very high levels'
Kayley Evans, 22, admitted dishonestly making a false statement to the Department for Work and Pensions
In this Saturday edition of BI Today, we're debating the merits of daylight-savings time and exploring a villa on an exclusive private island.
Most of the 80,000 federal workers responsible for researching diseases, inspecting food and administering Medicare and Medicaid under the auspices of the Health and Human Services Department were emailed an offer to leave their job for as much as a $25,000 payment as part of President Donald Trump's government cuts. Workers cannot start opting in until Monday and have until 5 p.m. on Friday to submit a response for the so-called voluntary separation offer. The email was sent to staff across the department, which includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and the National Institutes of Health as well as the Food and Drug Administration, both in Maryland.
Their family holiday to Mexico turned into 'the worst days of their lives' after their daughter suffered a brain haemorrhage
"The room itself was $6,000 a day. The itemized bill was more than 30 pages long."
The DWP benefit Attendance Allowance can offer older people over state pension age support due to arthritis.
Wes Streeting is looking at overhauling outdated NHS rules which mean taxpayers are footing the bill for hospital care which patients do not receive.
Mum-of-three Chanel Walsh was addicted to heroin and crack cocaine when she was just a teenager
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2025: Representation is one thing – but normalisation is more important to me, writes reality TV star Tasha Ghouri. I want people like me to feel seen, heard and celebrated
TWO Newport drug dealers have been jailed for almost six years after being caught with masses of cannabis and cocaine.
It may feel OK in the moment to give someone the silent treatment, but it isn't a good solution.
More government borrowing, more abandoned pets, more sourdough baking. Our panel looks at the ramifications of the pandemic on education, health, arts and life in the UK
States, which administer federal Medicaid funds, often change the name of the program to get more people to sign up. Studies find this causes confusion about who benefits from the program.
Brandi Glanville has asked for "help" amid her health struggles because doctors have told her she is "fine".
Here's what new research says.
Davina McCall has shared a positive health update following her brain surgery last year.
Several active research grants related to studies involving LGBTQ+ issues, gender identity and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are being canceled at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) because they allegedly do not meet the "priorities" of the current administration. Starting last week, at least 24 termination letters were sent to researchers at various universities and dozens more have likely occurred, an NIH official with knowledge of the matter, who requested anonymity, confirmed to ABC News. According to copies of some of the termination letters, viewed by ABC News, canceled grants involved research around "transgender issues" and "gender identity," including studying stress in older LGBTQ+ adults and the epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease and other dementia in LGBTQ+ older adults.
Paul Campbell had to fight for a cancer diagnosis. He tells Rachel Clun more must be done to improve cancer care for people of colour
A 95-year-old resident of HC-One’s Summerhill Care Home in Kendal, has tried McDonald's for the first time.
