The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has launched a new consultation on proposals to grant indefinite recognition of CE-marked medical devices in Great Britain. For patients, including families…
Honourable President of the Comoros. Ministers. Dr Jean Kaseya. Excellencies and distinguished guests. A powerful message echoed throughout the gathering: health is everything. At a high-level African Union platform, the…
The UK government has launched a new national campaign urging parents to ensure their children are fully vaccinated, as health officials warn that falling immunisation rates are putting young lives…
The UK government has launched a major public consultation that could see smoking, vaping and the use of heated tobacco banned in playgrounds, schools and outside hospitals across England, a…
Nearly 20 million illegally traded erectile dysfunction pills have been seized across the United Kingdom in just five years, in what health officials describe as a record-breaking crackdown on a…
The death of a baby is every parent’s worst nightmare. In the case of Baby Victoria, born in December 2022 and dying just weeks later in early 2023, that nightmare…
The UK medicines regulator has announced significant new restrictions on the use of the Chikungunya vaccine, IXCHIQ, in a move that will directly affect many diaspora travellers planning trips to…
Adopted children and the families who care for them could soon receive stronger, earlier and more consistent mental health support under new proposals announced by the Department for Education, as…
Social work students from low-income and underrepresented backgrounds could soon receive more targeted financial support, as the UK government launches a new consultation aimed at reshaping how bursaries are allocated…
The UK’s medicines regulator has issued updated safety guidance on semaglutide, the widely used drug sold under brand names including Ozempic, Rybelsus and Wegovy, following new evidence about a very…