The UK’s medicines regulator has issued an important safety update for millions of people using popular weight-loss and diabetes injections, after identifying a very small risk of severe pancreatitis linked…
New provisional data from the UK Health Security Agency shows that tuberculosis notifications in England remained broadly stable in 2025, offering reassurance amid wider public health pressures, while highlighting ongoing…
UK health officials are turning to an unexpected source in the fight against respiratory diseases: sleep data. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has announced a new 12-week research collaboration…
Millions of pet owners across the UK are set to benefit from the most significant reform of the veterinary sector in more than 60 years, as the government moves to…
The UK government has introduced new legislation aimed at reshaping how doctors are trained and recruited into the National Health Service, with ministers arguing that homegrown talent must now be…
For many Nigerians and other diaspora communities living in the UK, mental health support is no longer limited to GP appointments, counselling sessions, or long NHS waiting lists. Increasingly, people…
UK drug regulators have seized almost 20 million doses of illegally traded medicines in 2025, in one of the biggest crackdowns on fake and unlicensed drugs in recent years. The…
For many Nigerian families living in the UK, health risks are not always the first thing on the mind. The focus is often on work, school, immigration status and settling…
People living in rural and coastal parts of England could soon find it much easier to see a cancer specialist, as the UK government moves to tackle long-standing inequalities that…
When a Nigerian student lands in the UK, one of the first questions parents back home start asking is usually the same one. If you fall sick there, what will…