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Vaccine hesitancy is one of the greatest threats to global health – and the pandemic has made it worse
stockpexel/ShutterstockThe COVID pandemic has disrupted many areas of routine healthcare including, importantly, childhood vaccination. The pandemic saw levels of essential...
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Aspartame: popular sweetener could be classified as a possible carcinogen by WHO – but there’s no cause for panic
MMD Creative/ShutterstockAccording to reports, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the World Health Organization (WHO), is...
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The NHS workforce plan is a good start – but a lot of detail is missing
A long-term workforce plan for the NHS – which the UK government promised four and a half years ago –...
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Vaccination in pregnancy greatly reduces risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19, and protects babies up to 6 months after birth
Extensive evidence shows COVID-19 vaccinations in pregnancy are safe, when given at any time during the pregnancy. (Shutterstock)From the early...
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Fiber is your body’s natural guide to weight management – rather than cutting carbs out of your diet, eat them in their original fiber packaging instead
Whole foods like unprocessed fruits, vegetables and grains are typically high in fiber. Tanja Ivanova/Moment via Getty ImagesFiber might just...
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Rapid weight loss may improve advanced fatty liver disease – new research
Participants followed the 'soups and shakes' diet to help them lose weight. New Africa/ ShutterstockAround 2% of adults worldwide suffer...
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COVID: how incorrect assumptions and poor foresight hampered the UK’s pandemic preparedness
Loveandrock/ShutterstockMatt Hancock, the former health secretary, has told the recently opened COVID-19 Inquiry that the UK’s pandemic planning was “completely...
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How do we know health screening programmes work?
Egor Kulinich/ShutterstockThe UK is set to roll out a national lung cancer screening programme for people aged 55 to 74...
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Locally transmitted malaria in the US could be a harbinger of rising disease risk in a warming climate – 5 questions answered
Some evidence suggests that malaria mosquitoes are becoming resistant to insecticides. Paul Starosta/Stone via Getty ImagesThe Centers for Disease Control...
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