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Mpox not new Covid and can be stopped, expert says
The world must act now to ensure vaccines reach the areas most in need, the WHO's Dr Hans Kluge says.
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Mpox not new Covid and can be stopped, expert says
The world must act now to ensure vaccines reach the areas most in need, the WHO's Dr Hans Kluge says.
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‘I was addicted to smoking Spice vapes at school’
A teenager shares how he became addicted after trying the drug in a vape with school friends.
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Women harmed by vaginal mesh in England get payout
More than 100 women who experienced complications have received payouts from manufacturers.
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Boy with incurable tumour not allowed vital drug
Ronnie Hood, from Sudbury, does not qualify for ONC201 because his tumour is a millimetre too small.
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GPs at ‘breaking point’ say they must cap appointments – but could it harm patients?
GPs say they have been left with no choice as surgeries begin to impose caps on appointments.
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Failures led to girl’s Costa drink death – coroner
The girl's mother accuses the food industry of treating allergy training as a "tick box exercise".
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Travellers advised to consider mpox vaccine
There is concern about a new strain of the disease that has been spreading in parts of Africa.
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Infected blood: I was told I couldn’t have children
Richard Warwick says the government's compensation plan "should have been done two decades earlier".
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First case of more dangerous mpox found outside Africa
Sweden's public health agency records what it says is the first case of a contagious new type of mpox outside the African continent.
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