US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic, has removed all 17 members of a committee that issues official government recommendations on immunisations. Announcing the move in an editorial in the Wall Street Journal, Kennedy said that conflicts of interest on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (Acip) were responsible for undermining trust…
Women would no longer be prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy in England and Wales under a proposed shake-up of abortion laws. MPs are set to get a free vote next week – meaning they will not be told how to vote by their party – on a change to the law. It comes amid concern…
Invitations for cervical screening will be sent out every five years instead of every three for women aged 25-49 in England, if they have a negative test. Research shows they are at very low risk of cervical cancer and can safely wait longer to be screened again, NHS England has said. The roll out of…
James Melley and Alison Holt BBC News, Social Affairs Family handout Alice’s family say she had a big personality and a passion for art Warning: This article contains upsetting details and reference to suicide There didn’t seem to be anything out of the ordinary when Jane Figueiredo spoke to her daughter that night on the…
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Folks who might need a kidney transplant in the future shouldn’t rush to get one, a new study says. Patients gain no benefit from getting a donated kidney before their own kidneys deteriorate to the point that they require dialysis, researchers reported recently…
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Troubled children and teenagers are languishing hours in chaotic hospital emergency rooms, waiting for a psychiatric bed to open, a new study says. About 1 in 3 kids who go to an emergency room (ER) amid a mental health crisis wait at least…
Alice Figueiredo’s family have said it would “astound” people if they saw how families could be treated by hospital trusts in the wake of a loved one’s death. It comes after the North East London Foundation NHS Trust and a ward manager were found guilty of health and safety failings over the death of the…
By Stephanie Brown HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 4, 2025 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new lower-dose vaccine for active immunization against COVID-19 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The new vaccine (mNexspike [COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA]) represents a significant step forward in the development of next-generation coronavirus vaccines, the Associated…
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With health officials reporting 800 measles cases in multiple states already this year, most of the public – and most parents – report hearing at least one false claim about measles or the vaccine for it, and many of them aren’t sure what to believe, the latest KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust…
