In 2024, over 61 million adults in the U.S. experienced a mental illness and deaths due to suicide, gun violence, and drug overdose remained high. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic and necessary public health responses exacerbated an already existing mental health and substance use crises. At the same time, many people experience difficulties affording mental health…
Next week’s strike by resident doctors in England may be averted after ministers offered the British Medical Association a fresh deal. The doctors’ union has agreed to put the offer to members over the coming days – if they support it, the five-day walkout starting on Wednesday 17 December could be called off. The offer…
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James Gallagher,Health and science correspondentand Natalie Truswell,Investigations producer Shutterstock The donor’s sperm was used in clinics across Europe (stock image) A sperm donor who unknowingly harboured a genetic mutation that dramatically raises the risk of cancer has fathered at least 197 children across Europe, a major investigation has revealed. Some children have already died and…
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Much of the £10.9bn in taxpayer money lost to fraud and error in Covid support schemes is now “beyond recovery”, a report has said. The response to the pandemic had led to “enormous outlays of public money which exposed it to the risk of fraud and error” with many organisations unprepared, the Covid Counter Fraud…
Over the last decade, Medicare Advantage, the private plan alternative to traditional Medicare, has taken on a prominent role in the Medicare program. In 2025, more than 34 million Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan – more than half, or 54%, of the eligible Medicare population. In 2026, the average Medicare beneficiary…
Medicare Advantage plans, which enrolled more than 34 million Medicare beneficiaries or 54% of the eligible Medicare population in 2025, typically offer extra benefits, such as dental, vision, and hearing, often for no additional premium, as well as lower cost sharing compared to traditional Medicare without supplemental insurance. These additional benefits usually come with the…
Michelle RobertsDigital health editor Getty Images Flu has come early this year and experts predict it could be a particularly nasty season because a new strain of the virus is circulating. The NHS has already sent out a “flu jab SOS” to vulnerable people. How bad might this winter be, and should you buy a…
Steven BrocklehurstBBC Scotland PA Media Nurse Sandie Peggie, pictured after the tribunal judgement, has worked for the NHS for 30 years A nurse who objected to sharing a female changing room with a transgender doctor has won a claim for harassment against NHS Fife but other allegations of discrimination and victimisation were dismissed. Sandie Peggie…
