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Family handout Joel was five when he contracted flu and had to spend three weeks in intensive care at Bristol Children’s Hospital Jen SmithSouth West health correspondent The parents of a boy who became so unwell with flu he spent three weeks in intensive care are urging other families to get their children vaccinated against…

A football club in the Isle of Lewis has started turning an overgrown area into a new training pitch with funding from NHS Western Isles. Carloway Football Club said the green space, next to its main pitch, would be used for team exercises and community activities. The health board said £22,000 in capital grant funding…

Hugh PymHealth editor BBC Guts have become a source of immense fascination. Social media influencers promote unproven supplements said to boost gut health, whilst milk and kombucha brands promise to nourish them with “good bacteria”. Some have dismissed the gut-obsession as a passing fad – however many doctors think that our gut microbiome might affect…

Joanna MorrisBBC Shared Data Unit Getty Images The number of children in drug and alcohol treatment has been rising since the coronavirus pandemic Three women whose teenage sons died after becoming addicted to drugs have told the BBC the system failed their children. Anita Morris, Nicola Howarth and Kate Roux spoke to the BBC as…

Overview The State Department’s recently released “America First Global Health Strategy” – the first roadmap for what comes next for U.S. global health engagement – charts a path of declining U.S. support over time as recipient countries increasingly take on financial responsibility for programs. It includes a focus on health commodities, as frontline services, stating…

Could your skin be absorbing PFAS (Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances), also known as ‘forever chemicals’ through your raincoat? Source link