A PRESCRIPTION drug available on the NHS has been linked to 7,000 deaths since it was approved, data shows. Clozapine — dubbed Britain’s “most dangerous” prescription drug — has been …
WITH classrooms acting like Petri dishes for winter illnesses, children risk catching lots of nasty bugs as they head back to school this week. Here’s how to keep your children …
PARENTS should vaccinate their kids and watch out for a back-to-school virus wave, health chiefs say. The UK Health Security Agency warns the new school term will be a breeding …
DICKENSIAN diseases are returning years after being eradicated, experts have warned. Falling vaccination rates, the cost-of-living crisis, poor diets and malnutrition have all contributed to the resurgence of the nasty …
THE King has appointed a doctor promoting alternative medicine to oversee his health. Michael Dixon, 71, is one of the country’s most champions of unorthodox therapies and spent decades working …
IT’S happened… you’ve woken up with a nasty cough, having thought you’d dodged the bugs doing the rounds this Christmas. After turning your home upside down, you finally find a …
LONG Covid affects tens of thousands Brits but remains a largely misunderstood condition. The mysterious illness occurs months and sometimes years after an infection and can cause deadly complications — …
AT least 19 people have tested positive for bird flu since 2022, a new report suggests – with five dying from the disease. The bug, which has been rife in birds for …
THE number of people in hospital with flu and Covid is at its highest level so far this winter, figures show. The admission rate for patients with flu stood at …
SCIENTISTS have created an entirely new type of antibiotic that could treat lethal drug-resistant superbugs. Zosurabalpin defeated strains of Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), a lethal bacteria resistant to most other types of medication. …