BBC News Tomatoes that boost the body’s vitamin D could be among the first gene-edited crops allowed on sale in England. Researchers in Norwich created the plants by turning off a specific molecule in their genetic code. A bill will be introduced on Wednesday to allow commercial growing of gene-edited crops in England. The technique […]
Three doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the company announced Monday. Pfizer plans to give the data to U.S. regulators later this week in a step toward letting the littlest kids get the shots. The news comes after months of anxious waiting by parents desperate to vaccinate their […]
Getty Images Almost 10,000 people have been offered a Covid booster jab in Wales despite not being eligible for one after an error. In a statement Health Minister Eluned Morgan said the mistake occurred due to different eligibility criteria for the spring booster campaign. All of those incorrectly identified as eligible for the booster are […]
Science Photo Library Anyone at the highest risk of having caught monkeypox should isolate for 21 days, official guidance says. The advice, from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), applies to anyone who has had direct or household contact with a confirmed case. Contacts are advised to provide their details for contact tracing, forgo travel, […]
Getty Images A health worker has been arrested on suspicion of administering poison with intent to endanger life after a child died at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. The 27-year-old woman was arrested on Thursday and has been suspended from her role at the hospital. The child was being treated in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, a […]
Nicole Nadler A woman with adult ADHD is rationing her medicine to save money while she waits for the diagnosis to be recognised by the health service. Symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) include inattentiveness and anxiety. Nicole Nadler got a private diagnosis of the condition after learning some adults could take years to […]
Reuters The world is facing “formidable” challenges, including Covid, the war in Ukraine and monkeypox, the head of the World Health Organization has warned. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was speaking in Geneva, where the UN health agency’s experts were discussing the monkeypox outbreak in 15 nations outside Africa. More than 80 cases have been confirmed in […]
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Black and Asian women are being harmed by racial discrimination in maternity care, according to an inquiry. The year-long investigation into “racial injustice” was conducted by the charity Birthrights. Women reported feeling unsafe, being denied pain relief, […]
Cell therapy started as highly personalized, with treatments made by taking a patient’s own immune cells and engineering them in a lab. Multiple efforts are underway to develop off-the-shelf cell therapies but these treatments made from donor cells are not personalized and could prompt immune responses. Kelonia Therapeutics is proposing another alternative: an off-the-shelf cell […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has declared a state of emergency in the tri-state area over the baby formula shortage that’s ravaging the U.S. Adams signed an emergency executive order on Sunday that will allow the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to prevent businesses from price-gouging on baby formula. Advertisement […]
Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on Sunday insisted victims of rape and incest should be allowed to have abortions despite him signing a so-called trigger law that outlaws nearly all abortions in his state, including those resulting from incest or rape. Hutchinson, when confronted about his conflicting stance in an interview with CNN’s “State of the […]
Millions of Americans don’t have health insurance—28 million to be precise. But many millions more struggle to access the hard-earned benefits they do have, because those benefits are notoriously—and sometimes intentionally—difficult to use. First Dollar just released the first round of results from our 2022 Healthcare Benefits Census, research that was conducted by Harris Poll. […]
Clinical trials were designed to assess the safety and efficacy of new medicines and medical devices. But researchers and patients have noted a positive side effect for decades: improved healthcare delivery. For many patients, joining a clinical trial offers enhanced medical care and treatment, known as clinical research as a care option (CRAACO). This is […]