BBC News - Health
Updated: 2 hours 33 min ago
2 hours 53 min ago
The total number of deaths, within 28 days of a positive test, during the pandemic is now over 90,000.
3 hours 26 min ago
Top medical adviser suggests schools in England may reopen region by region after lockdown.
5 hours 7 min ago
Mainland Scotland and some islands to remain under toughest coronavirus rules until at least mid-February.
6 hours 12 min ago
Activity at a paediatric intensive care unit in Leicester is being moved to Birmingham.
8 hours 24 min ago
University of Edinburgh scientists are a step closer to being able to reverse the damage caused by MND.
8 hours 54 min ago
Some 10% of the UK population is showing signs of recent infection, a doubling since October, says ONS.
15 hours 54 sec ago
Sickness levels have risen at Shropshire's hospitals, with staff also shielding or self-isolating.
18 hours 46 min ago
Oxford says the "public cannot get enough of experts" with a £100m donation for antibiotics research.
Mon, 01/18/2021 - 23:15
It accuses richer nations of a "me-first" approach to Covid vaccine, and hoarding precious supplies.
Mon, 01/18/2021 - 18:05
Martin Freeborn's wife, Helen, lost her fight against Covid at the Royal London Hospital, where staff are struggling to cope with rising admissions.
Mon, 01/18/2021 - 10:58
Vaccine Minister Nadhim Zahawi says there are still "a number of caveats" to reopening.
Mon, 01/18/2021 - 01:37
Ambulance service staff in London explain the unique pressures of working during a pandemic.
Mon, 01/18/2021 - 01:07
Brazil has the world's second highest Covid death toll but has seen delay and discord over vaccines.
Mon, 01/18/2021 - 00:47
One doctor tells her story of battling the pandemic alone in Yemen after her colleagues fled, and the dramatic fake news that plagued the assistance when it eventually arrived.
Mon, 01/18/2021 - 00:15
Kori, from Ripley in Derbyshire, was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
Sun, 01/17/2021 - 22:31
The move comes as 10 new mass vaccination hubs open in England, and the UK's travel corridors close.
Sun, 01/17/2021 - 22:00
Clusters of deaths from Covid in the first pandemic wave showed up in rural parts of Wales unexpectedly.
Sun, 01/17/2021 - 12:22
The chief executive of NHS England is optimistic about vaccinating all adults before Autumn this year.
Sun, 01/17/2021 - 12:09
The foreign secretary added there would be a crackdown on those failing to isolate after travelling abroad.
Sun, 01/17/2021 - 11:50
The UK has capacity to meet its target to reach every adult by autumn, the foreign secretary says.
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