US President-elect Donald Trump has picked a leading Covid lockdown sceptic Jay Bhattacharya to be the next director of a key US public health agency.Trump said he had selected ...

BBCRobert F Kennedy Jr has been nominated by Donald Trump to be the next US health secretary, a post that oversees everything from medical research to food safety and ...

Getty ImagesShares in vaccine makers and healthcare firms around the world slid sharply on Friday, as investors warned that Donald Trump's choice of Robert F Kennedy Jr as US ...

PA MediaNeil Gray used the Scottish government car service for four Aberdeen games Health Secretary Neil Gray was "doing his job" when he used a ministerial car to attend ...

Campaigners raise concerns about Alan Milburn's private sector links in his new role overseeing NHS reforms. Source link

Getty ImagesHormone replacement therapy (HRT) does not shorten or lengthen the life expectancy of those taking it to ease menopause symptoms, says the health assessment body NICE in updated ...

Getty ImagesPolice will no longer be able to hold people who are being detained for mental health reasons in police cells, under government plans for England and Wales.Officers can ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting will vote against changing the law on assisted dying, the BBC has confirmed.Backbench Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has put forward a bill proposing that terminally ...

Cosy gaming helps people to unwind and relaxWhen she was growing up, Danii felt she was "a bit odd" and struggled to fit in.But discovering cosy gaming handed her ...

BBCMadalina Moisa is originally from Romania and works as clerical staff at Craigavon Hospital’s emergency departmentA new device is helping to improve communication between patients who do not speak ...

BBCJob coaches could visit seriously ill mental health patients when they are in hospital to help them get back to work, the government has said.Trials of employment advisers giving ...

Getty ImagesMore than a dozen states in the US have sued TikTok, accusing the social media platform of helping to drive a mental health crisis among teenagers. A bipartisan ...