#theguardian.com. × #Feb.08.2026 × Failure to compensate pelvic mesh implant victims ‘morally unacceptable’, say campaigners. Thousands of women with life-changing complications still in limbo two years after call for financial redress
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#theguardian.com. × #Feb.07.2026 × Outrage after US Congress votes to slash $125m in funding to replace toxic lead pipes. Move will hit Michigan, Illinois, New York and other states with highest levels of lead drinking water pipes the hardest
#Health × #Politics #USA #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.07.2026 × NHS doctor struck off over botched circumcision still performing operation. ‘Catastrophic failure of safeguarding’ highlighted by fact Zuber Bux’s lay practice is legal, campaigners say
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#theguardian.com. × #Feb.07.2026 × One person dead from Nipah virus in Bangladesh, WHO says. The case in Bangladesh, where Nipah cases are reported almost every year, follows two Nipah virus cases identified in neighbouring India
#Health × #Asia #India #Bangladesh
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.07.2026 × ‘Take them away, crush them’: Australia faces an ebike surge that some say poses a health emergency. They offer independence, reduce emissions and congestion. But they are also endangering lives
#Health × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.06.2026 × Elton John accuses Daily Mail publisher of ‘abhorrent’ invasion of privacy. Singer says articles about his health and birth of son ‘outside even the most basic standards of human decency’
#Health × #Showbiz #United Kingdom #Europe #music
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.06.2026 × Newly revealed emails undermine RFK Jr testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak. Kennedy later said the purpose of his trip had nothing to do with vaccines. US embassy and UN staff at the time said otherwise, emails show
#Health × #USA #North America #Insular Oceania #Samoa #measles
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.06.2026 × Almost a quarter of soup on sale in UK supermarkets has too much salt, study finds. Analysis of nearly 500 tinned and chilled products finds 23% exceed government’s voluntary salt target
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#theguardian.com. × #Feb.05.2026 × Most statin side-effects not caused by the drugs, study finds. While labels list dozens of possible risks only four are supported by evidence, say researchers
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#theguardian.com. × #Feb.05.2026 × Israel accused of spraying cancer-linked herbicide on farms in southern Lebanon. President condemns ‘environmental and health crime’ as critics say Israel seeks to make southern Lebanon uninhabitable
#Health × #Asia #Israel #Lebanon
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.05.2026 × UK health body says 36 cases of toxin poisoning linked to baby formula. Clinical reports show the children had consumed batches of recently recalled products, UKHSA says
#Health × #United Kingdom #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 × Autistic girls much less likely to be diagnosed, study says. By age 20 diagnosis rates for men and women almost equal, research finds, challenging assumptions of gender discrepancy
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#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 × Illinois joins WHO network after Trump pulls US out of global health body. Governor JB Pritzker pledges to put ‘science, preparedness and people’ first by participating in global response network
#Health × #Politics #Science #World Health Organization
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 × Wes Streeting to offer resident doctors bigger pay rise to end dispute. Health secretary to increase pay offer and guarantee working conditions for resident doctors only
#Health × #Politics #United Kingdom #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 × Mediterranean diet can reduce risk of stroke by up to 25%, long-term study suggests. Two-decade study indicates a diet rich in olive oil, nuts, seafood and vegetables can cut risk of every type of stroke
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#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 × Doctor previously banned from complex surgery in NSW given senior clinical safety role with Queensland Health. A spokesperson says Dr Michael Byrom no longer has any conditions placed on his practising and cited a ‘rigorous recruitment process’
#Health × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 × Mitch McConnell admitted to hospital with ‘flu-like symptoms’. Statement says Republican senator, 83, checked himself into local hospital and prognosis is ‘positive’
#Health × #Politics
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.03.2026 × Palestinians hope for more after limited Rafah crossing opening – video. About 20,000 Palestinian children and adults needing medical care hope to leave the devastated territory via the crossing, according to Gaza health officials
#Health × #Africa #Palestine #Asia
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.03.2026 × Emergency pneumonia cases surge to half a million a year in England. There were 579,475 instances of emergency hospitalisation being needed in the year to March 2025, analysis finds
#Health × #pneumonia
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.02.2026 × Resident doctors in England vote to continue industrial action for another six months. British Medical Association members back further action as union’s chair says ‘a deal is there to be done’
#Health × #United Kingdom #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.02.2026 × Lack of mental health beds contributed to UK teenager’s death, inquest finds. Poor communication also cited as factor in death of Ellame Ford-Dunn, 16, on Worthing hospital’s grounds
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#theguardian.com. × #Feb.02.2026 × Broadcaster James Valentine retires from ABC after nearly 40 years due to cancer. ‘I need to focus on getting better, on being with family and friends and making sure that I’m giving my health my best shot’, Afternoons host says
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#theguardian.com. × #Feb.01.2026 × ‘Deadly postcode lottery’ restricting new cancer treatments in England, doctors say. Patients missing out on effective new radiotherapies widely used in other countries, health secretary told
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#theguardian.com. × #Feb.01.2026 × Preparations have begun for reopening of Gaza’s Rafah crossing, officials say. Israel says residents will be allowed to cross on foot only, with a reported 20,000 Palestinians waiting to leave for medical care
#Health × #Politics #Palestine #Asia #Israel
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