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Witnesses infected with hepatitis and the widow of a man given Aids by contaminated blood have given evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry.

Advanced bowel cancer patients who have stopped responding to one of the main drugs used to treat it could be helped by immunotherapy, researchers have found. Researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, have been exploring how tumours become resistant ...

Air pollution could shorten a child’s life by up to seven months, a study on one of the largest UK cities has suggested. An eight-year-old child born in 2011 may die between two to seven months early if exposed over their lifetime to projected future pollution concentrations, Kings College London ...

A hospital visitor inadvertently gave staff a cake laced with cannabis as a thank you for their care, a health trust has said. The gift was taken into Warrington Hospital in Cheshire by a visitor who was unaware there was cannabis in the cake, leftover from their grandson’s 18th birthday. ...

The Duke of Cambridge became the prince of hugs when he showed off his affectionate side and embraced a hospital cleaner. William’s heartfelt encounter came as he visited the Royal Marsden in central London to highlight its work supporting the mental health of cancer patients, their families and the medical ...

"A confidential cabinet note apparently says that the government is not prepared for no deal and NHS Trusts have warned it will pose a major risk to NHS services... Make UK, representing British manufacturers recently said there is a direct link between politicans talking up the prospect of no-deal and ...

The charity is continuing its campaign to warn the public about the dangers of obesity despite a backlash on social media.

Despite the vast differences in scale, the processes that light undergoes when travelling through the human body are very similar to those seen in space.

Thomas Griffiths, who was not told of his hepatitis C diagnosis for nine years after it was made, said he thought more honesty could have saved lives.