First bacteria we ever meet can keep us out of hospital

For the first time, scientists show how our microbiome forms affects the risk of infection.

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Women warned weight-loss jabs may affect the pill

Women should use the most effective contraception to avoid pregnancy while taking ‘skinny jabs’, the drugs regulator says.

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Abortion laws are Victorian era, says grieving mum

Elen Hughes, who lost her son Danial at 37-and-a-half weeks, says police guidance is “terrible”.

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Science Cafe

Adam Walton delves into three books exploring global health and disease.

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Science Cafe

Adam Walton delves into three books exploring global health and disease.

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Police investigate heart deaths at NHS hospital

Patients who died at Castle Hill Hospital near Hull may have suffered avoidable harm, documents suggest.

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Syphilis and drug-resistant gonorrhoea increasing

Experts say the gonorrhoea figures are a worry. although the actual number of drug-resistant cases is low.

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Syphilis and drug-resistant gonorrhoea increasing

Experts say the gonorrhoea figures are a worry. although the actual number of drug-resistant cases is low.

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Syphilis and drug-resistant gonorrhoea increasing

Experts say the gonorrhoea figures are concerning – though the actual number of drug-resistant cases is low.

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‘I had to leave my baby and felt like a prisoner in hospital’

Mothers with serious mental health problems are separated from their babies in Northern Ireland, unlike the rest of the UK.

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