The Global Story

The US is an outlier in its approach to prosecuting infanticide. Why?

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Transplanted pig kidney works in US man’s body for record 271 days

A man has lived for a record nine months with a transplanted pig kidney while waiting for a human transplant.

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New GP and wellbeing hub ‘a major milestone’

The £21m hub brings together primary care, community wellbeing and leisure services in one location.

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Chasing a perfect sleep score? You could be making it worse

The things you’re doing to make your sleep better could actually be making your sleep worse.

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Ryan Jones: Unbreakable

Rugby legend Ryan Jones talks candidly about his early-onset dementia diagnosis.

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Moral Maze

Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week’s news stories.

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Moral Maze

Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week’s news stories.

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A&E patients ending in ‘corridors and cupboards’

A consultant tells the Scotcast podcast that A&E patients ending in ‘corridors and cupboards’.

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Social media ‘spiral’ found after sister’s death

A woman whose 13-year-old sister took her own life says the “spiral that she was going through” was evident from her social media history.

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Former nurse dies amid dementia drug shortages

Pearl Roche died with dementia weeks after her family struggled to get supplies of her medication.

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