Entries by BBC News

Meningitis B: Your questions answered

BBC Health reporter Smitha Mundasad answers your questions on meningitis B

/by
Thousands get meningitis vaccine as experts wait to see outbreak peak

The outbreak, which has killed two people, is thought to have originated at a Canterbury nightclub.

/by
‘I feel so grateful to be alive,’ Kent University meningitis survivor says

Annabelle Mackay, 21, has spoken to the BBC about her experience surviving meningitis.

/by
Lab-grown food pipe offers new hope for young patients

UK scientists have grown fully functioning food pipes and successfully transplanted them into mini pigs, paving the way for human trials.

/by
Lab-grown food pipe offers new hope for young patients

UK scientists have grown fully functioning food pipes and successfully transplanted them into mini pigs, paving the way for human trials.

/by
I went to bed with a sore ear, meningitis put me in a coma

Mark McNamee did not know he had meningitis until he woke up in hospital after being in an induced coma.

/by
Woman with ‘agonising’ condition to ‘give back’

The Worcester woman says she wants endometriosis patients to be “met with a little extra comfort”.

/by
Hospital waiting lists in Wales see record drop

Wait times for planned care are falling but diagnostic and cancers waits are up, latest figures indicate.

/by
‘People with ADHD are great in a crisis’

‘People with ADHD are great in a crisis’

/by
Stay at home advice questioned and rules too tough – key findings from Covid report

An NHS close to collapse, patients failed and NHS staff put at risk – what you need to know.

/by