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DNA testing site 23andMe files for bankruptcy protection

The company said that it will now attempt to sell itself under the supervision of a court.

Scans in shopping centres and AI – can ideas like these help save the NHS?

Government says more NHS funds in England will go to social care as we look at how it can deliver change.

Scans in shopping centres and AI – can ideas like these help save the NHS?

Government says more NHS funds in England will go to social care as we look at how it can deliver change.

‘It’s unforgivable’: The problem at the heart of the NHS’s maternity care failures

An inquest into the death of Ida Lock has shone light on repeat mistakes – and wider failures in certain hospitals across England

‘The time for inquiries is over’: The problem at the heart of the NHS’s maternity care failures

An inquest into the death of Ida Lock has shone light on repeat mistakes – and wider failures in certain hospitals across England

My baby’s premature birth was humbling, says Beatrice

The royal describes “months of sheer worry” she experienced over the birth of her second child.

Newborn’s death ‘due to gross failures of midwives’

The coroner at newborn baby Ida Lock’s inquest highlights eight opportunities that were missed.

Repeated failures in reading scans costing lives, ombudsman says

The most common issues include clinicians not spotting abnormalities, and scans being delayed.

‘Chubby filter’ pulled from TikTok after user backlash

Critics say the AI tool – which made people look overweight – was a form of body-shaming.