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The 21-year-old university student spent 58 days in hospital, including in intensive care.

Politicians complain that only three NHS scripts have been issued since the law changed in 2018.

The group will assess the prescription of puberty blockers for under-16s, NHS England says.

Scientists confirm they have made "chimera" embryos from long-tailed macaques and humans.

A rapid review of US patients says people being vaccinated should be reassured by the findings.

Helen Whitelaw appeared on Tipping Point before Motor Neurone Disease rendered her speechless.

Figures for February also show nearly 388,000 people were waiting more than a year for surgery.

Many Muslims are welcoming pop-up clinics to support the vaccination programme during Ramadan.

Some users said they were recommended "appetite suppressants" and "fasting" in the search feature.

A study of 59 people compared the drug with a conventional antidepressant.

There had been concerns that large numbers would have to self-isolate after a false positive result.

As the pandemic rages in Brazil, hundreds of babies and young children are dying of Covid.

India's cases plummeted earlier this year, but are now on the rise again. What happened?

When a DNA test revealed a decades-old family secret, Maia’s life was turned upside down.

Lawrence Dixon, 30, signed up to the reserve list in the morning and received a jab that evening.

Former cabinet minister Owen Paterson has spoken about the loss of his wife, Rose, who took her own life last year.

Nearly half of all older adult care homes do not meet recommended vaccine thresholds, the government says.

It is the first European country to fully withdraw the jab over possible links to rare blood clots.

Both vaccines had similar, reassuring effects on the body's defences in over-80s after one dose.

More than £186,000 was raised on a GoFundMe page set up after Mary Agyapong died with Covid-19.