Tag Archive for: BBC News

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.
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.
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".
Science Cafe
Adam Walton delves into three books exploring global health and disease.
Science Cafe
Adam Walton delves into three books exploring global health and disease.
Police investigate heart deaths at NHS hospital
Patients who died at Castle Hill Hospital near Hull may have suffered avoidable harm, documents suggest.
Syphilis and drug-resistant gonorrhoea increasing
Experts say the gonorrhoea figures are concerning - though the actual number of drug-resistant cases is low.
Syphilis and drug-resistant gonorrhoea increasing
Experts say the gonorrhoea figures are a worry. although the actual number of drug-resistant cases is low.
Syphilis and drug-resistant gonorrhoea increasing
Experts say the gonorrhoea figures are a worry. although the actual number of drug-resistant cases is low.
‘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.