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  'World first' for double hand transplant patient

  Thursday, May 9, 2024

  Tanya Shepherd has received pioneering blood treatment to prevent her body rejecting her new hands.

  BBC News

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  Mum ignored test and got cancer says BBC presenter

  Thursday, May 9, 2024

  BBC Wales' Lucy Owen on her mum's regrets at taking no notice of bowel cancer test offers.

  BBC News

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  Victims infected with Hep C after blood screening began

  Thursday, May 9, 2024

  Lawyers tell the BBC people infected after September 1991 should be allowed to claim compensation.

  BBC News

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  Whooping cough cases up again as five babies die

  Thursday, May 9, 2024

  There were 1,300 cases of the bacterial infection in March, after just over 900 in February in England.

  BBC News

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  Hundreds of infected blood victims living with undetected Hep C

  Thursday, May 9, 2024

  About 1,750 people are unaware they caught hepatitis C from infected blood, BBC analysis reveals.

  BBC News

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  AstraZeneca to withdraw Covid vaccine

  Wednesday, May 8, 2024

  The firm said the decision was taken because of a decline in demand for the vaccine.

  BBC News

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  Gene-therapy leap restores baby girl's hearing

  Wednesday, May 8, 2024

  Opal, 18 months, can now hear - even a whisper - after becoming the first person to try a new treatment.

  BBC News

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  Antisemitism complaints by doctors surge

  Wednesday, May 8, 2024

  A Jewish doctor speaks of being abused by a colleague, as reports to the GMC of antisemitism surge.

  BBC News

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  Agency charging NHS nearly £2,000 for nurse shift

  Wednesday, May 8, 2024

  A leading NHS boss says firms are deliberately targeting areas where nurses are in short supply.

  BBC News

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  AstraZeneca to withdraw Covid vaccine

  Wednesday, May 8, 2024

  The firm said the decision was taken because of a decline in demand for the vaccine.

  BBC News