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Consultant doctors in England are to stage a two-day strike next month in a dispute over pay and working conditions. The walkout will begin on 25 November at 06:59 GMT, with consultants staffing emergency care only. This is known as Christmas Day cover and is likely to have a majorContinue Reading

The World Health Organization reports that a nurse has been killed and a health worker severely injured in an attack while responding to an Ebola alert in Congo, Read MoreContinue Reading

In the 1920s, Tredegar was a town like many in south Wales. Private collieries and ironworks held a grip over the working people, with owners and managers powerful in local institutions such as the town council and hospital board. Bevan, the son of a miner, had spent time underground andContinue Reading

Uganda is reinforcing existing border controls requiring citizens returning from Congo to undergo 21 days of quarantine at their own expense, the Health Ministry said Sunday, as investigators examine how a woman who traveled from Uganda to Nigeria cont…, Read MoreContinue Reading

A 93-year-old woman had to lie on the floor for 10-and-a-half hours with broken bones while waiting for an ambulance. Margaret Owen fell in her home on 4 October and her son Graham Anthony went over after getting a call from her lifeline alarm at 06:15. He said an ambulanceContinue Reading

Fitness became an addiction that left me anxious and sleep deprived Image source, Wayne Davies Image caption, Wayne Davies says he became obsessed with fitness, training plans and data A runner says he became so consumed by a fitness addiction that he spiralled into anxiety and became sleep deprived. WayneContinue Reading

Image source, Hollie Sharman Image caption, Hollie Sharman spent hours searching symptoms, feeling panicked and isolated Hollie Sharman was convinced she was dying. She would go to hospital “four to five times a week” complaining of excruciating chest pain. “I think the longest I spent in A&E was 13 hours,”Continue Reading

More than 50,000 people in Europe died this summer from heat, a record high amount, a new study finds, Read MoreContinue Reading

A first-of-its-kind cancer vaccine is helping significantly reduce the chances that melanoma patients’ tumors return, Read MoreContinue Reading

An elected representative has called for “answers” after the closure of the Omagh, County Tyrone, branch of the Samaritans charity. Founded in 1953, the Samaritans focus on preventing suicides by connecting trained volunteers with people who are struggling. The charity estimates it answers a call for help every 10 seconds.Continue Reading

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the first Ebola patients confirmed in Kenya and Nigeria might have crossed paths at an airport in Uganda, Read MoreContinue Reading

Like ‘weeing lava’: living with chronic UTIs, from the BBC Read MoreContinue Reading