Private care home investors a risk to public sector, regulator says
US investors are buying up UK care homes - a situation regulators say they are "watching carefully" in case it threatens plans for a National Care Service.
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Give more people weight loss jabs on the NHS, say MPs
Current plans for 6% of eligible patients to get Mounjaro by 2028 unambitious, say MPs.
Read full article →Moderna shares plunge after cancer vaccine data leaks — despite positive results
Moderna released full data on its closely watched cancer vaccine developed with Merck.
Read full article →First human case of Shamonda virus detected in France, officials say
The disease, which usually affects cattle, has been identified in a patient who died in early October.
Read full article →New bipartisan bill aims to speed up clinical trials for rare disease treatments
A new bipartisan bill aims to speed rare disease drug development by making clinical trials faster, cheaper and more accessible to patients.
Read full article →Chronic UTIs affect millions in the UK - these women are out to end the stigma
Women are sharing their experiences with chronic urinary tract infections on social media in an effort to break the stigma surrounding UTIs.
Read full article →Diabetes and ADHD drugs to be tested on Alzheimer's patients in new study
Drugs will be tested simultaneously, which it's hoped will speed up the process of finding new treatments for this common type of dementia.
Read full article →Pope does not need further treatment after lung cancer surgery
Test results have confirmed his diagnosis as a lung adenocarcinoma that was localised.
Read full article →Tighter rules planned to protect people from cosmetic surgery that goes badly wrong
There will be restrictions on who can carry out procedures and fines for those who flout the law, in England in 2027.
Read full article →Second Labour MP suspended over Covid loan repayments
Perran Moon, MP for Camborne and Redruth, voluntarily referred himself for investigation.
Read full article →Sickle cell gene therapies offer new hope, but access remains a major challenge
FDA-approved gene therapies for sickle cell disease offer a chance to help patients, but factors including cost and access have slowed their use.
Read full article →Novo's next-generation obesity drug shows 25% weight loss in women in late-stage analysis
Novo released new evidence that its experimental CagriSema injection can improve upon the weight loss with its blockbuster GLP-1 obesity injection, Wegovy.
Read full article →Government failings allowed Covid 'to spread like wildfire' in care homes, inquiry finds
The sixth report from Covid inquiry criticises the lack of PPE and the way patients were discharged from hospital.
Read full article →Covid failings in care homes: What the inquiry says
From the shocking lack of PPE to restrictions on visitors - the key points from the sixth Covid inquiry report.
Read full article →Here's our monthly update on our 32 stocks, including 2 more names to buy
Jim Cramer identified two of his favorite stocks to buy and the names he's not willing to touch just yet.
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