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Nick TriggleHealth correspondentGetty ImagesThis week's five-day doctor strike in England will go ahead after British Medical Association members voted to continue with a planned walkout despite a new offer from the government.The strike by resident doctors, the new name...

EPASir Keir Starmer has urged resident doctors not to go ahead with "reckless" strikes planned for next week, saying it is "beyond belief" they could take place during a flu outbreak.The prime minister said the NHS is in its...

James Gallagher,Health and science correspondentandCatherine Snowdon,Health reporterGettySome men are having vast numbers of children through sperm donation. This week the BBC reported on a man whose sperm contained a genetic mutation that dramatically raises the risk of cancer for...

Some unexpected good news from the FDA: bemotrizinol, a sunscreen ingredient that has been used in Europe and Asia for decades, is finally...

In February, President Sally Kornbluth announced the appointment of Professor Angela Koehler as faculty director of the...

Mahwah, New Jersey, resident Tina Jump recently learned that the premium for her Affordable Care Act health insurance is set to surge from about $400 a month to more than $1,100 starting in January —...

watchOS 26 wasn't a huge update, but it did introduce some new features. You now have a Workout Buddy to help you exercise—though...

Jim Reed,Health reporterandWesley Stephenson,BBC VerifyGetty ImagesThe NHS says it's facing its "worst-case scenario" after the number of people in hospital with flu jumped by 55% in a week in England.NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey says between 5,000...

Sonia HopkinMrs Hopkin also called on TikTok to do more to stop actions, such as chroming, from becoming trends. "It's amazing that these videos aren't taken down," she said. "I can't understand why anyone would want to share that...

The odd phenomenon of quantum superposition has helped researchers break a fundamental quantum mechanical limit – and given quantum...