Entries by BBC News

Test-at-home kit for cancer patients approved for use /in /by

Patients say the device allows them to reduce the number of hospital visits involved in cancer care.

Vaccine expert ‘very worried’ by whooping cough deaths /in /by

Five babies have died from the infection amid a rise in cases in the UK.

Mum ignored test and got cancer says BBC presenter /in /by

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

Victims infected with Hep C after blood screening began /in /by

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

Victims infected with Hep C after blood screening began /in /by

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

‘World first’ for double hand transplant patient /in /by

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

Whooping cough cases up again as five babies die /in /by

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

Hundreds of infected blood victims living with undetected Hep C /in /by

About 1,750 people are unaware they got the virus from blood transfusions in the 70s, 80s and 90s.

Gene-therapy leap restores baby girl’s hearing /in /by

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

Agency charging NHS nearly £2,000 for nurse shift /in /by

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