Entries by BBC News

Maldives bans smoking for younger generations /in /by

Anyone born on or after 1 January 2007 will be banned from using, buying or selling tobacco products in the archipelago.

Firms ordered to reduce forever chemicals in drinking water sources for 6 million people /in /by

The persistent pollutants which build up in the environment have been linked to serious illnesses.

Private baby scan clinics ‘putting expectant mothers at risk’ /in /by

Some high-street clinics are risking lives by letting untrained staff do baby scans, warn experts.

Traitors star is ‘grateful for abnormal anatomy’ /in /by

A very rare condition led to an important diagnosis after years of pain for The Traitors star.

Thousands of poorest Scots to receive free weight-loss jabs in trial /in /by

Up to 5,000 people in Scotland will take the injections as part of a multi-million pound study being led by Glasgow University.

At 21, I was crushed by a stranger’s joke about going bald. Then the way I looked at myself changed /in /by

There are multiple ways for men to combat hair loss now, but should they have to?

Medics got me through cancer but they can’t help with my menopause /in /by

When Kat Denisi was diagnosed with breast cancer at 32 she was put into a medically induced menopause.

‘My child won’t walk again after failed surgery’ /in /by

Cambridge University Hospitals says it "should not have happened" and changes are being made.

Long A&E waits causing heartbreaking suffering, charity says /in /by

Patients are dying in corridors and others left for hours in soiled clothes, says Age UK.

Health officials worried as flu season comes five weeks early /in /by

UK Health Security Agency urges people to get vaccinated with cases on the rise.