Trials of a daily obesity pill have shown it can help patients lose around 12% of their body weight over 72 weeks. The manufacturer, Eli Lilly, says the drug, which is not yet licensed, could be available next year. The daily pill, called orforglipron, works by suppressing appetite and making you feel more full. Preliminary […]

Amy Amy has had multiple emergency ambulance callouts this year As a child, Amy was often violently attacked. At 15, she was threatened with a knife. Now diagnosed with complex PTSD, she’s spent over a decade isolated at home with her mum, desperately seeking help. She has seen a psychiatrist only once. “I was self

Philippa Roxby Health reporter Getty Images The government has announced plans to crack down on dodgy cosmetic practitioners who it says are exploiting people and causing harm. Under the new proposals, only qualified health professionals will be able to carry out risky non-surgical Brazilian butt lifts (BBLs) and clinics will need to meet strict rules

Katie McEvinney BBC Disclosure BBC The nicotine pouches are being sold in packaging that looks like children’s sweets Extra-strong nicotine products designed to appeal to children – including some which have ripped off the logos of popular sweet brands – are being openly sold in shops, BBC Scotland has found. A Disclosure reporter, filming undercover,

Getty Images mRNA vaccines were heralded as a medical marvel that saved lives during the Covid pandemic, but now the US is pulling back from researching them. US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has cancelled 22 projects – worth $500m (£376m) in funding – for tackling infections such as Covid and flu. So does

Press Association The government and the British Medical Association will restart talks in the coming days to end the long-running resident doctor dispute in England. It comes after BMA leaders met Health Secretary Wes Streeting on Tuesday, following a five-day walkout at the end of July. The BMA said it had agreed to a “window

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to cancel $500m (£376m) in funding for mRNA vaccines being developed to counter viruses like the flu and Covid-19. The move will impact 22 projects being led by major pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer and Moderna, for vaccines against bird flu and other viruses, HHS said.

A dental practice in Nottinghamshire says it has been told it cannot offer NHS treatment because there is deemed to be “no need” for it in the area. Toothbank aims to open in The Square, Beeston, later this month, offering private care but has been unable to obtain an NHS contract from the local integrated

Matthew Hill West of England health correspondent BBC One of the walls of the unit was damaged during an incident earlier in the year Nurses have been assaulted and “punched in the face” amid violent behavioural problems at a hospital’s children’s unit, staff have told the BBC. Since April, nurses at the Great Western Hospital

BBC Charlotte Creevy was supported by a charity after her son stopped breathing Charlotte Creevy’s son Seth was two weeks old when he stopped breathing and was rushed to intensive care at a London hospital. “What kept going through my mind was, ‘Is he going to live or die?’” Charlotte said Seth had contracted three