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A representational image showing “Mental Health Matters” displayed on a tablet. — Unsplash GENEVA: More than one in every 100 deaths globally is due to suicide, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday, calling for urgent action to stem a mounting mental health crisis among young people especially. The WHO said that, while global suicide rates had fallen somewhat in recent …

A health care administer gives the vaccine dose to a person in Los Angeles, California, US, January 29, 2022. Reuters Vaccination campaign to target 13 million girls. Girls, aged 9 to 14, to receive single-dose jab. Pakistan to vaccinate 18m girls in next 3 years. Pakistan will launch its first-ever national HPV vaccination campaign from September 15 to 27, marking …

Getty Images A baby whose mother was not vaccinated against whooping cough while pregnant has died after contracting the infection, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. The death, which occurred between January and June 2025, is the first fatal case of whooping cough in the UK this year. It follows government warnings about low vaccine uptake, including among …

A monitor shows a three-dimensional image of a human heart at the Klaus-Tschira-Institute for Integrative Computational Cardiology, department of the Heidelberg University Hospital (Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg), in Heidelberg, Germany, August 14, 2018. — Reuters A decades-old pill remains helpful for heart attack patients even with modern treatments that can prevent lasting damage to the heart muscle, two large trials have shown. …

Sharon BarbourHealth correspondent, BBC North East and Cumbria Supplied Baby Saskia had the typical measles rash Nowhere in the north-east of England and Cumbria has the childhood measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination rate of 95% needed to achieve the “herd immunity” at which point disease does not spread, latest figures show. Middlesbrough has the lowest rate in the region …

Luke MintzBBC News BBC Harold Dillard was 56 when he was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer around his abdomen in November 2009. Within weeks the former car mechanic and handyman – a Texan “Mr Fix It” type who wore a cowboy hat and jeans nearly every day – was in end-of-life hospice care. In his final days, Mr Dillard was …

Stethoscopes powered by artificial intelligence (AI) could help detect three different heart conditions in seconds, researchers say. The original stethoscope, invented in 1816, allows doctors to listen to the internal sounds of a patient’s body. But now a British team have designed one that can spot heart failure, heart valve disease and abnormal heart rhythms almost instantly. The tool could …

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Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC News and Aoife WalshBBC News Getty Images Chickenpox can start with flu-like symptoms, such as a high temperature and headache. All young children in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be offered a free chickenpox vaccine by the NHS from January next year. It will be given as two doses, at 12 and 18 months …

Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC News Getty Images Calamine lotion can be used to help relieve the itchiness of chickenpox spots Young children in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will soon be offered a free chickenpox vaccine on the NHS. It will be added to the list of standard childhood vaccinations from January 2026, and there will be a catch-up …