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Smitha Mundasad Health reporter Getty Images More than half of the overall NHS waiting list for non urgent treatment in England is made up of people of working age (19 to 64), the first official deep dive into inequalities in waiting lists has found. The data shows, for those aged 18 to 64, waiting lists for gynaecology are the biggest. …

A medical lab technologist operates an embryo vitrification during an ICSI process at a laboratory in Paris, France, September 13, 2019. — Reuters Eight children in the UK have been spared from devastating genetic diseases thanks to a new three-person in vitro fertilisation (IVF) technique, scientists from Newcastle University reported on Wednesday. The technique, which is banned in the United …

Danny Fullbrook BBC News, Essex Getty Images The centre is expected to open fully in 2038 A new science centre is being built which aims to help protect the UK from future pandemics. The government has pledged a “multi-billion-pound” investment to make the National Biosecurity Centre (NBC) in Harlow, Essex, the largest of its kind in Europe by bringing the …

Eight babies have been born in the UK using genetic material from three people to prevent devastating and often fatal conditions, doctors say. The method, pioneered by UK scientists, combines the egg and sperm from a mum and dad with a second egg from a donor woman. The technique has been legal here for a decade but we now have …

Watch the moment DNA from a mum and dad is injected into the egg of another woman – the critical step in the creation of a baby made from three people Eight babies have been born in the UK using genetic material from three people to prevent devastating and often fatal conditions, doctors say. The method, pioneered by UK scientists, …

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Philippa Roxby Health Reporter Getty Images The review recommends PAs wear a different uniform to doctors Physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs), who assist doctors in GP surgeries and hospitals, should be known as “assistants” to avoid confusing patients, an independent review says. It recommends PAs and AAs wear standardised clothing and badges to distinguish them from doctors and …

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Getty Images A young child has died at Liverpool’s Alder Hey Hospital after contracting measles, raising concerns about the spread of the disease. Cases have been rising in the UK and around the world, with more than 500 reported since January in England alone. The increase is being blamed on the poor uptake of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) …

Getty Images A young child has died at Liverpool’s Alder Hey Hospital after contracting measles, raising concerns about the spread of the disease. Cases have been rising in the UK and around the world, with more than 500 reported since January in England alone. The increase is being blamed on the poor uptake of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) …