Health

Smitha Mundasad Health reporter Moorfields Hospital Jace, 6, was born with a rare and aggressive eye condition An experimental trial of gene therapy has helped four toddlers – born with one of the most severe forms of childhood blindness – gain “life-changing improvements” to their sight, according to doctors at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. The rare genetic condition means …

Two dairy workers in Michigan may have transmitted bird flu to their pet cats last May, suggests a new study published on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In one household, infected cats may also have passed the virus to other people in the home, but limited evidence makes it difficult to ascertain the possibility. The results …

There are a record number of patients in hospital with Norovirus in England. Data from NHS England showed 1,160 patients a day were in hospital with the vomiting bug on average last week – double the level at the same period last year. It comes after a 22% rise on the week before, pushing it to the highest level since …

In her first session with a new therapist in San Diego, Elise, 37, immediately felt turned off. Not because of anything the therapist said, but because of the fact that she was riding a stationary bike during their conversation. Maria Danna, 35, was alarmed when her therapist in Portland, Ore., “vigorously shook a maraca at my face” in order to …

US President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, US, February 18, 2025. — Reuters US President Donald Trump will meet on Thursday with chief executives from major drugmakers, a White House official confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday, as the industry tries to win government support for drug pricing and insurance changes. The meeting is …

Sharon Barbour BBC North East and Cumbria health correspondent BBC Paul Laskey’s eye has been saved with the help of a donated placenta A donated placenta has been used to help save a man’s eye after an acid attack. Acid was squirted into Paul Laskey’s face causing severe chemical burns to his eye, “melting” both the inner and outer layers …

James Cook Scotland editor BBC James McMillan and Lisa McCuish grew up next to each other and now they lie side by side in Pennyfuir Cemetery James McMillan grew up next door to Lisa McCuish in a neat cul-de-sac on a hillside above Oban Bay. Now they lie side by side in Pennyfuir Cemetery. The newest headstones on the freshly-dug …

A Georgia woman is suing a fertility clinic after she gave birth to a baby conceived through in vitro fertilization and subsequently lost custody of the child to his biological parents, according to a lawsuit. The woman, Krystena Murray, 38, is suing Coastal Fertility Specialists, an I.V.F. clinic based in South Carolina, for the devastating mix-up, the lawsuit said. The …

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Wednesday that his department had issued new “guidance on sex-based definitions” aimed, in part, at keeping transgender women and girls out of female sports and fulfilling President Trump’s pledge that the federal government will recognize only two sexes: male and female. “This administration is bringing back common sense and restoring biological truth to …

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Wednesday that his department had issued new “guidance on sex-based definitions” aimed, in part, at keeping transgender women and girls out of female sports and fulfilling President Trump’s pledge that the federal government will recognize only two sexes: male and female. “This administration is bringing back common sense and restoring biological truth to …