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August is National Immunization Awareness Month. With vaccines in the news a lot these days, we want to focus on the many benefits of vaccines, which go beyond infection prevention. Elizabeth Graves, NP, Family Nurse Practitioner at West Tennessee Medical Group Thomsen Farms “Vaccines are most known as a tool for preventing illness,” says Elizabeth…
Hospitals knew a heart device led to more patients’ deaths – but they kept using it
Michael Buchanan,Social affairs correspondent and Adam Eley,BBC News Family handout Greg Marshall’s Medtronic heart pump malfunctioned and he died three years later aged 26 Dozens of patients were put at risk after two of the UK’s leading transplant centres continued fitting a heart device – despite knowing of concerns it had a higher mortality rate than…
NHS needs better plan around weight loss jabs, warn experts
An urgent review is needed to make sure people in England can get weight loss jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro on the NHS, top experts warn. It comes a day after the prime minister said such injections could boost Britain’s economy by getting obese unemployed people “back into work”. More than 200 doctors and…
Review of unpaid carer debts announced after damning report
Thousands of unpaid carers will have their cases reassessed after an official review found they had been left with huge debts caused by systemic failures. Former charity boss Liz Sayce found confusing guidance on Carer’s Allowance – given to those providing 35 hours of unpaid care a week – had left thousands with fines and…
One in 10 A&E patients waited over 12 hours in 2025
Nick Triggle,Health correspondentand Chloe Hayward Getty Images One in 10 patients who attended major A&E units in England last year spent more than 12 hours there, a BBC analysis shows. During 2025, 1.75 million patients waited that long to be treated and discharged or found a bed on a ward – only marginally better than…
