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Photo: Alex Proimos, Creative Commons, some rights reserved Aug 11, 2025 — Rural New York has a shortage of health care professionals. That’s no secret. A new report from state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s office puts some numbers on the problem. It shows there are big shortfalls in the amount of providers in 16 rural counties,…
Most men should not be screened for prostate cancer, says UK expert body
James GallagherHealth and science correspondent Getty Images A screening programme for prostate cancer for all men in the UK is not justified, according to a hugely influential group of experts. Instead they say only men with specific genetic mutations that lead to more aggressive tumours should be eligible. That would rule out black men who…
Mother of Baby P begins latest bid for release
Met Police Tracey Connelly, jailed in 2009 for causing or allowing the death of her toddler son Peter, has been freed on licence on two previous occasions The mother of Baby P was recalled to prison last year after she started a relationship with a man she met online without telling officials supervising her, a…
