Health

Young people can book to get their Men B vaccine at high street pharmacies across England. There are walk-in appointments too, external. Two doses offer the best protection. First doses are available until 31 December 2026, with second doses available until 31 March 2027. Dr Charlene Rodrigues, consultant in Pathogen Genomics at UKHSA, said: “This…

Paula Devlin, one of the other jurors, told CBS Mornings that the panel had spent several days trying to convince Desronvil to change his mind. “We all worked together to convince ourselves once we got to that point where it was 10 to 2,” she said. The jury foreperson, a retired fifth-grade teacher, described not…

The public inquiry into the Lucy Letby case may have reserved the strongest criticism for the Countess of Chester Hospital and its management, but there are big questions for the wider NHS to answer too. The Thirlwall inquiry’s final report said there was a “complete failure” to protect babies on the neonatal unit where Letby…

Across Europe, six countries have some form of legalised assisted dying: Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Austria and – most recently – France. In all of them – unlike the proposals in England and Wales – help to die is not restricted to the terminally ill. Switzerland was the first country in the world…

A national men’s mental health and suicide prevention charity marking its 10-year anniversary is expanding further in Devon. Andy’s Man Club, founded in 2016 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, was named after Andy Roberts, who took his own life at the age of 23, and describes itself as a safe space where men can talk about…

People will be able to go to their local chemist in England this autumn and get on-the-spot treatment for 12 common conditions without going to their GP first. Pharmacists can already prescribe medication for seven conditions – sore throat, earache, sinusitis, shingles, impetigo, infected bites and urinary tract infections. Five more – migraines, acne, scabies,…