Pregnancy vaccine reduces baby hospital admissions for RSV by 80%

Nick TriggleHealth correspondent Getty Images The number of patients in hospital in England with influenza has risen by more than 50% in the past week, with NHS bosses warning there is no sign of “super flu” peaking yet. In the week up to Sunday there were 2,660 flu cases a day on average in hospital…

Sue Davies,BBC Radio Wiltshireand Kirsten Robertson,Wiltshire Cathy Read Cathy Read has survived two spontaneous coronary artery dissections (SCAD) A woman is planning to walk 115km to raise awareness of a rare condition which caused her to have two heart attacks. Cathy Read from Chippenham in Wiltshire has survived two spontaneous coronary artery dissections (SCAD). The…

Nick TriggleHealth correspondent PA Media Resident doctors have been picketing outside St. Thomas’ Hospital on Friday morning as the strike began NHS bosses are aiming to keep nearly all services running as resident doctors begin a five-day walkout in England. The strike – the 13th by British Medical Association members in the long-running pay dispute…