Ebola vaccine made in UK now ready for trials

Philippa Roxby and Smitha MundasadHealth reporters Getty Images All young children in the UK can now be offered protection against chickenpox for the first time on the NHS. The vaccine will be combined with the existing MMR jab, given at 12 and 18 months of age, which already helps protect against measles, mumps and rubella….

Country music singer Ella Langley says she is pausing tour dates and stepping away from the stage to prioritize her health. The “Hungover” singer made the announcement in a heartfelt post shared to social media on Aug. 11, where she touched on her desire to focus on her body and heart after struggling with sickness….

Writing to the charity in March, the MP said: “It is remarkable that a charity established to advocate for women’s health would appoint a man, without female anatomy or experience of this disease, to speak for those whose suffering is defined by their sex.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has ruled out the UK government imposing VAT on private healthcare in the upcoming autumn Budget. Streeting told the BBC “it’s not happening” and repeated that answer when asked if he could guarantee VAT would not be levied on private healthcare. In the UK, most private healthcare services are exempt from…

Jessica Mason Jessica says women-specific health issues are too often dismissed A woman with cervical cancer who waited years to be diagnosed says she has “lost her faith in doctors”. Jessica Mason went back and forth to her GP and hospital with swelling, bleeding and pain in her vagina but says she was “fobbed off”…