Somerset campaigners hold vigil as Yeovil stroke unit closes

Papworth invented a technique, called Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD), for retrieving hearts from donors whose life support systems have been switched off, which now makes up about a quarter of all heart transplants in the UK. The work was, however, funded by the hospital’s charity, rather than the NHS.

BBC Allana Falconer has competed in 20 different Hyrox races since taking it up in 2023 Hyrox is a fitness craze that shows no signs of dying out – with 1.3m people expected to compete in an event somewhere in the world this year. The competition, which is split between running and fitness exercises, has…

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….

Hare says she’s noticed trackers causing anxiety among her patients. “I’ve noticed more patients coming to me with data from various trackers, with lots of questions about sleep that… is probably contributing to their sleep difficulties,” she says. Even though some have had medical tests with reassuring results, this hasn’t allayed their fears, she adds….

James GallagherHealth and science correspondent BBC A therapy that would once have been considered a feat of science fiction has reversed aggressive and incurable blood cancers in some patients, doctors report. The treatment involves precisely editing the DNA in white blood cells to transform them into a cancer-fighting “living drug”. The first girl to be…