NI health: Consultants and specialist doctors take strike action
Consultants and specialist doctors in Northern Ireland conducted their first-ever strike over pay, with 90% of routine services continuing despite the 24-hour industrial action.
Free NHS meningitis jab available for some teenagers – what you need to know
England is offering free meningitis B vaccines to a million young people, particularly 17-18 year-olds and first-year university students, following an outbreak in Kent earlier this year.
Covid inquiry PPE report – a look at the key findings
A UK Covid inquiry has published findings on critical PPE shortages during the pandemic, revealing nearly £10 billion in wasted taxpayer money on personal protective equipment procurement.
Only 3% of US sickle cell patients receive red blood cell exchange for disease, researchers find
Fewer than 3% of US sickle cell patients receive red blood cell exchange therapy despite 91% of healthcare providers having access to the procedure, according to a new survey.
Three in four UK GPs ‘too busy to talk to their patients in depth’
A Royal College of GPs survey finds 75% of UK family doctors lack time for in-depth preventative care conversations with patients about lifestyle changes and health management.
2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for ‘mirror image’ molecule research, with impact on pharmacology
Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry for discoveries enabling precise manufacturing of chiral molecules, which has major implications for safer pharmaceutical development.