Adults with severe mental illness die 15-20 years earlier than the general population, largely due to preventable physical conditions including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and liver disease.

Cheltenham General Hospital’s A&E will remain open after a planned four-day resident doctor strike was suspended following a new government pay offer to doctors.

Consultants and specialist doctors in Northern Ireland conducted their first-ever strike over pay, with 90% of routine and elective services continuing despite the 24-hour walkout.

A UK Covid inquiry found NHS staff lacked adequate protective equipment during the pandemic, with £9.9bn of the £14.9bn spent on PPE ultimately wasted through poor procurement decisions.

Researchers warn that social media promotion of Alzheimer’s blood tests is misleading healthy people into testing, potentially causing unnecessary anxiety over biological markers that may never develop into dementia.

A major inquiry into Lucy Letby’s crimes at an NHS hospital found systemic failures across England’s health service, not just at the individual facility, with widespread issues in regulation, management accountability, and learning from past scandals.

An Arizona medical examiner is developing innovative strategies to accurately count heat-related deaths, an effort that could reshape how the U.S. understands climate change’s human toll.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed eight new members to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, marking a shift toward medical specialists after months of vacancies and canceled meetings.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a keynote address at a Children’s Health Defense conference, spending over 20 minutes questioning vaccine safety and suggesting links between vaccines and chronic illness.

Researchers at Cambridge have used artificial intelligence to design a vaccine component trialed in people, potentially protecting against multiple coronaviruses and preventing future pandemics.

A Covid inquiry report found the UK wasted nearly £10 billion on personal protective equipment procurement during the pandemic, with poor planning and a controversial VIP recommendation system criticized for embedded unfairness.

Mental health charities have failed to adequately discuss violence risks from a minority with severe mental illnesses, says Mind’s chief executive, amid an inquiry into a fatal 2023 stabbing attack.