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Watchdog 'recommends vaginal mesh ban'

Reporter holding up a surgical mesh

Implants can cut into the vagina - and some women have been left in permanent pain, unable to walk.

  • 27 November 2017
  • From the section Health

Clean air target 'may be met quicker'

Targets for reducing illegal levels of NO2 pollution from vehicles will be achieved more quickly than the government expects, a study says.

Flu spray urged for child 'super-spreaders'

NHS bosses say children should be vaccinated, as they could put relatives at risk of getting the flu.

  • 27 November 2017
  • From the section UK
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Ethical hackers boost NHS cyber-defences

EU settles dispute over major weedkiller

  • 27 November 2017
  • From the section Europe

NHS watchdog staff 'must not criticise'

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'I spent savings rather than wait'

Five things we learned

The tale of two hospitals

Features

Lost treasures

How a search for a little blue cup changed hundres of lives

  • 27 November 2017
  • From the section Health

Out of the blue

My son had a stroke when he was just 13

Budget blank

Why is social care still not on the agenda?

  • 24 November 2017
  • From the section Health

London's first Aids ward

Gideon Mendel's emotional photos of patients at the end of their lives

Press print

The firm that can 3D print human body parts

  • 15 November 2017
  • From the section Business

Risky behaviour

Why I injected myself with untested gene therapy

Analysis

NHS prepares for financial showdown

Hugh Pym Health editor
  • 24 November 2017
  • From the section Health

Zero suicide - is it achievable?

Hugh Pym Health editor
  • 17 November 2017
  • From the section Health

Why is it so difficult to discover new antibiotics?

  • 27 October 2017
  • From the section Health

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