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Archie Battersbee: Family seek permission for hospice move
A High Court hearing is deciding if the 12-year-old can be moved to a hospice.
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Did we all believe a myth about depression?
A study some claim debunks antidepressants has gone viral. Was it read wrong?
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LGBT groups demand more action on monkeypox
Sexual health charities call on the government to take firmer action to control the outbreak.
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This Is Going To Hurt creator Adam Kay issues NHS suicide warning
Many fans have been visiting the site hoping to find a memorial tree, which was planted in the show.
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NHS Wales: App helping keep heart patients out of hospital
Experts believe similar technology can improve care, reassure patients and cut waiting lists.
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Delays to network of NHS Scotland's treatment centres
Half of the 10 specialist centres planned to create more capacity for operations face delays.
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Chrissy Teigen and John Legend announce pregnancy
The US model says she and John Legend are expecting a baby, nearly two years after a stillbirth.
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Afra Rafeeq: India teen who died but raised millions to save her brother
Afra Rafeeq, who died this week, had raised millions of rupees to help get a crucial drug for her baby brother.
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Patrick Vallance: One of government's chief Covid advisers is stepping down
Boris Johnson said he was "immensely grateful" for Sir Patrick's advice and expertise during the pandemic.
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Junior doctors' pay offer concerns hospital leaders
The morale of junior doctors will be damaged by a lower pay rise than other staff, hospitals in England say.
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Pig organs partially revived hour after death
Study could transform access to organs for transplant by reversing some of the damage caused after death.
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Drug deaths: Record number of fatalities in Wales
A record number of drug misuse deaths are reported in Wales for 2021, with a 41% rise.
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Archie Battersbee: Parents take case to European Court of Human Rights
The 12-year-old's life support was due to be withdrawn on Wednesday morning.
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Over 100,000 monkeypox vaccines procured, government says
The majority of the nearly 2,500 confirmed monkeypox cases in England are in London.
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Epic challenge for MND cyclist who has defied the odds
Davy Zyw did not think he would still be alive four years after being told he has motor neurone disease.
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Archie Battersbee: Family loses appeal to Supreme Court
Supreme Court verdict says the Court of Appeal "made the correct decision" over the 12-year-old's care.
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Archie Battersbee: Who decides when life support ends?
Tragically, for a small number of children who become critically ill each year, medicine reaches its limits.
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Polio: Virus found in wastewater of New York City suburb
Health officials are urging vaccinations against polio after the first US case in a decade was found.
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Jamal Edwards: Cocaine sparked death of entrepreneur, coroner concludes
A toxicology report finds evidence of cocaine use, which probably caused the entrepreneur's death.
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Make body-image warnings on retouched photos the law, MPs say
Harmful body expectations mean ads should carry warnings if model photos are digitally altered, MPs say.
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