Top doctor was terrified NHS might be overwhelmed during Covid
Covid inquiry Prof Sir Stephen Powis, national medical director at NHS England, was giving evidence to the Covid inquiry in
Covid inquiry told Treasury blocked request for 10,000 NHS beds
Covid inquiry Boris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid
Matt Hancock says NHS was ‘hours’ from PPE running out
The NHS in England came within “six or seven hours” of running out of gowns and other protective equipment during
Cows Have Been Infected With a Second Form of Bird
Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a new form of bird flu that is distinct from the version
What is in the proposed law?
Michelle Roberts Digital health editor, BBC News Getty Images MPs have voted in favour of proposals to legalise assisted dying
Ernest Drucker, Public-Health Advocate for the Scorned, Dies at 84
Ernest Drucker, a pioneering public-health researcher who approached drug addiction with compassion, invigorated needle-exchange programs to stem the AIDS epidemic
Can a drug trial solve the big debate?
Getty Images It is among the most delicate and controversial challenges in modern medicine – how to determine whether the
Children should be more resilient, say experts
BBC Jane Graham has been a school nurse for nearly 20 years – and during this time the nature of