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Government bans export of Strep A medicines over shortage fears.
In response to concerns of scarcity, the government has prohibited the export of antibiotics used to treat potentially fatal Strep ...
13-year-old girl beats leukemia in world’s first clinical study.
A 13-year-old girl has been cured of her fatal cancer following a trial of a breakthrough form of medication. Alyssa ...
Clinics sell ineffective egg freezing to childless women.
An Oxford scholar has cautioned that egg-freezing clinics are “preying” on women’s fears to sell them a treatment they may ...
Figures show that one shift of agency physicians can cost the NHS £5200.
NHS trusts have paid up to $5,200 for a single agency doctor shift, demonstrating how dire the health service’s personnel ...
Strep A antibiotic prices climb as demand increases.
A pharmaceutical industry executive told that the price of Amoxicillin had increased from 80p to £18 due to “volatile increases in ...
Raver, 37, used 25 tablets a day for nine years and couldn’t move for weeks after stopping.
A man who took 40,000 ecstasy tablets over the course of nine years has been dubbed the person who absorbed ...
Record alcohol-related deaths due to epidemic drinking
According to the Office of National Statistics, a record number of persons died of alcohol-related causes in 2012, which is ...
New technique may cut chemotherapy-related hearing loss by 50% in children.
Thanks to a novel treatment developed by Cancer Research UK, thousands of youngsters receiving chemotherapy could have their hearing preserved. ...
Find out how many Strep A cases are in your area.
A five-year-old from Belfast is the most recent youngster to pass away from a Strep A infection; deaths have also ...
After pharmacy director declares ‘no medications,’ health secretary argues there’s a ‘good supply’
In the United Kingdom, nine children are reported to have died in a recent outbreak of Strep A, an infection ...
Ambulance personnel to strike on December 21
The majority of ambulance personnel in England and Wales will go on strike on December 21 over a salary dispute. ...
Belfast primary school 5-year-old is ninth Strep A victim.
Black Mountain Primary School, in collaboration with the Public Health Agency, sent a letter to parents regarding the “tragic loss.” ...