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‘She was so fit, so well’: the heart patient who died before getting vital surgery

Sue Griffin’s severe aortic stenosis progressed quickly, resulting in her death while on NHS waiting list Sue Griffin was an active 68-year-old, retraining to become a nurse and indulging her love o

A Half-Century of Vaccination Ups and Downs

(MedPage Today) -- I am well into my ninth decade and have been a health communications consultant for a half-century.

Junk science, vaccine refusers and the return of smallpox: what worries one of Australia’s top epidemiologists

More than five years into the Covid pandemic, Guardian Australia asks Raina MacIntyre: what’s the next big threat to public health and are we up to the challenge?Sign up for a weekly email featuring

The private pain of prolapse: six things I wish I’d known – from sex to exercise to mental health

Pelvic organ prolapse affects around half of all women, yet it is little understood and very rarely discussed.

Dogs, rabbits … peacocks? UK offices navigate the rise of emotional support animals

Employers are reporting more, and more varied, emotional support animals in workplacesThe only problem Kathy has encountered taking her emotional support rabbit into work is when a new colleague wante

Dramatic dip in baby hospitalizations for RSV linked to vaccine and treatment

But older children, who had no access to the shots, had higher rates this winter compared with lastNew vaccines and treatments are linked to a dramatic decline in RSV hospitalizations for babies, acco

Surgeons Perform First Human Bladder Transplant

The procedure could be life-changing for some people with debilitating conditions.

‘Mum, my brain’: how I learned to walk, talk and even dance again after a devastating stroke at 36

I was riding high as a music journalist with a new book in the shops when I had what I thought was a migraine. In fact, it was a burst aneurysm and I needed emergency surgery.

STAT+: Novavax wins narrowed approval for its Covid-19 shot after delay

Covid shots are facing greater scrutiny from top federal health officials like RFK Jr. and the FDA's Marty Makary.

F.D.A. Approves Novavax Covid Vaccine With Stricter New Conditions

The agency narrowed who can get the shot and added new study requirements that could cost the company tens of millions.

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