Giving young children peanut products cuts allergy risk, study finds

Children who eat peanut snacks regularly from four to six months onwards 71% less likely to have peanut allergy at 13, research finds theguardian.com/society/articl…

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Labour pledges to clear NHS waiting list backlog in England in five years

Wes Streeting says another Conservative term could result in waiting list swelling to 10m cases theguardian.com/politics/artic…

No Tory MPs voted positively on climate issues since party took power, study finds

Labour and Liberal Democrats dominated list of MPs who were rated as very good in backing environmental policies theguardian.com/environment/ar…

‘Nothing justifies what we have witnessed here’: the doctors returning home from Gaza

British doctors Mohammed Tahir and Omar El-Taji thought they were mentally prepared to help treat people in #Rafah

But what they and other foreign volunteers faced was beyond anything they

Martha’s rule to be rolled out in 143 NHS hospitals in England

Initiative will enable urgent second opinion and review of care of patients whose condition is deteriorating theguardian.com/society/articl…

Rates of #melanoma hit all-time high in UK, study finds

⁦Cancer Research UK⁩ notes particular rise in diagnoses among older people and says majority of cases are preventable theguardian.com/society/articl…

NHS in England spent £4.1bn over 11 years settling lawsuits over brain-damaged babies

£3.6bn has been paid out in 1,307 cases, according to information obtained under freedom of information laws theguardian.com/society/articl…

Liz Kendall says Labour would revive tobacco and vapes bill, banning young people from ever being able to smoke legally

‘If we’re elected we will make that happen and make it less likely that young people will smoke than vote Tory’

Another pandemic is ‘absolutely inevitable’, says Patrick Vallance

Former UK chief scientific adviser warns ‘we are not ready yet’ and urges next government to prepare theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

North Yorkshire town has UK’s highest concentration of ‘forever chemicals’

PFAS contamination recorded in groundwater on Angus Fire site in Bentham, and includes chemicals with known health impacts theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Keir Starmer says he ditched tuition fees pledge to prioritise tackling NHS crisis

Labour leader says ‘we can’t have both’ given state of economy but system of university funding must change theguardian.com/politics/artic…

Lucy Letby loses attempt to appeal against baby murder convictions

Former nurse denied permission to go to court of appeal over seven murder and six attempted murder convictions theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

UK’s Environment Agency chief admits regulator buries freedom of information requests

Speaking at the UK River Summit, Philip Duffy said officials do not want to reveal the true ‘embarrassing’ environmental picture theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Millions of patients a month wait longer than a fortnight to see GP in England

Despite promise of appointments within 14 days, almost 61m took place after that in 2023, analysis of NHS data shows theguardian.com/society/articl…

Rishi Sunak will call general election for July in surprise move – sources

PM says he wants to hold summer poll after claiming inflation is back under control and economy is improving theguardian.com/politics/artic…

Sharp rise in type 2 diabetes among people under 40 in UK

Diagnoses up 39% in six years, with condition fuelled by obesity, health inequalities and junk food, study finds theguardian.com/society/articl…

Device aids recovery of people with spinal injuries, trial finds

Improved strength, control and sensation from use of Arc-Ex device described as small but life-changing theguardian.com/science/articl…

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UK pharmacists demand powers to change whooping cough prescriptions

Some pharmacies have turned away families because they have run out of the drug clarithromycin theguardian.com/society/articl…

UK infected blood scandal made worse by cover-up, inquiry concludes

Thousands of deaths could have been avoided, final report on infection of thousands with #HIV or #hepatitisC concludes theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

Scientists make potential breast cancer breakthrough after preserving tissue in gel

Ability to preserve tissue in a special gel solution for at least a week will help doctors identify most effective drug treatments theguardian.com/society/articl…