HEALTH

Covid-19 remains a threat as a virus variant has been spreading steadily around the globe, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday.

The MHRA has approved Casgevy gene therapy for sickle cell anaemia and β-thalassemia treatment, making the UK the first country to approve a gene editing tool as a treatment procedure after considerable success in trials.

Loneliness may put us at a higher risk of developing anxiety, dementia and depression amongst others.

In the past year. AI has been responsible for some prominent breakthroughs in diagnosis and treatment, and in the UK, AI is already being used in the NHS to halve treatment times for stroke patients.

NHS England will announce on Wednesday an allocation of £800 million to assist health service trusts in addressing the financial challenges brought about by industrial action and preparing for the upcoming winter season.

Possessing laughing gas to get a psychoactive high became illegal in Britain on Wednesday, with serial offenders facing up to two years in prison and dealers up to 14 years.

A collaborative report shows that TikTok's 'For You' page posed a potential threat to young people as it amplified depressive and suicidal content.

A new preventative breast cancer drug has been licensed and approved. It will soon be distributed to those at a higher risk of the disease on the NHS.

Entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of DECIEM, The Ordinary, Niod and other skincare brands, Nicola Kilner, speaks of her co-founder Brandon Trauxe's struggle with substance abuse.

YouTube on Thursday said it tweaked its recommendation system in the United States to prevent teens from bingeing on videos idealizing certain body types.

Similar surgeries have been unsuccessful in the past because the human body rapidly rejects animal organs.

A reported £21 million is being allocated to 64 NHS trusts across England to deploy cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) tools in hospitals.

The statement from the former prime minister came during a meeting with then-chancellor Rishi Sunak in March 2020.

Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer in the world, which is responsible for the deaths of thousands of Nigerian women each year.

The virus was detected in a bird called brown skua on Bird Island in South Georgia.

Dozens of US states on Tuesday accused Facebook and Instagram owner Meta of profiting "from children's pain," damaging their mental health and misleading people about the safety of its platforms.

Induction chemotherapy was tested over the span of a decade on 500 patients with cervical cancer at medical facilities in the UK, Mexico, India, Italy, and Brazil.

The new therapy, known as glofitamab or Columvi®, has been approved by both the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

The UK government is looking for new innovative "AI Discriminations" tackling ideas from UK companies that can be used in healthcare and open use cases through the Fairness Innovation Challenge.