FDA approves first over-the-counter blood glucose monitor for diabetes

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first over-the-counter continuous blood glucose monitor.1The Stelo Glucose […]

Care provider is fined {pound}650 000 over safety failings that led to patient’s death

Priory Healthcare has been fined £650 000 for safety failings over the death of a patient who escaped […]

Covid inquiry: What we have learnt about Wales’s response?

Covid was not initially a top priorityBefore 20 March 2020 there had been an assumption that the UK […]

Study reveals children with amblyopia are at higher risk of serious disease in adulthood

The neurodevelopmental condition affects up to four in 100 children

KCL joins new project launched by European consortium to improve newborn health

The HYPIEND project consists of 14 partners from eight European countries

What makes a pathogen antibiotic-resistant?

In a comparative study, researchers describe how two notable pathogens — Escherichia coli and Acinetobacter baumannii — employ […]

Surge in anti-gay laws in Africa imperil progress on HIV/AIDS, experts say

The International AIDS Society (IAS) and UNAIDS have spoken out against legislation passed by Ghana’s parliament last week […]

Sixty seconds on . . . 10 000 steps

I thought that number was arbitraryThe widely used target of 10 000 steps a day does seem to […]

Northern Ireland: Junior doctors on picket line are at “breaking point”

Junior doctors in Northern Ireland have said that they went on strike this week to protect patient care […]

Drug-resistant tuberculosis responds rapidly to bedaquiline-based second-line therapy

Patients who have drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) have a similar microbiological response to bedaquiline-based second-line medications as patients with […]