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Record level of heat-related deaths in 2023

Research
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Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales

Public health
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Doctors call for ‘bold actions’ to end ‘vaping epidemic’ in young people

Smoking cessation
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Infected blood: the worst scandal in NHS history

Public health
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UK health chiefs on alert for mpox as WHO declares global health emergency

Vaccination
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Man dies from first human strain of H5N2 bird flu

Influenza
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Birmingham City University Professors ‘transform’ critical care nursing in Zambia

Learning
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Government cracks down on synthetic opioids to tackle spiralling drug deaths

Policy
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Alzheimer's could pass between humans in rare incidents, say researchers

Alzheimer's
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Alarming rise in nitrous oxide and ketamine use

Teenage health
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Labour announces prevention-led Child Health Action Plan

Children & young people's health
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UK faces mosquito-borne disease risk because of climate change

vector-borne disease
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‘World first’ gonorrhoea vaccination scheme could be introduced in the UK

Sexually transmitted diseases
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The unwelcome return of bed bugs

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Leave politics out of this clean air crisis –ULEZ is working

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