'I feel blessed to get weight-loss jab' - but can the NHS afford it for all?

Health News BBC - Mon, 01/13/2025 - 09:16
We meet some of the first NHS patients, as expert says funding everyone eligible would "bankrupt" the service.
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Norway on track to be first to go all-electric

Scientific News BBC - Mon, 01/13/2025 - 03:51
Nine in 10 new cars in the country are now battery-powered, and it aims to hit 100% later this year.
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Nurse stabbed in hospital's acute medical ward

Health News BBC - Sun, 01/12/2025 - 23:31
A 37-year-old man is in police custody after being arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
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How a freak space junk crash baffled residents and sparked concern

Scientific News BBC - Sun, 01/12/2025 - 03:29
The Kenyan villagers surprised by falling satellite debris heralding a new year full of surprises.
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Could a mango-flavoured pill end intestinal worms?

Health News BBC - Sat, 01/11/2025 - 03:58
The pill is a combination of two existing anti-parasitic drugs that, used together, appear more effective.
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Analysis: Meta’s fact-checking pullback will have global consequences

StopFake.org - Fri, 01/10/2025 - 17:51
The social media company’s widespread overhaul of its content moderation policies will have a real-world negative impact, embolden authoritarian regimes, and put its own users at risk By Mark Scott, for DFRLab On January 7, 2025, Meta announced a wholesale change to how the company polices harmful, illegal and divisive content on Facebook and Instagram. The […]
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Fake: Zelensky Buys €18 Million Mansion, Builds Underground Bunker

StopFake.org - Fri, 01/10/2025 - 14:05
A real estate company that sold the villa in October denied any connection between the buyer and Ukraine and refuted claims that a bunker was being built on the property Russian sources have spread a story claiming that Volodymyr Zelensky, through a shell company Aldorante LTD, has purchased a luxurious villa on the French island […]
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I woke from a coma to find my baby had been born

Health News BBC - Fri, 01/10/2025 - 10:47
Atlanta McIntyre hopes to raise awareness of hyperemesis gravidarum, a condition that affects 1 in 100 pregnant women.
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2024 first year to pass 1.5C global warming limit

Scientific News BBC - Fri, 01/10/2025 - 07:13
Last year was the world's warmest on record, bringing temperatures above a politically symbolic milestone.
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'I paid fake doctor thousands for fillers - now I look like a gargoyle'

Health News BBC - Fri, 01/10/2025 - 04:41
Cosmetics clinic says it has "totally reviewed all procedures" since treating Andrea.
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Inside the UK's first legal drug consumption room

Health News BBC - Fri, 01/10/2025 - 04:22
The Thistle will open its doors next week after nearly a decade of deadlock over drug laws.
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BBC goes inside hospital battling unprecedented winter pressures

Health News BBC - Thu, 01/09/2025 - 22:54
As pressures on the NHS bite, doctors are facing terrible decisions about who should get a bed.
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New images of Mercury captured by UK spacecraft

Scientific News BBC - Thu, 01/09/2025 - 18:58
Stevenage-built BepiColombo makes final flyby of Mercury ahead of entering the plant's orbit in 2026.
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What to know about China's cases of HMPV virus

Health News BBC - Thu, 01/09/2025 - 18:52
An outbreak of the flu-like virus in China is causing concern, but experts say a Covid-like pandemic is unlikely.
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Everything is Going to Be All Right

StopFake.org - Thu, 01/09/2025 - 17:02
By EUvsDisinfo Every year, shortly before midnight on 31 December, Vladimir Putin tells Russians that better times lie ahead, everything is going to be all right and Russia has only grown stronger in the last few years. In reality, his full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches its third anniversary and the Russian economy is in serious trouble. Rather than the […]
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Winter pressure bad as height of pandemic, NHS says

Health News BBC - Thu, 01/09/2025 - 16:18
More than 5,400 patients a day are in hospital with flu, as delays in A&E and for ambulances mount.
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Fake: Los Angeles Fires Can Not Be Put Out Because Local Fire Department Gave Ukraine Surplus Equipment

StopFake.org - Thu, 01/09/2025 - 14:05
The Los Angeles Fire Department made a small donation of unusable equipment back in March 2022. It contained helmets, gloves, boots, medicines — not the powerful machinery needed to fight a fire of this scale. American entrepreneur John LeFevre published an angry post on the social network X (Twitter), in which he implied that the […]
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Million year-old bubbles could solve ice age mystery

Scientific News BBC - Thu, 01/09/2025 - 13:01
What is probably the world's oldest ice, dating back 1.2m years ago, has been dug out from deep within Antarctica.
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'Patients are collapsing in the waiting room': A&E nurses speak out

Health News BBC - Wed, 01/08/2025 - 20:19
Nurses working on the front line of emergency care have spoken to the BBC about pressure they are facing.
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Putin’s Peace Plan is Actually a Call for Ukraine’s Capitulation

StopFake.org - Wed, 01/08/2025 - 16:27
By Serhii Kuzan, for UkraineAlert With Donald Trump set to return to the White House in the coming weeks, speculation is mounting that Ukraine and Russia may soon begin serious peace negotiations. However, there is very little sign that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to abandon his goal of subjugating Ukraine. Instead, the peace […]
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