How many people still smoke in the UK?

Health News BBC - Wed, 11/06/2024 - 00:28
The government wants to create a smoke-free generation and restrict the sale and marketing of vapes.
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How are the vaping rules changing?

Health News BBC - Tue, 11/05/2024 - 20:06
Marketing rules will be stricter, nicotine vapes will be taxed and disposable vapes will be banned.
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How are the vaping rules changing?

Health News BBC - Tue, 11/05/2024 - 20:06
Marketing rules will be stricter, nicotine vapes will be taxed and disposable vapes will be banned.
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NHS bosses attack 'rip off' doctor overtime rates

Health News BBC - Tue, 11/05/2024 - 17:31
NHS England says hospitals being forced into paying premium rates of over £200 an hour.
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NHS to review prostate cancer testing after Chris Hoy call for change

Health News BBC - Tue, 11/05/2024 - 17:03
The Olympic cycling champion, who has terminal cancer, wants more younger men to get checked.
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NHS to review prostate cancer testing after Chris Hoy call for change

Health News BBC - Tue, 11/05/2024 - 17:03
The Olympic cycling champion, who has terminal cancer, wants more younger men to get checked.
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Pub garden smoking ban dropped from government plans

Health News BBC - Tue, 11/05/2024 - 13:04
The Health Secretary said he didn't want to cause further harm to the hospitality industry in England.
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Women claim injury and disfigurement after liposuction

Health News BBC - Tue, 11/05/2024 - 09:07
One woman was hospitalised after being treated at a clinic in south-west London, the BBC is told.
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Two new cases of more spreadable mpox found in UK

Health News BBC - Tue, 11/05/2024 - 01:05
All three patients were infected with the Clade 1b variant, which appears to transmit more easily.
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Novel way to beat dengue: Deaf mosquitoes stop having sex

Health News BBC - Mon, 11/04/2024 - 23:43
Mutant males struggle to mate, which could offer a way to controll mosquito populations, scientists say.
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'I can't afford a child on £53,000 salary' - why fertility rate is falling

Health News BBC - Sun, 11/03/2024 - 03:09
From 'fruitless' dating to financial pressures, people share their views on falling fertility rates.
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'Dating is fruitless so I've frozen my eggs'

Health News BBC - Sun, 11/03/2024 - 03:09
From 'fruitless' dating to financial pressures, people share their views on falling fertility rates.
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William returns to 'special place' Africa for prize awards

Scientific News BBC - Sun, 11/03/2024 - 01:41
The awards event in South Africa will have emotional connections for the Prince of Wales.
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Brick by (Crumbling) Brick

StopFake.org - Sat, 11/02/2024 - 23:32
By EUvsDisinfo Kremlin disinformation peddlers spare no effort to gush about the BRICS Summit in Kazan, singing praises to Putin as the chief architect of a new world order. Meanwhile, the contested election in Georgia remains in Moscow’s sights as it recycles old disinformation tropes. Last week there was a big show in town: the […]
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Russia’s Remorseless Moldova Campaign Nears a Crescendo

StopFake.org - Sat, 11/02/2024 - 23:17
The impending vote for Moldova’s head of state is a key moment in the new East-West conflict. By Olga Lautman, for CEPA Russia has worked tirelessly and systematically over several years to undermine Moldova’s pro-western President Maia Sandu. This campaign reaches its zenith on November 3 when the country holds its run-off vote for the head […]
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Politicians not ambitious enough to save nature, say scientists

Scientific News BBC - Sat, 11/02/2024 - 18:57
Representatives of 196 countries have been meeting in Cali, Colombia, as part of the COP biodiversity summit.
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Politicians not ambitious enough to save nature, say scientists

Scientific News BBC - Sat, 11/02/2024 - 18:57
Representatives of 196 countries have been meeting in Cali, Colombia, as part of the COP biodiversity summit.
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GPs demand protection from Budget tax hike

Health News BBC - Fri, 11/01/2024 - 20:13
GPs are warning that a rise to National Insurance from next April could force them to cut staff.
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£30,000 limit on disabled adaptions grants reviewed

Health News BBC - Fri, 11/01/2024 - 18:11
A court challenge means the government will look again at the cap on the Disabled Facilities Grant.
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