Health News Digest
13th December 2024
(covering news from the 6th December 2024)
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Health News Digest
Ban on puberty blockers to be made indefinite on experts’ advice
Why PE must be as important as subjects like English, Maths and Science in school
Child asthma deaths linked to air pollution, new report finds
Study finds widening inequalities in child vaccination rates across England
Smoking tobacco from childhood can cause premature heart damage
More than 400 chemicals in plastic products linked to breast cancer – study
Woodburning creates major PM2.5 air pollution issue in West Midlands
Child asthma deaths linked to air pollution, new report finds
LSE: The 2025 Spending Review must prioritise climate change adaptation as a cross-cutting issue
Health Secretary asks NHS to prioritise patient safety for winter
UKHSA Health Equity for Health Security Strategy 2023 to 2026
LGA - Preventive and proactive care: research report
King’s Fund: Latest NHS performance data shows NHS is fraught as it enters winter
Health Foundation: How improvement can help NHS productivity
Nuffield Trust responds to December NHS performance statistics
First final compensation in blood scandal due in days
Hospitals hit by 'tidal wave' of flu and winter illness
NHS spends £14.7bn a year treating patients in England hurt by care mistakes, says report
Muslim leaders and UKHSA urge communities to get winter vaccines
UKHSA Health Equity for Health Security Strategy 2023 to 2026
Inequalities in health outcomes within English cities and other built-up areas
LGA - Local Government Disability Champions Network: Good practice case studies
‘Medical misogyny’ condemns women to years of gynaecological pain, MPs told
Black and Asian cancer patients less likely to survive UK stem cell transplant than white peers
Study finds widening inequalities in child vaccination rates across England
Diagnostic Accelerator launched to speed up pandemic preparedness
Public urged to get flu vaccine as hospitalisation rates rise steeply
Hepatitis C infections in people who inject drugs fall
Muslim leaders and UKHSA urge communities to get winter vaccines
National flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports: 2024 to 2025 season
Notifiable diseases: weekly reports for 2024
Mpox clade IIb outbreak: epidemiological overview
Streptococcal bacteraemia: annual data from voluntary surveillance
National norovirus and rotavirus surveillance reports: 2024 to 2025 season
How does weight loss drug Mounjaro work and why is it in such high demand?
Whole milk associated with reduced risk of obesity
Calls for ‘fat tax’ to be introduced on junk food to cut childhood obesity
New study reveals changes in preconception health indicators in the UK
Digestive cancers triggered by unhealthy diets
Diagnostic Accelerator launched to speed up pandemic preparedness
Public urged to get flu vaccine as hospitalisation rates rise steeply
Hepatitis C infections in people who inject drugs fall
Health Secretary asks NHS to prioritise patient safety for winter
Muslim leaders and UKHSA urge communities to get winter vaccines
LGA - Preventive and proactive care: research report
Bowel-cancer rates rising among younger people
Hospitals hit by 'tidal wave' of flu and winter illness
From red meat to alcohol: the factors that affect bowel cancer risk
Child asthma deaths linked to air pollution, new report finds
Syndromic surveillance: weekly summaries for 2024
Emergency department: weekly bulletins for 2024
GP out-of-hours syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins for 2024
Weekly all-cause mortality surveillance: 2024 to 2025
Remote health advice: weekly bulletins for 2024
National ambulance syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins 2024
Vaginal oestrogen for prevention of primary urinary tract infections
‘I was made to think the pain was all in my head’: gynaecological ordeals shared
‘Medical misogyny’ condemns women to years of gynaecological pain, MPs told
More than 400 chemicals in plastic products linked to breast cancer – study
New study reveals changes in preconception health indicators in the UK
New understanding of aggressive form of breast cancer paves the way for tests and treatments
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