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Call to delay compulsory Covid vaccines for NHS staff
The Royal College of GPs asks for a national conversation on mandating jabs, as protests are held in UK cities.
High Street pharmacies in England to help people lose weight
They can refer customers to a free online NHS service that runs a programme to get people into shape.
Long Covid: Ipswich Hospital worker says it has changed her life
Jodi Avery experiences fatigue, breathlessness and brain fog after contracting coronavirus twice.
Covid: Wales could recruit non-jabbed English NHS staff
Covid vaccines are not compulsory for NHS staff in Wales but are being mandated in England.
Covid travel tests axed in England and Scotland for fully vaccinated
From 11 February, arrivals in England and Scotland will no longer have to take a test within 48 hours.
Heart surgery Wales: Calls for child operations to resume
Children have had to travel across the border for heart surgery since 1998.
St Neots rower with incurable cancer breaks Atlantic record
Kat Cordiner and friends knock seven days off the previous female trio record.
Shield badges for Scots to distance from Covid
Badges and lanyards signal that the wearer would like others to give them extra space in public.
Covid-19: 'We'll be second-class citizens if self-isolation rules go'
People with conditions that mean the vaccine does not work fear the removal of self-isolation rules.
Covid in Scotland: Easing of restrictions 'a significant moment'
For the first time since Boxing Day nightclubs can reopen and indoor capacity limits are removed.

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A new study investigating the effects of a nutrient drink for Alzheimer's disease has led to very different...
Marriage may help lower dementia risk
"Marriage and having close friends may help protect against dementia, according to Loughborough University...
Afternoon open heart surgery 'leads to fewer complications'
"Afternoon heart surgery has lower risk of complications, study suggests," says The Guardian. Researchers...
Report calls for better mental health support in the workplace
"Up to 300,000 people with long-term mental health problems have to leave their jobs each year, a report...
Blood-thinning drugs may reduce dementia risk in people with irregular heartbeats
"Common blood thinning drugs halve the risk of dementia for patients who have an irregular heartbeat,"...
New genetic variants associated with breast cancer identified
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