Entries by BBC News - Health

Cameroon starts world-first malaria mass vaccine rollout

It becomes the first nation in the world to roll out a universal anti-malaria jab for infants.

Doctor uses Apple Watch to help passenger on flight

The medic intervenes while on a Ryanair flight to Verona for a skiing holiday.

Devon researchers believe watercress could treat nappy rash

Researchers from Devon believe healing properties of watercress could lead to new skin treatments.

Medics told not to report illegal abortions to police

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists says women are being wrongly prosecuted.

Sarah Ferguson’s ‘shock’ at skin cancer diagnosis

A spokesman says a cancerous mole was found while the duchess was having reconstructive surgery.

Bowels, bladders and sex: Rediscovering life after mountain crash

Extreme sportsman Niall McCann talks frankly about life after crashing into a mountain at 50mph.

England’s sexual health services ‘at breaking point’

Soaring rates of gonorrhoea and syphilis infections threaten to overwhelm services, experts warn.

My agonising headaches make me bang my head off walls

Daren Frankish says his cluster headaches are like being hit with a baseball bat and stabbed in the eye.

Whorlton Hall: Four carers sentenced for abusing hospital patients

They are given suspended sentences after BBC Panorama exposed their actions in an undercover film.

UK Covid inquiry: Nicola Sturgeon’s Covid WhatsApp messages ‘all deleted’

An inquiry hears the former first minister's messages were removed during "routine tidying up" of inboxes.