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Ministers accept three-month deadline for blood scheme

A final compensation scheme could be running by the year's end after ministers agree to a Labour-led demand.

Ministers accept three-month deadline for blood scheme

Scientists invent new way to detect skin cancer

Researchers hope using Terahertz (THz) waves will help preserve as much healthy skin as possible.

Scientists invent new way to detect skin cancer

Special school pupils ‘tortured’ in calming rooms

The BBC has obtained confidential material revealing appalling abuse and neglect affecting 39 pupils.

Special school pupils ‘tortured’ in calming rooms

NHS England to stress biological sex in ward allocations

Transgender women should not be put on single-sex female NHS wards in England, the government is proposing.

NHS England to stress biological sex in ward allocations

Patch to protect against measles shows promise

Painless and easier to store than injections, it remains early days for microneedle-patch technology.

Patch to protect against measles shows promise

How 'vampire facials' infected three women with HIV

The infections, made public by the CDC, raised questions about the safety of cosmetic treatments.

How 'vampire facials' infected three women with HIV