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The Latest on a dispute between the Missouri state health department and a St. Louis clinic over the clinic’s license to perform abortions. (all times local): 10:30 a.m. Missouri’s health department has declined to renew a license to perform abortions for the state’s lone clinic, but the St. Louis Planned Parenthood affiliate can continue to […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionHow vaccines and herd immunity works Vaccines have saved tens of millions of lives in the past century, yet a huge worldwide study revealed there is a growing hesitancy against vaccination. Experts warn public mistrust of vaccines means the world is taking a step backwards in the

Image copyright Tim Gander/Bath University Image caption John had an amputation after years of pain John Roberts says he is happy to be a “guinea pig” if he can help others. “There are people a lot worse off than me who have lost limbs,” says the grandfather from Gloucester, who recently had part of his

Decisions about our health can be some of the most important we make in our lives. When you have a health concern, who do you turn to? Image copyright Getty Images Education and trust A Wellcome Trust survey recently found that 73% of people around the world would most trust a doctor or nurse for

Image caption Mike Simpson says his cancer is on the run The first NHS patients with lymphoma have been given a pioneering treatment that genetically reprogrammes their immune system to fight cancer. Mike Simpson, 62, from Durham, says his cancer is now “on the run”. The therapy, called CAR-T, is a “living drug” that is

U.S. officials have told the long-term care facility where an incapacitated woman was raped and gave birth last year that it will lose Medicaid funding. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services told Hacienda HealthCare this week that its participation in the program will end July 3. It says in a letter that Hacienda corrected

A federal appeals court said Thursday new Trump administration rules imposing additional hurdles for women seeking abortions can take effect while the government appeals decisions that blocked them. More than 20 states and several civil rights and health organizations challenged the rules in cases filed in Oregon, Washington and California. Judges in all three states

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionLee Donald says fitness has changed her life Lee Donald didn’t think she would see her 21st birthday. She had struggled with an eating disorder from the age of 13 and at her lowest point made herself sick more than 10 times a day. But she successfully

Image copyright Christie Hospital Image caption The Christie began treating patients in the NHS’s first PBT centre in December A businessman and philanthropist has donated £4.5m to The Christie cancer hospital in Manchester. The money will support the hospital’s high-energy proton beam therapy (PBT) clinical trial for patients with mouth and throat cancer. Ian Taylor,

Image copyright Google Image caption Residents were left waiting to go to the toilet for an hour at Mariners Park Care Home A care home where residents had to “bawl and shout” for help has blamed understaffing caused by “Brexit uncertainties” and economic austerity. Mariners Park Care Home in Wallasey has been rated as “Requiring