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Welcome to Britain’s top secret laboratory where defences against chemical weapons, ballistics, explosives and cyber-security are researched. The BBC was given access inside Porton Down to see what the highly secretive facility was like and, for the first time ever, entered a cleansed version of a level four laboratory. This level is where the Defence […]

CVS Health is pushing deeper into health services with plans to add dietitians, medical equipment and space for the occasional yoga class to 1,500 stores over the next few years. The drugstore chain that quit selling tobacco several years ago said Tuesday it will expand a store model it recently tested. Its HealthHub stores will

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMargaret Pegler died within days of being diagnosed with TB Around 100 people have been queuing for TB screening following an outbreak in Carmarthenshire. People who may have been exposed to tuberculosis are being asked to take part in the two-day programme. The outbreak has killed one

Image copyright Getty Images Cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are increasing in England, new figures show. In 2018, there were 447,694 new diagnoses of STIs made, a 5% increase on the 422,147 in 2017. Gonorrhoea increased the most – by 26% to 56,259 cases. There were 7,541 cases of syphilis – a 5% increase

Image caption The woman spent just under three months in hospital without her false teeth A 92-year-old woman died in hospital following weeks of weight loss after staff lost her false teeth. Northampton General Hospital’s board heard how the hospital failed to replace the dentures, which were lost during her admission. The woman, who had

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionHeart breakthrough could save thousands of lives A “pumping” patch containing millions of living, beating stem cells could help repair the damage caused by a heart attack, according to researchers. Sewn on to the heart, the 3cm (1in) by 2cm patch, grown in a lab from a

Image copyright Getty Images Imagine becoming heavyweight champion of the world – by knocking out a fighter who’s never been knocked out – and still having to worry about people calling you fat. Andy Ruiz Jr’s astonishing win against Anthony Joshua looks like a victory for anyone who’s been mocked for carrying a bit too

Posing as heroin users seeking help, researchers contacted hundreds of treatment clinics in U.S. states with the highest overdose death rates. The “secret shoppers” were denied appointments much of the time, especially if they said they were insured through Medicaid. The study revealed other roadblocks: high fees and a government website riddled with wrong phone

Image copyright Shropshire Star Image caption Simon Wright will take up his new appointment on 22 July An under-fire hospital trust’s chief executive is to leave the organisation after nearly four years in the job. Simon Wright, from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), said the decision had not been easy. It was

Image copyright Wales & West Utilities Image caption Jaydee-Lee has been hailed a hero after saving brother Laylan and mother Lindy A seven-year-old girl saved the lives of her family after recalling a gas safety lesson in school. Jaydee-Lee Dummett, of Fochriw, Caerphilly, recognised the deadly signs of carbon monoxide poisoning when her four-year-old brother