Health news today spans both advances in care and stark reminders of how vulnerable patients and families can be. Alongside an NHS decision that expands access to a life-extending cancer drug, other developments center on trust, safety and loss around medical workers and families...
Health news today spans both advances in care and stark reminders of how vulnerable patients and families can be. Alongside an NHS decision that expands access to a life-extending cancer drug, other developments center on trust, safety and loss around medical workers and families in crisis.
The NHS in England makes a life-extending drug available for patients with a form of incurable breast cancer after reversing an earlier decision. The move means eligible patients can now receive the treatment through the health service, widening access to a medicine that can prolong life for people with advanced disease.
A children’s and neonatal nurse is struck off after regulators find she faked terminal leukaemia as part of a pension fraud. Amanda Reid is found to have deceived relatives and others into believing she was dying, including by shaving her head, in conduct the Nursing and Midwifery Council deems fundamentally incompatible with remaining in practice.
A nurse in Bengaluru is seriously injured after an alleged attack by her estranged husband near a clinic in the J.P. Nagar area. Police say the man chased the 26-year-old woman and assaulted her with a machete and suspected acid, and she is now being treated in hospital.
Police identify human remains found after a wildfire in woodland in south-west London as those of Joanne Sheen, a mother of three from Southampton who disappeared in 2019. The discovery comes after a blaze cleared parts of the Feltham site, and officers arrest a man as the investigation continues.
The family of a Queensland woman who dies in a cliff fall at an overseas tourist destination launches an appeal to bring her body home. Relatives describe the ordeal as unbearable as they seek help with repatriation after the Australian woman’s death abroad.
The father of three-year-old Noah Woods pays tribute after the boy is found dead following a search that began when he became separated from a relative at a playpark. He remembers his son as a sweet and innocent child after the incident on Tuesday ended in tragedy.
Top Health stories
- Joanne Sheen identified as remains found after south-west London wildfire; man arrested (9 sources)
- Nurse struck off after faking terminal leukaemia to claim pension funds (7 sources)
- RFK Jr. tells vaccine-skeptic group it has a “friend” in Trump’s White House (7 sources)
- Tata Sons board reappoints N. Chandrasekaran as executive chairman for five years (6 sources)
- Family launches appeal to bring home woman who died in overseas cliff fall (5 sources)
- NHS in England reverses decision, adds life-extending drug for incurable breast cancer (5 sources)
- Bengaluru man allegedly attacks estranged wife with machete and acid near clinic (5 sources)
- Saudi and Houthi forces exchange strikes as Yemenis flee by boat across the Red Sea (5 sources)
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