NHS patients with lymphoma have for the first time 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…

With the healthcare industry currently facing a widespread shortage of professionals across many occupational positions, there’s a strong incentive to create technological solutions for the medical field’s growing number of logistical problems. However, there are no one-size-fits-all fixes that will take care of the need…

More than 40 US states have filed a lawsuit accusing pharmaceutical firms of conspiring to artificially inflate the cost of common medicinal drugs. The lawsuit alleges that as many as 20 companies have been involved in fixing prices for over 100 drugs, including treatments for…

A heartbroken California mother is stressing the importance of reading ingredient labels after her 11-year-old daughter suffered a fatal allergic reaction allegedly triggered by her new prescription toothpaste. Monique Altamirano, said her daughter, Denise Saldate, had a dairy allergy, and after years of never seeing…

There is a growing clamour to raise the age at which tobacco products can be bought, from 18 to 21. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health put forward the idea earlier this month, and now a leading doctor, Imperial College London respiratory…

A woman in China almost died after injecting herself with liquidised fruit in a bid to be healthy. The 51-year-old suffered liver, kidney, heart and lung damage and was put into intensive care for five days. There were over 20 kinds of fruit in the…

The Philippine health secretary said Monday that 136 people, mostly children, have died of measles and 8,400 others have fallen ill in an outbreak blamed partly on vaccination fears. A massive immunization drive that started last week in hard-hit Manila and four provincial regions may…

“Unfounded rumors” causing people to spurn the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was preventing the elimination of cervical cancer, which kills more than 300,000 women every year, health authorities said Monday. To mark World Cancer Day 2019, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) issued…