Family to be deported from Australia because son has cystic fibrosis
29 May 2019
An Irish family settled in Australia are calling for community support after their bid to stay in the country was denied due to the cost of their son’s genetic disease
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No-deal Brexit could lead to drug shortages and delayed operations
15 January 2019
Amid huge Brexit uncertainty, a range of emergency measures are being put in place to protect medical supplies – but no one knows if these will be enough
Half-hearted cannabis legalisation move leaves patients in limbo
16 October 2018
Medical cannabis is to be available in the UK from November, but tight restrictions will drive patients to alternative sources, says Henry Fisher
Novichok poisoning: How could it happen again in Salisbury?
5 July 2018
Health officials have said the risk to the public is low after a couple in Wiltshire have been exposed to the nerve agent Novichok
Cannabis oil: what is it and does it really work as medicine?
22 June 2018
The UK government is reviewing medicinal cannabis after two boys with severe epilepsy were withheld cannabis oil treatments. Here's everything you need to know
Could a tax on chocolate make us healthy? Let’s not be too hasty
26 April 2018
Doctors are calling for an expansion of sugar taxes to include sweets and cakes, but we don’t yet know whether higher prices will lead to improved health
One year until Brexit: 7 big issues that must be solved
29 March 2018
The UK must answer difficult questions on climate change, food security, aviation and more as it leaves the EU on 29 March 2019
Novichok attack tests the world's chemical weapons treaty
27 March 2018
We have the international tools to resolve uncertainties over the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal – but they will only work if Russia cooperates
Exclusive: Other countries could have made 'Russian' nerve agent
20 March 2018
Weapons experts have told New Scientist that a number of countries legally created small amounts of Novichok after it was revealed in 1992 and a production method was later published
Why the UK's new opt-out organ donation plan probably won't work
26 February 2018
Plans for the whole of the UK to shift to a system where consent for organ donation is assumed may actually do very little to save lives
