Category: Medical research

‘Wild west’: experts concerned by illegal promotion of weight-loss jabs in UK

Guardian review finds many online pharmacies flouting strict advertising rules that govern prescription-only drugsWeight-loss injections are being aggressively marketed to British consumers through often illegal promotions, in a...

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Revealed: ex-director for tobacco giant advising UK government on cancer risks

Questions raised about potential for undue influence after appointment of Ruth Dempsey, formerly of Philip MorrisA former director at the tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) was handed a role on an influential expert...

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Superbugs ‘could kill 39m people by 2050’ amid rising drug resistance

Child deaths from infections see ‘remarkable’ decline but AMR fatalities of over-70s likely to rise by 146%, study findsAnalysis: Drug-resistant infections are on the rise – so why aren’t we getting any...

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UK orders 150,000 mpox vaccine doses amid spread of new strain in Africa

Health officials say jabs needed to bolster UK’s resilience after WHO declares clade Ib outbreak a global emergencyThe UK has ordered more than 150,000 doses of vaccine against mpox to bolster its preparedness after the...

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World-first lung cancer vaccine trials launched across seven countries

First patient in UK gets dose of jab designed to kill most common form of lung cancer – and stop it coming backDoctors have begun trialling the world’s first mRNA lung cancer vaccine in patients, as experts hailed...

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UK ‘desperately exposed’ to cyber-threats and pandemics, says minister

Science secretary Peter Kyle says national resilience suffered ‘catastrophically’ under ToriesThe UK science secretary has warned Britain is “desperately exposed” to cyber-threats and the upheaval of...

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