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Meningitis outbreak in UK prompts call to widen vaccination

A UK patient group is calling for changes to the decade-old meningitis vaccination programme, after an outbreak in Kent killed two young people.

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BioMarin halts Voxzogo trials due to safety signal

BioMarin has suspended dosing in phase 2 trials of its achondroplasia therapy Voxzogo aimed at broadening the drug's label.

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US judge rules Kennedy's vaccine changes 'unlawful'

A US judge has stymied attempts by HHS Secretary Kennedy to change immunisation policy, stopping this week's vaccine advisory panel from going ahead.

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Denying prostate cancer screening 'no longer rational'

A German study has stoked debate about the merits of screening for prostate cancer, which is lagging behind breast cancer screening in Europe.

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NHS hospitals 'should resist Palantir software rollout'

Hospitals in England have been told they do not have to deploy a controversial Palantir data platform by a coalition led by healthcare charity Medact.

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Poll finds Americans cutting back elsewhere to fund health

Many Americans are forced to make difficult trade-offs with living expenses and delay life events like retirement to afford health, says a new poll.

Meningitis outbreak in UK prompts call to widen vaccination

BioMarin halts Voxzogo trials due to safety signal

US judge rules Kennedy's vaccine changes 'unlawful'

Denying prostate cancer screening 'no longer rational'

NHS hospitals 'should resist Palantir software rollout'

Poll finds Americans cutting back elsewhere to fund health

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