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COVID-19 and cancer: can pharma stymie the pandemic’s impact on mortality?

England's cancer therapy backlog 'could take more than a dec...

A new report has suggested it could take until 2033 to clear the backlog of cancer treatment in England caused by the pandemic.

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Social Health: The New Patient Journey

Exploring the benefits of patient interactions online

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Study finds 10% of medicines in England are overprescribed

An alarming number of people in England are being prescribed medicines unnecessarily, which could harm their health, according to a UK government review.

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Coalition formed to represent patient interests in digital h...

Not enough is being done to ensure that patient voices are included in policymaking around digital health, says a new patient organisation in the UK, which aims to set that situation right.

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UK poised to announce booster COVID jabs for over-50s

The UK government is due to announce a large-scale booster vaccine campaign against COVID-19 for all adults aged 50 and over later today, adding to its plan for third doses for people with

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Astellas reports fourth death in halted gene therapy trial

There has been a fourth patient fatality in Astellas' clinical trial of its AT132 gene therapy for the rare disease X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM), which has been halted twice due to