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England hastens COVID vaccinations on BA.2.86 concern

NHS England has said it will start offering flu and COVID-19 vaccinations to people from 11th September, as concern rises about a new coronavirus variant that is spreading

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One year on, ABPI asks why IMF hasn't funded any drugs

The Innovative Medicines Fund (IMF), set up in the UK last year to fast-track NHS access to promising new drugs, still hasn't provided any funding for a new medicine, and

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UK study prompts call for MRI screening for prostate cancer

A UK study has suggested that a 10-minute MRI scan is more effective at detecting prostate cancer than testing for blood levels of the biomarker PSA, picking up serious ca

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'Virtual wards' for respiratory infections backed by NICE

NICE has said that patients with acute respiratory infections can be cared for at home rather than in a hospital, with the help of digital platforms that transmit informat

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Keytruda backed for 'basket' of new cancers via NHS

The UK's cost-effectiveness agency NICE has recommended MSD's PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda for a series of cancers based on genetic abnormalities known as microsatellite instab

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