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Doctors at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals nationwide could refuse to treat unmarried veterans and Democrats under new hospital guidelines imposed following an executive order…

I write in response to the letter from senior clinicians urging resident doctors to vote against strike action (8 June). During my 22-year career we have…

My baby nephew grabbed my arm, eager to show me his toy trucks.“Don’t ever touch me there again!” I snapped.The confusion and hurt on his face…

GSTTUK doctors are attempting to clear dangerous superbug infections using “poo pills” containing freeze-dried faeces.The stool samples come from healthy donors and are packed with good…

Mills/Laity family photograph/PA WireMartha Mills died from sepsis in a London hospital in 2021The failings of a doctor responsible for Martha Mills’ care, who died from…

We write about the call for a strike by resident doctors (Report, 22 May). We do so as fellow experienced professionals and potential patients. There was…

BBCIt had been the NHS’s longest-running and bitterest pay dispute – responsible for hundreds of thousands of cancelled operations and appointments.And then, suddenly, word came on…

Physician associates in the NHS will be renamed to stop patients mistaking them for doctors after a review found that their title caused widespread confusion.Thousands of…

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has urged doctors in England to “vote no” in a ballot on industrial action which gets under way on Tuesday.In a BBC…

A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer, obesity, autism, bipolar disorder, even celiac…