Health experts said there had been a global increase in measles cases.

Researchers said the protective effect of owning a pet dog may ‘occur at a molecular level’.

There has been an 11% increase in the number of clinical trials assessing potential treatments.

Baroness Dido Harding was head of the NHS Test and Trace programme during the crisis.

Resident doctors in England are being balloted over the prospect of strike action.

Experts hope their findings will help improve diagnosis times.

An Australian cancer patient was saved by the stem cells of a British man.

Estimates show vaccination protected as many as 120,200 from being admitted to hospital, experts said.

Health experts said the risk to the public is ‘very low’.

Diagnostic tests for brain tumours can take weeks but the new test takes just hours.

Leading doctors have called for special funding to enable more GPs to be employed in England.

Campaigners said they face a ‘physical and emotional burden’ while ‘fighting’ for compensation.

The charity is calling for all stroke patients to get the recommended levels of speech and language therapy.

People will be asked about their blood transfusion history before 1996 when they register with a GP.

Leading medics and health organisations have urged the Government to outlaw ‘the physical punishment of children’.

There have been calls for legislation which would mean only qualified surgeons can conduct certain procedures.

Sir Jim Mackey called the health service to ‘accelerate’ improvements and stamp out unacceptable care.

The tool, FaceAge, uses an image of someone’s features to determine their ‘biological age’.

The inquiry is examining the ‘timeliness and adequacy of the Government’s response to compensation’.