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    • Saturday, 23 September, 2023
      Camilla Cavendish
      Britain should lead in life sciences but NHS inertia is holding it back

      Biobank deadlock is a symptom of the UK’s ailing innovation sector

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    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      UK politics
      Sunak considers move to ban smoking for next generation

      Prime minister’s latest effort to tackle falling ratings could trigger party backlash

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    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      National Health Service
      Number of UK nursing students plummets despite NHS shortages

      Low wages and student debt worries are believed to have undermined applications, putting workforce plan in doubt

      A nurse walks through an NHS hospital ward
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Mental health
      Suppressing negative thoughts good for mental health, researchers find

      Cambridge university study contradicts common belief in psychology that it is better to talk about distressing ideas and memories

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    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      FT Globetrotter
      Running in Milan: five great routes

      From beloved landmarks to showstopping starchitecture via lush green spaces and a main waterway, these runs reveal everything that gives the city its grande brio

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    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      DeepMind uses AI to predict harmful genetic mutations in humans

      First example of artificial intelligence helping to accelerate diagnosis of diseases caused by genetic variants

      An artist’s illustration of how artificial intelligence can predict patterns in biology
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      OutlookPatti Waldmeir
      Tactics are shifting in the war on drugs

      Experimentation continues on measures to tackle addiction and fatal overdoses

      A box containing naloxone overdose emergency kits outside a store at Canal Park in Pennsylvania
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      The Big Read
      The Biden administration takes on the US drugs industry

      New rules are designed to make medicines cheaper for American seniors. But companies warn innovation will suffer

    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      National Health Service
      NHS braced for unprecedented strikes as doctors in England walk out

      Four days of industrial action includes co-ordinated walkout by consultants and junior medics

      Medical consultant members of the British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line outside University College London hospital
    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      Coronavirus
      WHO chief pushes China for ‘full access’ to solve Covid’s origins

      Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says health body is ready to send second mission as Omicron variants drive rise in cases

      Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      House & Home
      The secret history of the teenager’s bedroom

      Parents have always fretted about what goes on behind closed doors — but societal shifts and tech dominance mean concerns are now more fraught

    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Travel
      Bed and breakfast with the Buddha

      South Korea’s ‘templestay’ programme offers accommodation — and a taste of inner peace — at monasteries across the country

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    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      FT MagazineTim Harford
      The art of making good mistakes

      Neither organisations nor people can learn from their errors if they deny mistakes ever happened

    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      NHS England
      Waiting lists for routine hospital care in England hit record of 7.7mn

      Official data will come as blow to prime minister, who has pledged to cut backlog by next election

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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special Report
      FT Health: Communicable Diseases

      Climate change helps the spread of infectious diseases. Plus: rise in fungal infections highlights risks of antimicrobial resistance; Sydney shows how to almost eliminate HIV transmission; wait goes on for effective Long Covid treatments

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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
      Wait goes on for effective long Covid treatments

      Unlike the vaccine race, there is limited funding to treat a condition that is often debilitating

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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
      The microbiome: a benign infection to help keep disease at bay

      Huge resources devoted to examining links with illness

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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
      Sydney’s HIV success shows way for others

      Experts say joint effort by clinicians, activists and politicians to deploy preventive tools shows how effective they can be

      An elderly patient sits on her bed at the community hospital
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
      Lessons not learnt from Covid-19

      Policymakers are failing to address the likelihood of another pandemic

      A woman leaves notes below photos of people who died of Covid-19
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Camilla Palladino
      Bans on disposable vapes would be an ill wind for tobacco companies

      The big companies are only bit players in disposables, but there is also wider scrutiny of cigarette alternatives

      Shelves of disposable vape cigarettes in a shop
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
      We need transformational change to be ready for the next pandemic

      Leaders must treat these risks as existential — one of very few threats that can change the world in days

      Mothers bring their sick children for treatment at a hospital
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
      In charts: Threat from infectious diseases eases across the world

      Illnesses such as cancer and heart disease supplant likes of HIV

    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
      El Niño and a hotter, wetter climate aid spread of disease

      Flooding and heatwaves linked to infections in both rich and poor nations

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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
      Rise in fungal infections illustrates risks of antimicrobial resistance

      Drug resistance is not just a problem with bacteria

      A microscopic image of a yeast that causes infections
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
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      Moderna: searching for a second act after Covid Premium content

      Despite progress on a flu jab, the biotech group will be lossmaking for the next three years

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