Tag Archive for: BBC News

Hundreds of children die within months as measles cases soar in Bangladesh/in /by
The country has recorded more than 60,000 suspected cases of measles in just over two months.
‘My daughter went into hospital to get better – now she’s dead’/in /by
Mental health patients say nobody listened to their concerns about a north-east England trust.
‘We knew somebody would die’: Teenage patients ‘ignored’ before fatal NHS trust failures/in /by
Mental health patients say nobody listened to their concerns about a north-east England trust.
Australia confirms first diphtheria death amid worst outbreak in decades/in /by
Most cases are in the Northern Territory with some also in Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland.
PCOS name change ‘more representative of condition’/in /by
Health experts in Jersey say the change helps people realise it is not an ovaries-only condition.
Excessive social media ‘negatively impacts wellbeing’/in /by
The World Happiness Reports finds the more time spent on social media the greater loss of wellbeing.
Excessive social media ‘negatively impacts wellbeing’/in /by
The World Happiness Reports finds the more time spent on social media the greater loss of wellbeing.
From decades to years – AI could speed search for brain drugs hiding in plain sight/in /by
Researchers hope the work will help identify affordable, effective drugs to treat conditions like MND.
‘People can feel lonely in a crowd’/in /by
Dawn French discusses loneliness, particularly among older women, on Woman's Hour.
Ebola risk raised to ‘very high’ in DR Congo/in /by
The head of the UN health agency says the risk in the wider region is "high", but it remains "low" at the global level.