Getty ImagesFive people are receiving emergency medical care in France for suspected botulism linked to eating pesto. According to authorities in the Indre-et-Loire department in west-central France, a locally made brand of wild garlic sauce may have been contaminated with a dangerous toxin that can attack the nerves. Cases like this are rare but potentially fatal, and can happen if homemade foods have been improperly preserved. The French government issued
Getty ImagesPeople with diabetes tend to have higher HbA1c levels than those without the conditionAn NHS trust has revealed that about 11,000 people will have to be re-tested after a hospital machine issued incorrect diabetes results.The Bedfordshire NHS Foundation Trust said some patients may have been wrongly given higher blood glucose readings from a laboratory at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital.A message on the trust website suggested patients could have
Getty ImagesA mother whose premature baby died after receiving contaminated feed at a hospital has told an inquest it was "the worst experience" a parent could have.Ghanda Al-Kharboush's nine-day-old son, Yousef, died in June 2014 at London's St Thomas' Hospital after developing blood poisoning or sepsis.An inquest on Monday also shared details of the deaths of other babies given the feed around that time, including one at Addenbrooke's Hospital in
Gareth WilliamsRhiannon Williams had been receiving counselling for depression and anxiety.A father has said his 24-year-old daughter’s suicide hit him like a "depth charge" which "shred things in ways that are difficult to describe".One year on from Rhiannon’s death, Gareth Williams wants other parents to know how "seriously dangerous" poor mental health can be.The latest figures show the suicide rate in Wales in 2023 was the highest for a decade,
Catherine, Princess of Wales, has now completed a course of chemotherapy treatment and is focused on being cancer free and returning to work when she can.In a video message released earlier on Monday afternoon, she says the past nine months have been "incredibly tough for us as a family"."The cancer journey is complex, scary and unpredictable for everyone, especially those closest to you," she says.Although the princess's chemotherapy has now
A US military veteran who received the world's first whole-eye transplant has made significant progress a year later and has been able to resume his normal life, researchers say. Aaron James, 46, also received a rare partial-face transplant. He lost most of his face in an accident in 2021 while working as a high-voltage utility lineman. His donor eye has so far maintained normal pressure and blood flow and retained
Richard Knights/BBCBaroness Lampard paid tribute to the "dedicated and tireless campaigning" of bereaved families as the inquiry openedThe chairwoman of an inquiry into more than 2,000 mental health-related deaths has said "we may never know" the true number of people who died.The Lampard Inquiry has got under way, examining deaths at NHS-run children and adult inpatient units in Essex between 2000 and 2023. Baroness Lampard, who is leading proceedings, said
BBCMandi Masters, a community midwife, was hospitalised with Covid in the pandemic.Covid patients have been admitted to hospital more than a million times in the UK since the virus first emerged in 2020, while countless others have had care for other conditions disrupted as the NHS struggled to cope.On Monday, the public inquiry into the pandemic will start 10 weeks of hearings looking at the impact on patients, healthcare workers
Getty ImagesThe government’s plan to tackle the hospital backlog in England will fail without a fundamental reform in how services work, health leaders say.Labour aims to increase the number of appointments and operations done each week by 40,000, to help hit the 18-week waiting time target.But NHS Confederation research found that would only deliver about 15% of the extra capacity needed to get back to reaching the target, which has
Getty ImagesScientists have studied more than 2,000 samples of poo from babies in the UK to get a clearer idea of which types of bacteria first colonise a newborn's gut.Researchers say they were surprised to find baby poo fell into three distinct microbiological profiles, with different "pioneer bacteria" being abundant in each.One in particular, called B. breve, could help babies make the most of nutrients in breast milk and ward
