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Two months after a cyberattack on a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary halted payments to some doctors, medical providers say they’re still grappling with the fallout, even though UnitedHealth told shareholders on Tuesday that business is largely back to normal. “We are...

PA MediaBy James Gregory & Jennifer McKiernanBBC NewsRishi Sunak wants to strip GPs of their power to sign people off work as part of a plan to tackle what he calls the UK's "sick note culture".The prime minister claims benefits have become a "lifestyle choice" for...

SAN FRANCISCO — Chinese Hospital, located in the heart of this city’s legendary Chinatown, struggles with many of the same financial and demographic challenges that plague small independent hospitals in underserved areas across the country. Many of its patients are...

For the past year, police Detective Tim Lillard has spent most of his waking hours unofficially investigating his wife’s death. The question has never been exactly how Ann Picha-Lillard died on Nov. 19, 2022: She succumbed to respiratory failure after an infection put...

By Rachel StonehouseBBC West InvestigationsExperts are warning of an alarming increase in bladder issues among young people due to chronic ketamine use.People as young as 21 are having major, risky surgery to treat problems caused by addiction, doctors say.Beth, an...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has compromised on long-sought rules that would protect indoor workers from extreme heat, saying tens of thousands of prison and jail employees — and prisoners — would have to wait for relief. The deal comes a...

By Chris Vallance & Philippa WainTechnology reportersNearly a quarter of UK five-to-seven-year-olds now have their own smartphone, Ofcom research suggests.Social media use also rose in the age group over last year with nearly two in five using messaging service...

Allan ArchiveBy Chloe Hayward and Hugh PymHealth producer and health editor, BBC NewsThe true scale of the number of medical trials using infected blood products on children in the 1970s and 80s has been revealed by documents seen by BBC News.They reveal a secret...

The Host Lawmakers in Washington this week held the first congressional hearing on the Change Healthcare cyberattack, a breach that sent shock waves through the health care system as payments for care ground to a halt and left some providers in financial trouble....

Getty ImagesThere appears to have been a rise in the proportion of middle class and wealthier women under the age of 45 smoking in England, research from University College London suggests. The percentage of women in this group who smoked rose from 12% to 15% between...

Getty ImagesBy Mary McCoolBBC Scotland newsScotland's NHS has paused prescribing puberty blockers to children referred by a gender identity clinic.The Sandyford clinic in Glasgow also said new patients aged 16 or 17 would no longer receive other hormone treatments...

By Matthew HillHealth correspondent, West of EnglandA baby as young as eight months old has been seen by a new weight management service for severely obese children.A growing number of pre-school children are severely overweight in Somerset. The NHS service, called...