• February 11 2025
  UK employment

  Care workers mistreated despite UK government efforts to tackle abuses

  Unison survey shows more than a quarter of migrant staff were paid less than the statutory hourly minimum

  
• February 8 2025
  News in-depthMedical science

  Scientists warn Trump’s $4bn funding cuts will harm US medical research

  Academics say the move imperils scientific progress and helps America’s rivals

  
• February 7 2025
  News in-depthNational Health Service

  ‘It is incredibly embarrassing’: one NHS hospital’s long wait to fix crumbling facilities

  Squeeze on capital spending has left institutions such as Queen’s Medical Centre struggling with failing infrastructure

  
• February 7 2025
  Q&AThe Big Question

  Should weight-loss injections face tougher restrictions?

  Efficacy of the drugs has driven their success, but the potential side-effects pose serious risks

  
• February 6 2025
  John Thornhill

  Overstretched healthcare should welcome the rise of the AI body scan

  Trustworthy private providers could help overburdened services with their capacity issues

  
• February 6 2025
  Biotech

  Rapid trials prompt deals rush for Chinese ‘super me-too’ drugs

  Western drugmakers look to Chinese trials for early data on treatments’ potential success

  
• February 5 2025
  Bill Ackman

  UnitedHealth refers Bill Ackman’s social post to US securities watchdog

  Hedge fund manager suggested healthcare group could be inflating its profits

  
• February 5 2025
  Cotiviti

  KKR-backed Cotiviti nears deal for rival healthcare data group Edifecs

  Antitrust worries prompt seller to cool on higher offer from UnitedHealth

  
• February 4 2025
  US politics & policy

  Trump’s controversial cabinet picks look set for Senate confirmation

  Republican opposition to Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F Kennedy Jr melts away at committee stage

  
• February 3 2025
  Becton Dickinson & Co

  Starboard pushes medical device maker Becton Dickinson to spin off unit

  Activist investor takes stake in $72bn medical technology company in fund’s latest healthcare sector campaign

  
• January 30 2025
  Mental health

  NHS mental health and dementia targets axed in planned overhaul

  Campaigners warn changes send message that conditions do not matter

  
• January 29 2025
  Medical science

  Scientists use stem cells to develop muscle patches for unhealthy hearts

  ‘Remuscularisation’ trials boost efforts to treat cardiovascular diseases, the leading cause of death globally

  
• January 27 2025
  Drug prices

  China investigates generic drugs over safety concerns

  Anaesthetics are not putting patients to sleep, doctors warn, in call for greater access to foreign medicine

  
• January 25 2025
  Drug prices

  Drugmakers warn NHS clawback tax is putting UK at a disadvantage

  Pharma groups say higher levy will stifle growth of life sciences

  
• January 25 2025
  News in-depthMental health

  Bereaved people in England face long waits for counselling

  Convoluted NHS systems mean some patients are left without support for months, as demand for services rises

  
• January 23 2025
  US politics & policy

  Trump to tap health industry executive for top White House budget job

  Appointment would deal a blow to Robert Kennedy’s hopes of overhauling the sector

  
• January 23 2025
  Daniel Ek

  Daniel Ek’s Neko raises $260mn in push to be Apple of healthcare

  Spotify founder’s body-scanning start-up valued at $1.7bn in new funding round

  
• January 23 2025
  Pharmaceuticals sector

  Investors lose their appetite for the obesity trade

  Sector knocked by disappointing sales, an unexpected trial result and questions about the size of the market

  
• January 22 2025
  Mental health

  Surge in young people admitted to hospital in England over mental health

  Study finds jump of 65% between 2012-2022 and suggests thousands may not be getting needed specialist care

  
• January 22 2025
  Robert F Kennedy Jr.

  Kennedy vows to keep vaccine suit stake if confirmed as US health chief

  Nominee says he is entitled to 10% of proceeds if case against Merck’s Gardasil treatment succeeds

  
• January 19 2025
  IPOs

  Medical device makers’ IPO plans signal upturn in flat listings market

  Kestra Medical Technologies and Heartflow make non-invasive cardiac tests for patients with heart conditions

  
• January 16 2025
  National Health Service

  ‘Better than lying on the floor at home’: how corridor care became the norm in the NHS

  About 70% of nurses in the UK are delivering care in ‘inappropriate’ settings, says union

  
• January 14 2025
  Health

  Obesity experts call for diagnosis overhaul and warn on BMI

  Surge in chronic disease triggers search for ways to improve treatment access for millions of people at risk

  
• January 14 2025
  Drug prices

  US pharmacy groups marked up drug prices for $7.3bn gain, regulator says

  Federal Trade Commission says companies ‘hiked costs’ for medicines, including cancer and HIV treatments

  
• January 14 2025
  EU business regulation

  EU threatens to curb access for makers of Chinese medical devices

  Report finds Beijing is discriminating against bloc’s manufacturers in same field

  

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