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MPs call for 'life-changing' Kuvan to be made affordable

MPs from various parties write to the US biotech firm behind Kuvan, a drug the NHS says is too expensive. Read more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48218737

MPs call for 'life-changing' Kuvan to be made affordable

MPs from various parties write to the US biotech firm behind Kuvan, a drug the NHS says is too expensive. Read more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48218737

Minister considers 'all options' to boost vaccine uptake

Health Secretary says he will 'consider all options' to boost child immunisation uptake in England. Read more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48159828

New type of dementia identified

Experts say the dementia discovery - the most important for years - could help find new, effective treatments. Read more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48092570

Measles: 500,000 UK children missed jab

Globally, 169 million children were not given a first dose of measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017. Read more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48039524

Parkinson's results beyond researchers' wildest dreams

Previously housebound patients are now able to walk more freely as a result of electrical stimulation to their spines. Researchers say the small trial of the treatment has gone 'beyond their wildest dreams'. Read more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47803496

Targeted checks 'prevent one-in-10 heart attacks'

Around 5,000 heart attacks and strokes a year could be prevented by personalising heart health checks. Read more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47981644

Spina bifida womb op baby back home in Essex

Two-week-old Elouise Simpson is home after 'foetal repair' surgery following a spina bifida diagnosis. Read more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-47934634

Gene-silencing: 'New class' of medicine reverses disease porphyria

Gene silencing drugs spared patients from the crippling pain caused by porphyria, in a clinical trial. Read more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47907971

Ebola outbreak 'not global emergency yet'

World Health Organization says Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo will become an emergency without more support. Read more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47907976

'Dismantling cancer' reveals weak spots

Research has thrown up 600 new cancer vulnerabilities and each could be the target of a drug. Read more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47886282

Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba: Struck-off doctor can return to work

Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba was convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence in 2015 after Jack Adcock's death. Read more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-47859826

The diets cutting one in five lives short every year

Israelis are some of the world's healthiest eaters, Uzbekistanis some of the least healthy, a report says. Read more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47734296

'She was so desperate, she swallowed a toothbrush'

The government's aim to move people with learning disabilities from secure units has failed, campaigners say. Read more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47749025

More adults seeking support for alcoholic parents

Thousand more adults are seeking help in coping with an alcoholic parent every year, a charity says. Read more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47751285

Ask children about social media use, psychiatrists urged

Questions about technology should be routine for children assessed for mental health problems. Read more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47749964

Take over pharma to create new medicines, says top adviser

Bits of the industry could be taken over as no new drugs are being made, says Lord Jim O'Neill. Read more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47719269

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