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A poll from Prostate Cancer Research asked black people about “you or a loved one”, so we can’t say it tells us about their own experiences of prostate cancer testing. Read
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It’s easy to misunderstand the data on suicides in England and Wales—especially when it comes to long-term comparisons or recent trends. Read
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A video has been widely shared on social media, in which a German doctor claims that shingles cases are being wrongly diagnosed as mpox. Read
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Mpox is caused by the monkeypox virus. It is not a side effect of vaccination. Read
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On Steven Bartlett’s popular podcast, Dr Aseem Malhotra claimed there would have been fewer deaths without Covid-19 vaccines. Read
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The NHS is run separately in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. For a few measures, we can look at their data side-by-side to see some differences between them. Read
Both Labour and the Conservatives have made misleading statements about the number of new hospitals that the government has built so far. Read
Labour’s claim about the impact of Conservative spending plans is speculative and based on several uncertain assumptions. Read
It’s true that Scotland generates the equivalent of all its electricity consumption from renewables. But in practice about a third of what it actually uses still comes from nuclear power and fossil fu Read
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There are about 7.5 million cases on the main NHS England waiting list—but only about 6.3 million people waiting. Some people are waiting for more than one thing. Read
