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No evidence that lab-grown meat causes ‘turbo-cancer’
There’s no evidence that eating meat made from immortalised cells causes cancer in humans. Read
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ONS data doesn’t show four Covid vaccine doses raise risk of death
This is based on official data that warns against drawing comparisons in this way. Read
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A ministerial mistake is on the Parliamentary record—but was it due to an editing mix-up?
Comments about children’s mental health services from the health secretary Victoria Atkins have been changed in Hansard to make them clearer—but also clearly not correct. Read
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NHS waiting lists: what you need to know
Our regularly updated guide to NHS waiting lists and waiting times. Read
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BBC Breakfast gets the increase in people waiting for NHS treatment wrong
Figures quoted by presenter Naga Munchetty last week refer to the number of cases, not people. Read
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Do we know which nation is happiest with the NHS?
Claims on NHS satisfaction from both the Conservatives and Labour weren’t quite as simple as they seemed. Read
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Company owned by Sunak's in-laws hasn't been given a multi-billion pound NHS contract
The largest NHS IT contract ever awarded was £330 million and was not awarded to Infosys. Read
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The NHS England waiting list was effectively stable in February
Although the number of cases awaiting non-emergency treatment in England technically fell by about 36,000, about 36,000 cases were also excluded from the data. If measured consistently, it would have Read
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There was no rise in the stillbirth risk in the US in 2021
The rate actually fell slightly, according to official data. Read
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Only one area in England has seen a 79% increase in four-week waits for a GP
Across England as a whole the overall increase was 38%. Read
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