Health

A Norwegian modelling study reported that women vaccinated against HPV between ages 12 and 24 could be screened every 15–25 years, reducing lifetime screenings to two or three, and suggested screening can stop after age 65; the findings rely on accurate vaccination records and organised screening systems.

A former camp leader, Jon Ruben, has pleaded guilty to multiple sexual offences and related drug offences after incidents at a July 2025 holiday camp; victim impact statements were heard at his sentencing hearing and he is due to be sentenced.

Parents of transgender children have launched a High Court challenge to the ethical approval of a King's College London trial of puberty blockers and say they may ask for recruitment to be paused while the case proceeds.

A BMJ study of 3,068 women in Hubei, China found a sanitary-pad blood strip can detect HPV and showed 94.7% sensitivity for detecting CIN2, comparable to clinician-collected samples; experts say the approach is promising but still at an early research stage.

A seven-year-old girl with a rare neuroblastoma has received more than 90,000 birthday cards after a viral appeal, and thousands of bikers helped escort the deliveries.

Experts report that drops in overnight blood sugar and eating late or high‑GI evening meals can trigger awakenings around 3am, and some studies associate higher evening fibre with more deep sleep.

Cardiac arrest survivor Tom Lockyer urged fans to learn CPR as the EFL delays 36 kick-offs by 60 seconds this weekend to highlight the 'Every Minute Matters' campaign, launched by Sky Bet and the British Heart Foundation in 2024.

Bradford Teaching Hospitals advertised a 'Close Relative Marriage Nurse/Midwife' role to support families who are closely related, and the post — described as part of an NHS England-funded programme — has since closed.

Measles vaccination rates among Minnesota’s Somali children have fallen sharply, and community leaders say fear related to recent immigration enforcement has reduced clinic visits and interrupted outreach.

A Lancet analysis of 123,940 people across 19 trials found most commonly reported statin side-effects were not shown to be caused by the medication, and UK clinicians outlined how statins are prescribed and monitored.

A Telegraph article by Science Editor Sarah Knapton reports that millions more people may be advised to take 'life-saving' statins.

The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Lung Cancer Screening programme has offered Lung Health Checks to about 79,000 people since 2019 and reports around 830 cancer cases identified, including 666 lung cancers.

A Guernsey family says it must raise about £2,000 a month to pay for a PARP inhibitor for their grandmother after a stage four lung cancer diagnosis; two fundraising events are planned in February.

Researchers say an 82-year-old Spanish runner, Juan López García, has the highest VO2 max recorded in an octogenarian and now competes in ultramarathons after taking up running in his mid-60s.

Jesy Nelson has announced an Amazon Prime documentary and is campaigning for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) screening to be added to the newborn heel prick test after her nine-month-old twins were diagnosed with SMA1.

A Lancet review of trials involving more than 120,000 people found few side effects linked to statins and reported similar adverse-event rates in placebo groups; serious liver disease was not increased.

A Lancet systematic review of 19 randomised trials involving about 124,000 people found no strong evidence that statins cause most of the side-effects listed on product labels; only a few small risks beyond known muscle symptoms and increased blood sugar had supporting evidence.

South Wales Police detained a 52-year-old NHS doctor in Swansea on suspicion of inciting a girl aged 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity; he was later released on conditional bail while investigations continue.

A pooled analysis of more than 154,000 people across 23 randomized trials found no significant increase for 62 of 66 side effects listed on statin labels, with only small absolute rises observed for a few measures such as abnormal liver blood tests.

A father from Cardiff noticed a lump under his jaw, saw his GP and was diagnosed within weeks with an HPV-related head and neck cancer; he says he had only known of HPV in relation to cervical cancer and did not realise it could cause cancers in men.

A WHO analysis estimates about 37% of cancers — roughly seven million cases a year — are linked to preventable infections, behaviours and environmental pollutants; smoking, infections and alcohol were the largest contributors.

Teddi Mellencamp, who is being treated for stage 4 melanoma, joined a cancer screening awareness campaign and urged people not to delay recommended screenings.

Researchers at MIT and the Scripps Research Institute report that a DNA-based virus-like particle displaying the engineered HIV antigen eOD‑GT8 produced eightfold more on-target precursor B cells than a protein-based VLP in a humanized mouse model, and the DNA scaffold did not induce scaffold-specific antibodies.

A global trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine found the oral PCSK9 inhibitor enlicitide lowered LDL cholesterol by more than 57% at 24 weeks versus about 3% with placebo in patients already taking statins.

A WHO analysis linked about 37% of new cancer cases in 2022—roughly 7.1 million—to 30 preventable causes, with smoking, infections and alcohol among the top reported risks.

Sugar use in Western Europe fell 6.7% over the past two years and in the United States by 4.4%, and analysts say wider use of GLP-1 weight‑loss drugs along with higher soft‑drink taxes have contributed to weaker demand.

Novo Nordisk said CagriSema produced about 14.2% body weight loss and a 1.91 percentage-point fall in HbA1c after 68 weeks, compared with 10.2% weight loss and a 1.76 percentage-point HbA1c fall with Wegovy in a late-stage trial of 2,728 people with type 2 diabetes.

State officials say some South Carolina children with measles have developed encephalitis, and the state has recorded 876 cases.

A Swedish study of 60,000 women aged 18–45 found no statistically significant difference in childbirths or miscarriages between vaccinated and unvaccinated women and concluded mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are unlikely to explain the pandemic drop in births.

Granville Academy has begun a pupil-led pilot to address rising vaping among students, and Derbyshire County Council is preparing a young-person smoking and vaping cessation service that is pending approval.