Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, A huge amount of Full Support Healthcare PPE was found in the New Forest last year Jon Ironmonger BBC Investigations, Northamptonshire About £1.4bn worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) has been destroyed or written off in what is understood to be the most wasteful government deal of the pandemic. Figures […]
NHS England has confirmed its patient data managed by blood test management organisation Synnovis was stolen in a ransomware attack on 3 June. Qilin, a Russian cyber-criminal group, shared almost 400GB of private information on their darknet site on Thursday night, something they threatened to do in order to extort money from Synnovis. In a […]
Image source, PAImage caption, The gates to the festival are just days from opening Sarah Turnnidge & PA Media BBC News, West of England With just days to go until gates open, thousands of people across the country are preparing to head to one of the biggest festivals in the world. But among the sparkly […]
A mother-of-three has shared how Deborah James helped save her life from bowel cancer. Lyndsey Ainscough, from Leigh in Greater Manchester, was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer after experiencing symptoms for a number of months. She told BBC Breakfast she sought medical attention after seeing bowel cancer campaigner Dame Deborah on TV. Mrs Ainscough was […]
Michael Sheen was relaxing at his Los Angeles home when something caught his eye on Wikipedia. It was a single line about a man named Douglas Gowan, who had discovered dangerously high levels of a toxic chemical escaping a landfill near farmland in south Wales. Disturbed and intrigued, the Hollywood star reached out to Douglas, […]
Image source, Getty Images By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent A heat-health alert has been issued for parts of England as temperatures are predicted to hit 30C (86F) over the weekend. The alert is in place from 09:00 BST on Friday 9 June to 09:00 on Monday 12 June. Heat can affect anyone, but […]
In 2018, Brazilian pensioner João sought medical help after he found a wart on his penis. “I started visiting medical clinics to find out what it was, but all the doctors told me it was due to excess skin and prescribed medication,” the 63-year-old recalls. Despite the medication, the wart continued to grow. It started […]
Image source, Joseph KjorstadImage caption, Dylan Kjorstad, 14, has had chemotherapy twice a month to shrink the tumour, ahead of planned surgery this month Aurelia Foster Health reporter, BBC News A 14-year-old boy with cancer is among hundreds of hospital patients whose medical procedures have been postponed following a cyber-attack on an NHS provider. Dylan […]
A gang of cyber criminals causing huge disruption to multiple London hospitals has published sensitive data stolen from an NHS blood testing company. Overnight on Thursday, Qilin shared almost 400GB of the private information on their darknet site. The gang has been trying to extort money from NHS provider Synnovis since they hacked the firm […]
Three popular sunscreen lotions offer less protection than they claim, according to consumer organisation Which? Which? carried out spot-checks on 26 sunscreens. Three lotions, from Calypso Sun, Bondi Sands and Asda did not pass all the tests – but others, including some cheaper options from supermarkets Aldi and Lidl, did. Asda questioned the validity of […]
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