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Some antidepressants may make heatwave challenging
Some types of mental health medication may make it difficult for the body to regulate temperature.
Thousands more NHS beds to be created in England this winter
Health service chiefs have promised some 7,000 extra beds in England to tackle increased demands.
Covid: Evusheld antibody protection ruled out for most vulnerable
The antibody injection had promised a protection boost to those with conditions such as blood cancer.
Ambulance calls for most serious conditions hit record
Official figures from NHS England suggest high demand for emergency services and hospitals.
Monkeypox: Lack of vaccines pauses rollout in Brighton
Stocks of the vaccine run low in the UK, with a new batch not due to arrive until next month.
NHS IT supplier held to ransom by hackers
Its IT provider says it may take three or four weeks to fully recover from the cyber-attack.
Urgent polio boosters for London children
Nearly a million children, aged one to nine, will be offered a jab in the next month after virus found in sewage.
'I've been let down - I shouldn't have stage-4 cancer'
Caroline Boulton says there have been delays at every stage of her treatment for breast cancer.
UK heatwave: Four-day extreme heat warning for parts of UK
The Met Office says temperatures will be below July's record highs - but this heatwave will last longer.
Backlog of longest-wait patients slashed in England
Thousands waiting more than two years for scans, checks and surgery have finally been treated.

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