A senior doctor repeatedly broke down in tears as he described how the Covid crisis for NHS staff was like having to respond to a “terrorist attack every day”, with infected patients “raining from the sky”.

Doctor in tears at Covid inquiry says what NHS staff saw was ‘indescribable’

Prof Kevin Fong, who was on shift during 7/7 bombings, says height of pandemic was like a ‘terrorist attack every day’

Thousands of women are dying from heart disease worldwide because of the misconception that it is a “man’s disease”, doctors and scientists say.

Women dying ‘unnecessarily’ of heart disease, say experts

Leading health figures in UK blame misconception that the number one killer of women is a ‘man’s disease’

More than one in three children and teenagers worldwide are shortsighted, according to the largest study of its kind, prompting calls to discourage screen time and increase physical activity.

Myopia will affect 740m children and teenagers by 2050, research suggests

Myopia, or shortsightedness, already affects more than one in three children and teenagers but experts say this number will rise sharply over the next few decades

Rachel Reeves will announce today that she has ordered investigations into more than £600m worth of Covid contracts awarded under the Conservatives.

Rachel Reeves orders investigations into £600m of Covid contracts

Chancellor will confirm inquiries in conference speech as Labour tries to move on from donations scandal

Scientists say a new blood test that analyses lipids could make it easier to identify children at risk of serious health conditions including type 2 diabetes, liver and heart disease.

New blood test could help spot children at risk of serious illnesses, study finds

Lipid analysis using existing machines could give warning of type 2 diabetes, liver and heart disease, researchers say

Wood burners in urban family homes should be phased out to protect children’s health, leading paediatricians have said.

Phase out urban wood burners in UK to protect children’s health, say doctors

Measure one of a number that Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health says will help curb air pollution

Maternity services in England are so inadequate that cases of women receiving poor care and being harmed in childbirth are in danger of becoming “normalised”, the NHS regulator has said.

Poor NHS maternity care in danger of becoming normalised, regulator warns

CQC issues damning report on maternity services in England as minister admits anxiety over ‘risk of disaster’

Afghanistan is at risk of a polio outbreak, health officials have warned, after the Taliban suspended the vaccination campaign over security fears and restrictions on women.

Afghanistan risks polio outbreak as Taliban restricts women from delivering vaccines

Health officials issue warning as successful door-to-door vaccination drive suspended by regime over security fears and women’s role

An attempt by Nadine Dorries to block a statutory inquiry into thousands of mental health deaths cost more lives, a bereaved mother has told the hearing.

Dorries caused more mental health deaths by blocking statutory inquiry, hearing told

Mother of young man who died was ‘shaken to the core’ by WhatsApp messages sent by health minister over Essex deaths

Bacterial illnesses that are resistant to available antibiotic medicines will cause more than 39 million deaths worldwide over the next 25 years and indirectly contribute to an additional 169 million deaths, according to a forecast published in The Lancet.

Superbugs ‘could kill 39m people by 2050’ amid rising drug resistance

Child deaths from infections see ‘remarkable’ decline but AMR fatalities of over-70s likely to rise by 146%, study finds