China Approves Lilly's Weight-Loss Pill, a First for Oral GLP-1
Chinese regulators cleared Eli Lilly's orforglipron, the first GLP-1 pill for weight loss in the country. Novo Nordisk is still waiting on its own oral application.
Category: Health
Advertising Watchdog Targets Sunbed Firms Over Health Claims
The Committee for Advertising Practice has told tanning businesses across the UK to stop presenting sunbeds as safe or as a treatment. Firms have until 7 December 2026 to comply.
Consultants Pause November Strike as Government Agrees to Talks
Senior hospital doctors in England have suspended their 48-hour strike after the health secretary agreed to formal talks. Pay is the sticking point, and the government is ruling out more for this year.
Palantir Lobbied Minister to Bring GP Records Into NHS Platform
Messages released under freedom of information law show Palantir urged a health minister to consider GP data for its NHS platform, which was ruled out of its contract.
NI Health Minister Secures £40m GP Deal as BMA Calls It a Start
A deal between the health minister and GPs ends more than a year of reduced services. The BMA says the £40m is a start and that far more is needed.
British Doctor With Ebola Flown Home to a London Isolation Unit
A UK doctor who tested positive for Ebola in DR Congo has landed at RAF Northolt and is now in a specialist unit at the Royal Free. Health officials say the risk to the public is low.
NHS Adds Early Warning Scores for Sick Children in A&E
Emergency departments in England are getting a scoring system to catch children whose condition is worsening. A worry raised by a parent or the child can trigger an urgent review.
Wales Is 88 Radiologists Short, and Cancer Patients Wait
The Royal College of Radiologists says NHS Wales needs 88 more radiologists and has seen some patients' conditions worsen while they wait for scans.
Welsh Health Board Mulls Closing Three Urgent Care Centres
Betsi Cadwaladr health board is consulting on ending urgent primary care centres in Holyhead, Tremadog and Bangor by April 2027. Local politicians warn of dire consequences.
First Patient Receives Stem-Cell Transplant for Parkinson's in Japan
Japanese drugmaker Sumitomo Pharma says the first patient has been treated with iPS cell-derived brain cell precursors for Parkinson's disease, after the therapy won conditional approval in March.
MPs Say Government's Obesity Plan Is "Doomed to Fail"
The health and social care select committee says the 10-year pledge to end the obesity epidemic needs a new plan led by the prime minister. Ministers are urged to report to parliament within three months.
Study Puts CTE in About 75% of Ex-NFL Players Who Died
A Jama Network Open study of 2,362 former players who died in 2008-2023 estimates three in four had chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Cooper Drops Plan to Abolish Healthwatch England
The health secretary will keep and strengthen the NHS patient watchdog and its local branches after criticism from MPs and peers of all parties.
Jo Malone Gives £100,000 to Cancer-Sniffing Device Project
Medical Detection Dogs will install a SniffSpace to let its dogs sample more urine from prostate cancer patients, training an electronic nose.
Parents Behind Hugh's Law Join Children's Hospital Pilot
A charity set up by the parents of a six-year-old who died of cancer will help shape family support at Cambridge Children's Hospital before it opens in 2031.