A new immunotherapy for a severe form of blood cancer will soon be available on the NHS, offering new hope to adults whose disease has returned or stopped responding to conventional treatment.
Many children grow up surrounded by love, but those in care often feel managed rather than truly cared for. The Queensland Family and Child Commission highlights the need to move away from a bureaucratic, placement-driven system and toward relational care that puts meaningful connections, emotional support, and genuine relationships at the centre.
Cancer Research UK is backing a £2.06 million, first-in-human trial of LungVax, a preventative vaccine designed to prime the immune system against early lung cancer.
A pioneering study, the Elevated Childhood Lead Interagency Prevalence Study (ECLIPS), has launched in Leeds to screen children aged 1–6 for lead exposure using home-based finger‑prick blood tests, soil and dust sampling, and surveys.
The UK government has announced a significant £21 million investment to accelerate the development of new cyber-secure hardware capable of stopping up to 70% of common cyber attacks before they take effect.
The Department of Health and Social Care publishes its accounting officer assessment of the NHS Electronic Staff Record Transformation Programme, evaluating costs, benefits, and implementation risks.
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have created a new prediction model combining age, sex, genetic markers, and brain amyloid levels to estimate an individual's lifetime risk of Alzheimer's or mild cognitive impairment,
The UK Government has confirmed that North Wales will be the location of a central new AI Growth Zone, expected to generate more than 3,400 jobs and unlock part of an estimated £100 billion in investment across the national programme.
The TAR‑200 slow‑release bladder implant cleared tumours in 82% of patients with high‑risk non‑muscle‑invasive bladder cancer, offering a promising new treatment approach.
Skeleton Technologies, Europe's leading innovator in high-power energy storage, has officially opened its new SuperBattery factory in Varkaus, Finland.
