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The new COVID Cicada variant is sweeping the UK could disproportionately affect children, an expert has warned.

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Some virologists have raised concerns about a new covid strain.

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Figures show a pattern of huge emergency spending followed by weak controls, missing records and massive write-offs.

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OPINION - TOBIAS ELLWOOD: We cannot afford to get another crisis so badly wrong.

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OPINION - NICK FERRARI: What actually is the point of the UKHSA?

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Millions missed vital treatment and families were kept apart as the NHS came close to collapse during Covid, a major inquiry has found.

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EXCLUSIVE: Actress Ruthie Henshall says she is still scarred by how her mother was abandoned in a care home during Covid and will never forgive or forget.

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Two people have died and 11 more are critically ill in a Kent meningitis outbreak, as health chiefs face fury for sitting on the news for over a day.

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Here's what you need to know about "disease X", which was named by the World Health Organisation before the Covid pandemic.

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Donald Trump has been scrutinised by fact-checkers throughout his career, with scholars documenting more than 30,000 misleading statements during his presidency

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