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NHS Englands diabetes adviser, Professor Partha Kar (pictured) said he felt tirzepatide should be given the green light after tests showed it helps sufferers shed a fifth of their bodyweight.

A clinical trial suggests that semaglutide, a drug used to treat obesity and diabetes, may protect cardiovascular health in a broad group of people.

With new variants and a changing landscape of vaccination and immunity, what do the symptoms of covid-19—and our understanding of them—now look like? Mun-Keat Looi reports In the short space of a few years we’ve seen surprising changes in the way covid-19 presents. At the start of the pandemic the first commonly reported symptoms were loss of smell and taste, followed by shortness of breath and a cough, followed by vascular injuries, says David Strain, senior clinical lecturer at the Unive...

From the start of the pandemic, UK healthcare workers have been risking their lives and health caring for Covid patients without adequate protection. A significant number are now disabled following preventable occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2.

Half of those quizzed said they still have symptoms after catching Covid on the front line at the start of the pandemic - and one in five has had to stop work or cut back their hours

A GP has told Sky News how she lost her job and thought she was going to lose her house after the condition caused her to take six months off work.

Many are still unable to work.

One in five doctors with long Covid has been forced to stop working because of the severity of their symptoms, according to a report.

Unions say government proposals to cut training by a year and introduce apprenticeships could dilute skills

Britain has the lightest restrictions on vaping in all of Europe, a report has revealed, with the UK and Ireland shown to have the joint-most liberal laws on e-cigarettes, standing out for a lack of restrictions on advertising and having no specific taxes on vapes.