Generation Study enrolls 100,000 babies to receive whole genome testing which can identify hundreds of diseases before ...
A new NHS screening programme will test babies for hereditary tyrosinemia type 1 at five days old, enabling early treatment ...
Every baby will have their DNA mapped under an NHS revolution to predict and prevent disease. Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, said the advances in genomics would allow people to “leapfrog” killer ...
The NHS has announced that newborns will be screened for a rare, life-threatening metabolic disorder that can lead to kidney ...
The NHS notes that getting the whooping cough vaccine during pregnancy helps your body produce protective antibodies. These ...
Just four weeks after he was born at Sheffield Teaching Hospital in April, Freddie was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ...
Bereaved families have welcomed the independent inquiry into maternity services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS.
People who are pregnant have been issued an urgent message by the UK Health Security Agency. The UKHSA is urging people to ...
Doctors are increasingly defying NHS rules to prescribe over-the-counter items like baby formula, shampoo, toothpaste and multivitamins for patients struggling to afford basic goods. Prescriptions ...