NHS England will pay a one-off £3,000 incentive under the GP contract to practices that prescribe the maximum number of eligible patients the weight‑loss drug Mounjaro; current access is limited to people with a BMI over 40 plus certain health conditions and will be widened to BMI over 35 next year.
Prue Leith told Saga Magazine she has added testosterone gel to oestrogen patches and progesterone pills and said it has improved her libido; she also said she intends to continue hormone replacement therapy and has stepped back from judging The Great British Bake Off.
Researchers report that a protein called cystatin C, released by cancer cells and described in a study published in Cell, reduced amyloid plaques and improved memory in mice; the findings come from animal experiments and human relevance is not yet established.
Officials and UN agencies report a rapid rise in HIV in Fiji, with more than 1,200 diagnoses in the first half of 2025 and about one baby diagnosed each week through mother-to-child transmission.
A baby named Hugo was born after the UK's first womb transplant using a deceased donor, and the operation took place as part of a clinical trial led by transplant surgeons to evaluate the procedure.
Hugo Powell is the first child in the UK born to a mother who received a womb from a deceased donor; he was delivered in December at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital and his mother, Grace Bell, was born with MRKH.
A baby boy, Hugo Powell, is the first child in the UK born to a mother who received a womb transplant from a deceased donor; he was delivered by C-section in December at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital.
The UK announced additional military and humanitarian support for Ukraine, including a 70-person multinational headquarters backed by £200 million and a separate £30 million fund for societal resilience and justice efforts.
Maxi Shield, a well-known Sydney drag performer and season one contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, has died at 51 after a throat cancer diagnosis.
Lily Collins has been cast to play Audrey Hepburn in a new film about the making of Breakfast at Tiffany's, adapted from Sam Wasson's book with a screenplay by Alena Smith; no director or further casting has been announced.
