Genetic ghosts suggest Covid’s market origins
A team of scientists say it is "beyond reasonable doubt" the Covid pandemic started with infected animals.
Health
Student-nurse recruitment as bad as ever, RCN says
There are 21% fewer nursing students starting courses at universities across the UK than three years ago.
Families’ eight-year wait to see full Letby report
The mother of twin boys told the Thirlwall Inquiry she had only seen the unredacted version this week.
More families refusing to donate relatives’ organs
Hundreds of patients died waiting for a transplant last year, amid concerns about consent rates.
NHS junior doctors to be known as resident doctors after job-title change
They will now be called resident doctors in an attempt to better reflect their expertise.
Junior doctors want more despite backing pay deal
Union says more above-inflation rises needed in coming years or there will be consequences.
Nurses bore the brunt of Covid, ex-chief nurse says
Dame Ruth May tells the Covid inquiry nurses struggled with low staffing levels and difficulties accessing protective equipment.
Pregnancy brain changes revealed in detailed scans
Repeated scans during one woman's pregnancy show brain changes never charted before.
New XEC Covid variant starting to spread
It has some new mutations that might help it spread this autumn, scientists say.
