From today (Thursday 1 October 2026) the minimum price of a unit of alcohol will increase in Wales from 50p to 65p in a move which is expected to save hundreds of lives.

Scotland’s first local drug-checking service will open in Glasgow in October 2026, allowing people to submit drugs for rapid analysis and receive harm-reduction advice alongside the results. The…

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Nitrofurantoin was the most effective treatment and single-dose fosfomycin the least effective treatment for UTIs. Adverse events were mild. The role of fosfomycin as a first-line antibiotic for uncom...

Nitrofurantoin was the most effective treatment and single-dose fosfomycin the least effective treatment for UTIs. Adverse events were mild. The role of fosfomycin as a first-line antibiotic for uncom...

Lifting the two child benefit cap is an important step but will still leave 4.15 million children in poverty, Marmot tells Elisabeth Mahase Michael Marmot, the UK’s leading expert on health equity, ...

This book explores the reasons why women in academia earn less, are less likely to be published, cited, funded or promoted compared with male colleagues.

<p>Nature, Published online: 29 January 2026; <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04162-6">doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04162-6</a></p>Despite attempts by many universities to modernize their policies on working conditions and misconduct, the academic system has pushed back. Here’s how to ensure lasting change.