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Katie Forster

Health Correspondent

Health Correspondent

Charlie Gard dies days before his first birthday

End-of-life plan for Charlie, who has a rare genetic disease, was approved by a High Court judge

Calls for inquiry into NHS firm being privatised 'behind closed doors'

National Audit Office asked to examine why ‘successful’ organisation is being sold to private sector

Drinking alcohol three days a week 'could reduce risk of diabetes'

Charlie Gard to move to hospice where he will 'inevitably' die

Air pollution exposure in early pregnancy 'may risk premature birth'

Alzheimer's patients could recover 'lost' memories, scientists say

New breast cancer blood test could improve treatment options

Austerity 'reversing progress made in reducing life expectancy gap'

Number of experienced nurses quitting 'doubles in three years'

Completing antibiotic courses is a medical advice myth, say scientists

Falling sperm counts could cause 'extinction of the human species'

McCain votes for Trump's health bill despite rousing speech against it

Charlie Gard's parents plead with High Court to let him die at home

Lawyer says hospital bosses are placing obstacles in Charlie’s parents’ way

NHS faces 'unprecedented workforce crisis' as vacancies up 10%

Labour says Jeremy Hunt’s 'flagrant denial of the extent of this workforce crisis is a damning indictment of his and the Government’s failure'

Professor offering to help Charlie Gard has financial interest in drug

Ketamine has 'truly remarkable' effect on depression, scientists say

Parents end fight to take Charlie Gard to America

Charlie Gard's parents to discuss with hospital how son should die

Parents give daughter heroin substitute 'hours after she was born'

South African 9-year-old 'third child with HIV to go into remission'

Woman dies of 'flesh-eating' infection after injuring wrist having sex

New scan on Charlie Gard makes for 'sad reading', says hospital lawyer

NHS boss says women live longer 'because wives nag men to death'

Judge tells Charlie Gard protesters to 'stop upsetting other visitors'

Glioblastoma, the brain cancer John McCain has been diagnosed with

Scientists disagree over foetus 'pictured masturbating in the womb'

Jeremy Hunt says NHS should remove damp from council homes

NHS sets out plans to stop prescribing homeopathy to patients

Have scientists really reversed brain damage in a toddler who drowned?

'He'll scare the cancer out of his head': Tributes pour in for McCain

Third of dementia cases are preventable, say researchers

Antidepressant use during pregnancy 'may increase autism risk'

Charlie Gard 'given permanent US residence to fly there for treatment'

First child double hand transplant declared success 18 months on

'Unacceptable' gap in survival rates of different cancers

Crime

Men throw noxious substance on paramedic answering 999 call

Government plans smoking rate reduction from 15.5% to 12%

Cancer patients 'forced to pay sky high holiday insurance costs'

Cuts blamed for 50% surge in mental health issues among unemployed

Teenager charged over London acid attacks

This is what you should do immediately if you witness an acid attack

NHS judged best in new health care ranking with US coming last

Two dead after light aircraft crash in Marlborough

MPs to vote on making organ donor register opt-out

US doctor says he will come to London to see sick baby Charlie Gard

Charlie Gard's parents storm out of court after row with judge

Government's public health cuts 'will leave needles in the streets'

Nurse describes 13-hour A&E shift that left her 'broken'

Vaginal surgery 'world's fastest-growing cosmetic procedure'

Measles kills 35 in 'tragedy' as disease spreads through Europe

Theresa May to oversee £85m in cuts to public health budgets this year

Theresa May launches inquiry into contaminated blood scandal

Care home nurse filmed spraying aerosol into dementia patient's face

Women seeking abortions in Arkansas now need permission from men

Scientists develop vaccine that reduces chance of catching gonorrhea

Drinking coffee could reduce chance of early death, study finds

Charlie Gard case to be heard on Thursday, High Court judge rules

Drug industry to challenge decision over new price limits for medicine

Professor says there is 'no obesity crisis'

Calls to ban textured breast implants after two deaths

Hospital applies for fresh hearing of Charlie Gard case

Third of UK workers 'experiencing anxiety, depression or stress'

Mental health services 'deteriorating despite Government promises'

Thousands 'at risk' due to misdiagnosis of lewy body dementia

Chemotherapy could spread cancer cells, says study

One in three UK nursing homes failing safety checks, inspections find

Number of dementia sufferers 'set to hit 1.2 million by 2040'

Rise in stem cell 'tourism' sparks calls for international regulations

Free abortions offered to Northern Irish women in Scotland and Wales

France to make vaccinations mandatory from 2018

Young mother dies after 'taking diet pills sold on Facebook'

Doctors call for 'new Valium' to be restricted amid rise in misuse