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English court in landmark right-to-die ruling

An English judge ruled on Wednesday that a brain-damaged, minimally conscious woman should not be allowed to die, in a landmark case about the right to life-supporting treatment.

Dentistry

UK boosts dentists with cash to ease shortage

Dentists in England will receive cash to accept new patients amid a critical shortage of state-funded dental care, the UK's public health authority said on Wednesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID infections rise in England and Wales

The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 has gone up in England and Wales for the first time in two months, official statistics showed on Friday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

England ends free virus tests under 'living with COVID' plan

The British government is ending the supply of free rapid coronavirus tests to most of the population even though COVID-19 infections remain at record levels, and health officials warn the pandemic could still have nasty ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

UK lifts COVID restrictions, says omicron wave 'has peaked'

Face masks will no longer be mandatory in public places and COVID-19 passports will be dropped for large events as infections level off in most parts of the country, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday.

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