Hospital trust fined £500k over death of patient Alice Figueiredo

Alison HoltSocial affairs editor, The Old Bailey Family handout Alice Figueiredo’s family hoped lessons would be learned following the 22-year-old’s death James MelleyThe Old Bailey A hospital trust has been

Meningitis has a much greater impact on child mortality than previously thought

Meningitis contributes to higher child mortality rates than estimated by the WHO, according to a new study by the CHAMPS network and led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health

Study sheds light on how inherited cancer mutations drive tumor growth

Most cancer genome studies have focused on mutations in the tumor itself and how such gene variants allow a tumor to grow unchecked. A new study, led by researchers at