Icon Sportswire / ContributorDoctors are worried a combat sport called slap fighting, watched by millions online and gaining in popularity, is causing serious brain damage.

GettyPeople have started catching a new Covid variant that could soon take off and become the dominant type, according to scientists.

Getty ImagesFive people are receiving emergency medical care in France for suspected botulism linked to eating pesto.

NHS EnglandGym-goers will soon see special stickers on mirrors at their local leisure centres reminding them to look out for potential signs of cancer.

The government must ban flavoured and disposable vapes, doctors say, to protect children against a growing epidemic of use in the UK.

A 67-year-old man has become the first person in the UK to try what doctors hope will be a revolutionary new treatment for lung cancer – a vaccine that tells the body how to fight and kill the disease.

Getty ImagesNewspaper headlines are warning eating “a ham sandwich a day” increases a the risk of type 2 diabetes – but experts say it is not that simple.

ReutersMpox is “not the new Covid”, because authorities clearly know how to control its spread, a leading World Health Organization expert has said.

ReutersTravellers should consider getting vaccinated against mpox if they will be visting affected areas in Africa, new advice says.

Tens of thousands of women who have gone through the menopause might benefit from a new bone-strengthening drug, says the medicines watchdog National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).