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Editor, Health @guardian

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Joined April 2010
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Proposed London datacentre will have annual carbon footprint of 27,000 flights to New York theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…

Proposed London datacentre ‘incompatible’ with net zero with 1m-tonne carbon footprint

Exclusive: Planning documents show annual emissions from North Ockendon project would be equivalent to 8,480 flights to New York

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UK men with heart disease at higher risk of developing and dying from cancer theguardian.com/society/2026…

UK men with heart disease at higher risk of developing and dying from cancer

Decade-long study finds stark gender difference in outcomes of people with heart disease

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Patients in Yorkshire complain AI GP receptionist cannot understand accent theguardian.com/society/2026…

Frustrated GP patients hang up as Yorkshire accent baffles AI receptionist

‘Emma’ the Rotherham chatbot has 17 languages says AI firm – but health watchdog says system struggling with local ‘twangs’

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‘A mouse can’t tell us what works’: UK scientists to grow miniature human organs for drug testing theguardian.com/science/2026…

‘A mouse can’t tell us what works’: UK scientists to grow miniature human organs for drug testing

Organoids and tissues grown from human cells promise more accurate results, with £20m Cambridge project to create standardised models

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UK extreme heat prompts Cobra emergency meeting theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…

Andy Burnham to chair emergency Cobra meeting amid extreme heat

PM touts ban on disposable barbecues as areas hit by wildfires – but some Labour MPs will be hoping for more ambitious ideas to tackle crisis

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The Office actor Lucy Davis says she has incurable stage four breast cancer theguardian.com/tv-and-radio…

The Office actor Lucy Davis says she has incurable stage four breast cancer

Star, 53, says disease has metastasised to her bones and it is too late for chemotherapy

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‘Drops take seconds but change a life for ever’: the women saving India’s remotest people from polio theguardian.com/global-devel…

‘The payment is small and the paths are steep’: the women saving India’s remotest people from polio

Shameema and Tanzeela trek for miles in summer heat to vaccinate children in Kashmir’s highlands as part of a vast national programme

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‘Babies will be born in laybys’: maternity cuts leave women with stark choices in Devon theguardian.com/society/2026…

‘Babies will be born in laybys’: maternity cuts leave women with stark choices in Devon

Concerns about feeling pressure to have caesarean section, or paying for hotel in Exeter after hospital in Barnstaple suspends birthing services

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Millions in England face longer waits for mental health care as NHS providers plan cuts theguardian.com/society/2026…

Millions in England face longer waits for mental health care as NHS providers plan cuts

Exclusive: Seven in 10 survey respondents expect services to be reduced or shut, while more than half anticipate job losses

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Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI theguardian.com/science/2026…

Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI

Researchers say breakthrough offers hope for new medicines but also raises urgent biosecurity questions

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All bodies of water in England polluted with toxic chemicals, official data shows theguardian.com/environment/…

All bodies of water in England polluted with toxic chemicals, official data shows

Environment Agency assessments find just 14.3% of country’s surface waters in good ecological status

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Study finds three midlife health factors that could delay dementia for 13 years theguardian.com/society/2026…

Study finds three midlife health factors that could delay dementia for 13 years

Research suggests addressing risk factors for poor cardiovascular health between the ages of 45 and 65 could help reduce risk of cognitive decline

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Women must not feel pressure to have ‘ideal birth’, says Yvette Cooper theguardian.com/society/2026…

Women must not be put under pressure to have ‘ideal birth’, says Yvette Cooper

Exclusive: New health secretary promises root-and-branch reform after damning maternity scandals

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Ultra-processed food companies hindering health drives by suing countries, says WHO theguardian.com/society/2026…

Ultra-processed food companies hindering health drives by suing countries, says WHO

Exclusive: Director general accuses corporations of obstructing efforts to tackle obesity crisis after investigation by Guardian and others

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‘If all else fails, sue’: how ultra-processed food firms are using the courts to obstruct health rules theguardian.com/society/2026…

‘If all else fails, sue’: how ultra-processed food firms are using the courts to obstruct health...

Exclusive: Global investigation reveals 235 lawsuits have been brought against governments in five countries since 2010

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Rising numbers of younger midwives quitting NHS in England, data shows theguardian.com/society/2026…

Rising numbers of younger midwives quitting NHS in England, data shows

Exclusive: Maternity staffing shortages worsen as more and more under-35s quit because of burnout

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Brain implant helps paralysed man to feed himself and drink from cup theguardian.com/science/2026…

Brain implant helps paralysed man to feed himself and drink from cup

Keith Thomas can move arms and hands, and feel sensation of touch after ‘double neural bypass’ and months of training

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Energy drinks to be banned from sale to under-16s in England theguardian.com/society/2026…

Energy drinks to be banned from sale to under-16s in England

About 100,000 children across the country drink the high-caffeine beverages daily

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Taking salsa classes can improve mental health, Oxford study suggests theguardian.com/society/2026…

Taking salsa classes can improve mental health, Oxford study suggests

Researchers find dance reduced depressive symptoms and social anxiety in young people in eight-week trial

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Offer teenagers a meningitis B vaccine on NHS, advisers tell UK government theguardian.com/society/2026…

Offer teenagers a meningitis B vaccine on NHS, advisers tell UK government

JCVI says children should have one or two doses of menB vaccine at age 15, depending on if they had vaccine as a baby

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