Antibiotics are routinely given before or during many surgical procedures to prevent the development of an infection (known as antibiotic prophylaxis). This includes procedures to perform an abortion ...

There is no national ovarian cancer screening programme as, according to the NHS, there is not a test that can reliably pick ...

The only way to prevent infection with the measles virus is through the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, which is 97% effective against measles after two doses. Kennedy has said that he does ...

Not achieving this could lead to some children being inappropriately admitted to hospital or the signs and symptoms of serious infection being missed. After assessment using the traffic light system, ...