The quick thinking of a doctor on Ascension Island, supported by newly installed diagnostic equipment, averted what could have spiralled into a global hantavirus disaster. When a sick passenger from…
Author: Sophie Hargreaves
Sophie Hargreaves
Health Correspondent
Sophie Hargreaves covers medical research, new treatments, disease outbreaks and prevention for Health News Daily. She holds a Master's degree in Health Sciences from the University of Leeds and has spent several years translating complex medical science into clear, accessible reporting for a general audience. Sophie focuses on the latest clinical trials, NICE and MHRA approvals, vaccination programmes and emerging health threats, always with an eye on what these developments mean for people in the UK.
· MSc Health Sciences (University of Leeds), science communication volunteer, medical research literacy
· Clinical trials and drug approvals (NICE, MHRA), cancer screening programmes, vaccination and outbreak response, women's health (endometriosis, PCOS, menopause), weight management treatments, AI in diagnostics
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Moderna’s first mRNA-based flu vaccine, mFlusiva (mRNA-1010), is being debated by U.S. health advisers this week as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) weighs whether to approve the shot for…
Former Love Island star Olivia Attwood is urging women and girls to check themselves for breast cancer lumps, insisting: “You can’t die out of embarrassment.” The 35-year-old reality TV personality,…
England has recorded zero cervical cancer deaths among women aged 20 to 24 between 2020 and 2024 — a historic first that researchers say is a direct result of the…
A seven-year-old boy whose heart failure had left him facing a bleak prognosis has been saved after becoming the first child in the United Kingdom to undergo an angioplasty procedure…