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King’s Fund Says North–South Life Expectancy Gap Has Widened Despite Record 2025 Highs

The charity warns entrenched poverty and preventable illness require bold, cross‑government action or targets to raise healthy years will be missed.

Supreme Court Takes Suo Motu Case After Kerala Delay in Cancer Drug Plea

NHS to Begin Phased Newborn Screening for SMA in October After Commons Debate

UK to Begin Newborn SMA Screening Pilot in October as Nelson Pushes for Universal Roll‑out

WHO Says Heat Waves Killed More Than 200,000 People in Europe Since 2022

Thousands March in Madrid to Demand Protection of Public Health System

Sheinbaum Opens IMSS‑Bienestar Hospital in Jiutepec With Country’s First ‘Smart’ Operating Room

WHO-Convened Panel Warns Pandemic Risk Is Rising as Readiness Falls

Feijóo Unveils PP Plan To Boost Mental-Health Care With 10,000 New Staff

UK Healthy Life Expectancy Falls Below Pension Age After Decade-Long Slide

Peru Publishes Serums 2026-I Results as Adjudication Sign-Ups Open

Rulings Set Sick Pay Duties With a Weekend Exception

Judge Orders Immediate Medical Care for ‘El Güero’ Palma at Altiplano

Sidaction’s 2026 Drive Nets €3.614 Million, Down From Last Year

Government Names First 27 Neighbourhood Health Centres With £50m Upgrade

Mexico Launches 500,000-Person Obesity Study in New National Strategy as Regional Alarms Grow

France’s Adult Obesity Rate Reaches 18.1% as Advocates Push for Decade-Long National Plan

UK Healthy Life Expectancy Falls to Record Low as Local Gaps Near 20 Years

Piedmont Confirms First Medically Assisted Suicide After ASL Supports Home Procedure

Telangana High Court Seeks Emergency-Care Policy After Man Allegedly Sent to Mortuary Alive