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The family of Sienna Richardson are joining calls for drugs to be more accessible.

Mental health hospital Cygnet Woodside is being investigated by police over allegations of abuse.

The Philippines is preparing for a surge in births which will overwhelm its already creaking systems.

Cases are rising, with the coronavirus variant being blamed. Time to open the emergency hospitals?

The clinics will be set up for over-80s once the vaccine is given approval by regulators in the UK.

Similar new variants of the coronavirus may be circulating undetected around the world, scientists say.

If it doesn't, the boss of BioNTech says its vaccine could be refined very quickly.

A daily update on the number and location of coronavirus cases in Scotland.

Without pregnant women in trials for the jab, countries are taking different approaches.

What is happening in your area - and what are the figures telling us?

The hospital consultant says it seems "someone's pressed the accelerator" as infection rates go up.

Three of the doctors, who worked at a prison in the Afghan capital, were women, police say.

The Catholic Church says vaccines developed using cell lines derived from aborted foetuses can be used.

Army medics will help drive ambulances to try to ease pressure as coronavirus cases rise.

We answer some of your questions about Christmas bubbles and the latest tier changes

Experts urgently assess whether the mutation of coronavirus spreads more easily among the young.

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