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Anna Bawden

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Anna Bawden is the Guardian's health and social affairs correspondent

June 2026

  • A hand holds a medical syringe with a blue cap and visible measurement markings against a black background

    Triple-action diabetes jab shown to reduce blood sugar and body weight

  • Close up of woman writing prescription

    Girl, 5, traumatised after physician associate wrongly prescribed vaginal pessary, report finds

  • A coloured scanning electron micrograph of ovarian cancer cells

    Life-prolonging drug for advanced ovarian cancer gets go-ahead in England

  • A team of surgeons operating on a patient’s knee in the hospital operating room

    Weight-loss drugs may prevent thousands of knee replacements, study suggests

May 2026

  • Mona Lisa

    From high BMI to the ‘GLP-1 look’: how weight-loss jabs are changing the face of beauty

  • Woman running

    Least fit people need to do more exercise than fittest to get same benefit – study

  • A resident carries a child past muddied homes in Manilla after Typhoon Gaemi brought large-scale flooding to the Philippines in 2024

    Declare climate crisis a global public health emergency, experts tell WHO

  • A man taking a shower with cold water

    Ice vests or daily cold showers could help people lose weight, study finds

  • Weight-loss jabs could halve sickness absence and ease strain on NHS, study suggests

  • Weight gain as adult increases cancer risk by up to five times, research shows

  • Daily pill can help people maintain weight loss after they come off jabs, trial shows

  • Capacity of lifts not kept up with UK obesity levels, study shows

  • More than 6,000 children treated at obesity clinics in England, figures show

  • Consuming fruit and a cup of coffee a day can halve risk of unhealthy cell ageing, study suggests

  • Experts call for UK four-day week as study links long work hours to obesity

April 2026

  • Surgeon and nurse with patient in hospital operating theatre.

    One in 10 operations in England cancelled with less than 24 hours’ notice

  • Evorel products

    HRT maker censured by UK regulator for ‘systemic failures’ that put patients at risk

March 2026

  • Students receive injections in their upper arm in a sports hall

    Kent meningitis outbreak prompts rush for routine vaccinations in England

    Exclusive: Parental consents in Greater Manchester up 40% as demand surges in various parts of the country
  • A breast implant

    Polyurethane coating reduces implant complications after mastectomy, cancer study finds

    Non-coated silicone implants found to lead to higher levels of scarring, infections and necessity for further operations
  • A view inside a tanning bed

    Department of Health retracts claim sunbeds are as dangerous as smoking

    DHSC corrects statements after regulator intervenes as experts say smoking causes far more cancer cases
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