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A SCHOOL is celebrating three years of being a part of the Department for Education’s period equality scheme. Portland Academy in Sunderland is a school for those aged 11-19 with learning diffculties. Since taking part in the…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani health authorities on Friday confirmed the seventh case of polio so far this year, saying it was registered in the country's former Taliban stronghold in the northwest, a region bordering Afghanistan. The…

A 34-year-old woman from Teesside has been diagnosed with a rare form of dementia, affecting behaviour and language. Holly Braithwaite is thought to be one of the youngest people in the country with Frontotemporal dementia. The…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Special Olympics has dropped a coronavirus vaccine mandate for its games in Orlando after Florida moved to fine the organization $27.5 million for violating a state law against such rules. Republican Gov.…

A cancer patient with learning disabilities who died after contracting Covid-19 was let down by the care he received at the start of the pandemic, a review has found. A so-called learning lessons review found that not enough had…

NEW YORK (AP) — Genetic analysis of recent monkeypox cases suggests there are two distinct strains in the U.S., health officials said Friday, raising the possibility that the virus has been circulating undetected for some time. Many…

A FATHER and son from Darlington are raising money for a charity close to their hearts before they tackle the Great North Run. Paul and Ben Ryan decided to run the popular half-marathon in memory of wife and mother Rachel who died…

DENVER (KDVR) – According to the Rocky Mountain High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area map, in just over five months Colorado officials have confiscated over 2 million dosage units of fentanyl. That's more fentanyl seized in the first…

PATIENTS frustrated about not being able to see a doctor have been told the “tide is changing” and they are just as likely to be offered help by other GP practice professionals. Karen Hawkins, a director of commissioning, strategy…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida health officials have asked the state medical board to draft new policies that would likely restrict gender dysphoria treatments for transgender youth as the state amps up its ongoing attacks on the…