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The United Nations says one of its staff members was killed and another injured as they travelled to a hospital in southern Gaza on Monday.It said the workers were travelling in a UN vehicle to the European Hospital near Rafah when it was struck.The UN did not mention who it thought was responsible for the attack.The Israeli military said an initial inquiry indicated the vehicle was struck in an active combat zone and it had not been made aware of its route.Footage posted on social media and verified by the BBC shows a marked UN vehicle with multiple bullet holes…

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More than 40% of public-service spending was already on health, IFS research economist Max Warner said.And to keep increasing the budget, other areas of government spending would have to be cut.”Whichever party takes office after the next election, budgets for the next fiscal year and the choice of how much to give to the Department of Health and Social Care will effectively dominate everything else,” he said.”Neither the Conservative Party nor Labour Party have been keen to set out spending plans. “But the next government will have to confront this reality – and fast.”‘Mounting demand’Saffron Cordery, of NHS Providers, which…

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The UK’s unemployment rate has risen to its highest for almost a year as vacancies continued to shrink, according to official figures.The jobless rate increased to 4.3% between January and March, the highest since May to July last year, said the Office for National Statistics (ONS).The number of vacancies also slowed meaning more unemployed people are competing for the same jobs.The ONS suggested that the figures show the country’s job market is cooling.Jobs on offer in the UK dropped by 26,000 to 898,000 vacancies between February and April. The total remains higher than pre-pandemic levels but Liz McKeown, director of…

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In melanoma, Prof Long – herself a renowned medical oncologist – and her team discovered that immunotherapy works better when a combination of drugs is used, and when they are administered before any surgery to remove a tumour. And so, Prof Scolyer last year became the first brain cancer patient to ever have combination, pre-surgery immunotherapy.He is also the first to be administered a vaccine personalised to his tumour’s characteristics, which boosts the cancer-detecting powers of the drugs.After a tough couple of months of treatment at the start of the year – spent dealing with epileptic seizures, liver issues and…

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