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Coronavirus: Rescue plan 'considered' for Britons trapped on cruise
The Foreign Office is contacting the 74 people trapped in Japan to ask if they want to fly home.
Surgeon suspended over treatment concerns
The doctor worked at the same private healthcare firm as rogue breast surgeon Ian Paterson.
Coronavirus: Eight of nine UK patients receiving treatment discharged
More than 100 people remain in quarantine in a hotel after arriving from China last weekend.
Egg-freezing: What's the success rate?
The fertility expert Lord Winston warns the success rate could be as low as 1% but others say it is considerably higher.
'I lost my left ear to my tanning addiction'
Anthea Smith tells the BBC's Laura Mcmullan, who also had skin cancer, that she used sunbeds for years.
Coronavirus: A Cameroon student on how he recovered
China-based student Kem Senoua is the first African known to have contracted the virus - he spoke to the BBC.
Mumps cases hit decade high in England
People are urged to get two doses of the MMR vaccine to maximise protection against the viral illness.
Coronavirus: What are the symptoms and how do I protect myself?
The virus is spreading around the world, but what is it, how can we be protected and can it be stopped?
Wearable to spot Alzheimer's being developed
Five million healthy volunteers will be used to map signs of the disease years before symptoms develop.
Coronavirus: How do you self-isolate successfully?
From food delivery to dealing with family, here's how those told to isolate themselves can avoid spreading the virus.

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