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Experts raise alarms about Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr‘s decision to fire tens of thousands of federal workers, disrupting critical health data collection and research efforts. What Happened: Kennedy’s sweeping layoffs have interrupted data collection on numerous health...

The UK’s medical cannabis market is expanding rapidly, with growth estimated at around 10% per month, according to Jon Robson, CEO of Mamedica, a leading medical cannabis clinic.  Despite this impressive growth, access to medical cannabis remains largely confined to illicit channels and...

The U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS) is investigating whether Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR) breached contract terms just a week after securing a controversial deal.  Palantir, tasked with developing a patient data platform, initiated an influencer marketing...

Medical marijuana was legalized in 2018 in the United Kingdom and recent reports reveal its import has tripled in volume this year, however, the British bobbies seem to be oblivious. Five years on and law enforcement is still occasionally arresting licensed medical...

Draft legislation to allow general medical practitioners (GPs) to prescribe medical marijuana has been published by the Cannabis Industry Council (CIC). The proposal titled Prescription Cannabis (GPs Prescribing) Bill amends section 4 of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendments) (Cannabis and...

The National Health Service (NHS) in the U.K. has revealed it has been treating hundreds of children for video game addiction, with some even becoming violent towards their families, reported The Times. The first NHS center for gaming disorders opened in October 2019 and has already dealt with 745...

Medical marijuana is gaining more traction in international health care systems. In one scenario, Sapphire Medical Foundation announced the first UK patient to be granted full cannabis medicine treatment funding. Also, Khirion Life Sciences (OTC: KHRNF) announced the opening of the first...

GW Pharmaceuticals PLC- ADR (NASDAQ: GWPH) announced Sunday that two of its medicines have been recommended by the U.K.’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to receive routine reimbursement from the National Health Service.  What Happened Epidiolex, known as...

Discussion regarding marijuana legalization and the potential medicinal uses of the substance are not limited to the United States. Cannabis is also making headlines in the U.K. and New Zealand. The MediPen For the first time ever, the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) decided to test a...

Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) recently turned 68 years old, and, in spite of its bleak financial situation, the Independent’s Indie 100 shared 11 reasons to celebrate the birthday of the oldest single-payer healthcare system in the world. Top 11 Reasons To Applaud NHS Every...