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• Campaign girl 'ineligible' for muscle wasting drug The 11-year-old is thought to be in 15% of spinal muscular atrophy patients who do not qualify.
• PMQs: Tonia Antoniazzi asks PM about medical cannabis A Labour MP asks the prime minister why families are still waiting for medical cannabis to treat children with severe epilepsy.
• Minimum alcohol price law in Wales delayed to 2020 Plans have been held up after an EU member state - Portugal - intervened.
• Pregnant and obese: The clinic trying to help A new clinic in Edinburgh is providing specialist care for overweight women and their unborn babies.
• ‘My mum didn’t vaccinate me – this is what happened next’ Meredith's mother stopped her having vaccinations - so eventually she got some nasty illnesses.
• Immunisation: Why we do it and how 'herd immunity' works This is how vaccines work, why they’re important and what the phrase “herd immunity” actually means.
• What are vaccines, how do they work and why are people sceptical? Vaccines help save the lives of millions a year. This is how they came about - and why they matter.
• Vaccines: Low trust in vaccination 'a global crisis' The biggest global study into attitudes on immunisation reveals confidence is low in some regions.
• Dundee University researchers start work on male pill Scientists in Dundee will test thousands of drug combinations to find a way to stop sperm working.
• Sickle cell disease: 'I told mates I was in a crash, but it was a stroke' Daniel Nwosu, 22, has only just revealed to his mates the impact of living with sickle cell disease.
• Measles vaccine fears cost me my children One Filipino mother's worst fears were realised when her unvaccinated children caught measles.
• Women not aware enough of breast cancer link to alcohol Women know too little about alcohol's role in increasing breast cancer risk, a study suggests.

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