Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer after undergoing surgery

Pope Leo XIV had a cancerous growth removed from his right lung in a 90-minute operation on Tuesday and "woke up normally" after the procedure, the Vatican said. A Vatican source said further tests were being carried out to determine if the cancer had spread. "To ensure the procedure was radical, the lower lobe of the right lung was removed," the Vatican said in a statement. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta reports from Rome.

A group of clinicians warns technology use in English schools is driving a rise in health problems like short-sightedness.

Although rare, cancer is the leading cause of death from disease among children under 15 in the UK.

Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers A controversial research trial that will withhold hepatitis B vaccines from some African newborns was given approval to move forward this week. It is a central part of the vaccine vision for Robert F Kennedy Jr, the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and a longtime vaccine opponent. This article was amended on 13 October 2026. A previous version said CIDRAP first reported news that the research trial was approved by…