Paul Gallagher

Paul Gallagher is health correspondent at the i paper. He was previously a reporter for the Independent and Independent on Sunday. He has also worked as a reporter for the Observer, Daily Mirror and European Voice in Brussels, where he began his career in 2002 after editing the Leeds Student newspaper.

UK dementia rates set to fall as study finds NHS shingles jab reduces risk

University of Oxford finding shows the Shingrix vaccine is linked to a 'significantly' lower risk of dementia in the six years after vaccination than the previously-used NHS jab

‘Frustrating’ online GP forms mean patients missing cancer diagnoses

Faith no reason to keep brain-damaged Muslim father on life support, judge rules

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