Slimming jabs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been linked to 20 deaths in Britain, MailOnline can reveal.
None of the fatalities, which have all occurred since 2019, are proven to have been caused directly by the game-changing weight loss injections.
But health chiefs tasked with policing the safety of the jabs admit there is ‘a suspicion’ they may have been to blame.
One of the deaths was in someone in their 30s.
Experts today warned Brits against buying semaglutide —
Wannabe slimmers were today warned about a little-known issue with weight loss jabs that will affect anyone taking them.
Game-changing injections such as Ozempic and Wegovy, hailed by the likes of Elon Musk and Jeremy Clarkson, are proven to help people lose up to 2st.
But experts said that anyone relying on them to combat long term weight loss could be left disappointed, with the effects of the drugs halting after just months.
Some users have hit the so-called ‘Ozempic
Tempted to try Ozempic or Wegovy? These weight-loss wonder drugs are riding a tidal wave of popularity, helped no doubt by celebrity endorsements, with seemingly everyone from Sharon Osbourne to Elon Musk reportedly benefiting from the weekly jabs.
But both may soon seem old hat, with new drugs around the corner that promise greater weight loss, come in more convenient forms or actually burn off fat while we go about our daily business without even noticing the medications at work
By now, everyone has heard of Ozempic, the weight-loss drug reportedly used by Sharon Osborne, Oprah Winfrey, Elon Musk and a host of other A-listers.
Seen by many as a miracle quick fix, Ozempic and other brands such as Wegovy contain a substance called semaglutide, which works by -mimicking a hormone that our bodies produce naturally when we eat. That hormone, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), to give it its scientific name, makes you feel full, which means you don’t eat as
Pop-up clinics dishing out MMR jabs are being set up in schools in a push to boost vaccines as cases of measles surge.
The NHS has sent letters to parents of six to 11-year-olds in England urging them to make an appointment with their GP if their child has not had both doses.
They have also issued reminders to 1million people aged 11 to 25 in London and the West Midlands, the two epicentres of the outbreak, encouraging them to
Knock-off ‘weight loss pens’ are illegally being given away for free on social media, MailOnline can disclose.
One TikTok user offers ‘semaglutide’ injections for up to £280 per pack and claims they are the ‘safest and best’ version available in the UK.
The account, which has since been removed from the platform, also advertises BOGOF deals, 30 per cent discounts and giveaways, our shock probe revealed.
But semaglutide, made by Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk and branded as Ozempic or
Cardiologists have hailed a ‘landmark’ and ‘reassuring’ study showing no spike in sudden cardiac deaths in young athletes.
Debunking a major claim peddled by anti-vaxxers in the wake of Covid, scientists discovered such cases have actually fallen after examining 20 years of US college sports.
Deaths remained stable even during the pandemic, they claimed, with rates having plunged by about 29 per cent every five years.
Academics credited the drop to more effective and frequent screening systems for heart conditions
The decision to accelerate the autumn Covid and flu vaccine rollouts increased anxiety over the virus, experts warned today.
Officials launched the programmes, which will see 30million offered a flu jab and 25million invited for a Covid vaccine, in September — a month earlier than planned, citing fears the Pirola variant would overwhelm the NHS.
But scientists told MailOnline that the ‘flip-flopping’ approach towards the start date created mistrust and ‘inevitably increased some people’s anxiety’.
Others also warned the rollout’s
Two scientists whose pioneering work helped create mRNA Covid vaccines were today awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine.
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman were credited with helping to change the course of the pandemic.
Before mRNA jabs were rolled out to millions of people worldwide to protect them against Covid, such technology was considered experimental. Researchers are now exploring if it could help beat cancer and other diseases.
Karikó, 68, and Weissman, 64, first met in the 1990s while working
A probe is underway to work out why thousands of NHS staff didn’t bother getting Covid and flu vaccines.
The health service has paid ‘behavioural insight’ consultants £50,000 to explore medics’ attitudes to vaccination in the North West, West Midlands and London.
Just four in 10 frontline NHS workers in England got the latest Covid booster jab and the figure falls to just one per cent at some trusts in those parts of the country. Meanwhile, fewer than half had
