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A national supervised toothbrushing programme should be rolled out in our schools to tackle the crisis of tooth decay affecting millions of children

Children's access to NHS dentists and rates of tooth decay remain very poor despite improvements from national Government interventions, oral health experts say.

Four people including Amanda MacCannell standing in front of her purple plaque

A purple plaque has been unveiled at the University of Leeds for the first time after a researcher won a prestigious UK Women in Innovation award.

Ashmit Bhardwaj (2nd place), Catherine Young (Winner), Neil Kaiper -Holmes (Chair of the Thackray Museum of Medicine, Isabel Candir (3rd place) and Dr Hamish McLure (Judging Panel Chair)

Celebrating Excellence: Winners of the 2025 Monty Losowsky Lecture Competition Announced 

Children in school uniform on a climbing frame

Children across the North are facing a health crisis and experts say physical activity must be at the heart of the solution.

Glass entrance to Cheney biomedical accelerator exterior

The Cheney Biomedical Accelerator facility, designed to spark bold, cross-disciplinary discoveries in biomedical and health science, has officially opened at the University of Leeds.