A medic who developed symptoms of hantavirus while working on the remote British overseas territory of Ascension Island is now…
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News on diseases, epidemics, vaccinations, cancer, screening programmes, flu, norovirus, COVID and UKHSA health warnings affecting the UK.
The World Health Organisation has declared an international public health emergency after an outbreak of Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo…
Karachi’s heatwave is the city’s worst since 2018, with the mercury hitting 44.1°C this month – the highest reading since…
A 26-year-old woman faced a life-threatening bowel cancer diagnosis after a tumour so aggressive it obstructed her colon, leaving her…
Millions more people will die unnecessarily unless the World Health Organization declares the climate crisis a global public health emergency,…
A new, potentially unidentified strain of Ebola may be behind the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that…
A student nurse from North Lanarkshire who dismissed her persistent cold symptoms as nothing more than a run of bad…
A student has died from meningitis in Reading, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed, as health officials work…
Marlboro’s latest global advertising push, the “I AM Marlboro” campaign, is facing fierce criticism from anti-tobacco campaigners who accuse Philip…
Meningitis symptoms can appear in any order, making early diagnosis difficult — a reality underlined by an outbreak in Reading…