For Lauren Firenze, a simple social drink became a source of excruciating pain. At 24, sipping a gin and tonic…
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News on diseases, epidemics, vaccinations, cancer, screening programmes, flu, norovirus, COVID and UKHSA health warnings affecting the UK.
Bangladesh is confronting its most severe measles outbreak in years, with the death toll among children now exceeding 130, according…
Britain faces a severe red alert for pollen this week, with the Met Office’s highest severity warning set to impact…
Eight British holidaymakers have now died after contracting severe gastrointestinal illnesses during or following visits to Cape Verde, with the…
Rotavirus is surging across the United States, with wastewater surveillance identifying the San Francisco Bay Area as a particular hotspot,…
More than 2,000 black men in the UK could die from prostate cancer within the next ten years if current…
With crucial midterm elections approaching, senior US health officials are conspicuously softening their once-vocal criticisms of routine vaccinations, a strategic…
The BA.3.2 Omicron variant, a significantly mutated descendant of the virus, has now been detected in 29 US states and…
For nearly a year, 26-year-old Sumbul Ari knew something was profoundly wrong with her body. What began as relentless itching…
More than six in ten men in the UK have experienced the discomfort of anal itching, according to a new…