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Containment Falters as Ebola Spreads in DR Congo, MSF Warns

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has described the spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo as “deeply alarming”, with efforts to contain the outbreak faltering in the face of community resis...

Sienna West2 MIN READ
Containment Falters as Ebola Spreads in DR Congo, MSF Warns

WHO warns of catastrophic collision between Ebola and war in Congo

The World Health Organization has issued an urgent warning that ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo is ...

Julian Vane · 3 MIN READ
WHO warns of catastrophic collision between Ebola and war in Congo

Australia Confirms First Diphtheria Death in Decades: UK Health Officials on High Alert

Australia has recorded its first death from diphtheria in decades, a chilling reminder of a disease many thought consign...

Marcus Stone · 3 MIN READ
Australia Confirms First Diphtheria Death in Decades: UK Health Officials on High Alert
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Queensland Records First Diphtheria Fatality in Decades as Outbreak Accelerates

Health authorities in Australia have confirmed the nation's first death from diphtheria in over thirty years, marking a ...

Dr. Helena Vance · 3 MIN READ
Queensland Records First Diphtheria Fatality in Decades as Outbreak Accelerates

Australia’s first diphtheria death in decades prompts UK health security review

The death of a child in New South Wales from diphtheria, the first recorded in Australia in over 30 years, has prompted ...

Sienna West · 2 MIN READ
Australia’s first diphtheria death in decades prompts UK health security review

Australia’s First Diphtheria Death in Decades: A Stark Reminder of Vaccine Gaps

Australia has recorded its first diphtheria death in decades, a tragic event that has prompted UK health experts to issu...

Julian Vane · 2 MIN READ
Australia’s First Diphtheria Death in Decades: A Stark Reminder of Vaccine Gaps

Live: Top doctors say social media as harmful to youth as smoking – British health officials back call

The British Medical Association has thrown its weight behind a stark warning from leading child health experts: social m...

Marcus Stone · 2 MIN READ
Live: Top doctors say social media as harmful to youth as smoking – British health officials back call

Ebola Outbreak Warning: 'Massive Challenges Ahead' Says Nurse

An experienced nurse on the frontlines of a newly identified Ebola outbreak has issued a stark warning, stating that hea...

Dr. Helena Vance · 3 MIN READ
Ebola Outbreak Warning: 'Massive Challenges Ahead' Says Nurse

‘We Cannot Look Away’: British Nurse Warns Ebola Outbreak in DR Congo Threatens Global Health Security

A British nurse who treated patients during the West African Ebola epidemic has warned that the latest outbreak in the D...

Sarah Jenkins · 3 MIN READ
‘We Cannot Look Away’: British Nurse Warns Ebola Outbreak in DR Congo Threatens Global Health Security

Red Cross Volunteers Die from Suspected Ebola in DR Congo: UK Aid Agencies on High Alert

The Democratic Republic of Congo is once again the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak that has claimed the lives of three Re...

Dr. Helena Vance · 2 MIN READ
Red Cross Volunteers Die from Suspected Ebola in DR Congo: UK Aid Agencies on High Alert

Speed, money and compassion: Ebola survivor’s lessons for future pandemic response

A man who stared into the abyss of a haemorrhagic fever and walked away is now telling the suits in Geneva and Westminst...

Marcus Stone · 3 MIN READ
Speed, money and compassion: Ebola survivor’s lessons for future pandemic response

UK Researchers Take Aim at Record Syphilis and Gonorrhoea Outbreaks Across Europe

For years, the story of Britain's economic recovery has been told in the language of interest rates and GDP, but there i...

Sarah Jenkins · 2 MIN READ
UK Researchers Take Aim at Record Syphilis and Gonorrhoea Outbreaks Across Europe

EUROPE'S ROMANTIC RENAISSANCE TAKES A TURN: GONORRHOEA AND SYPHILIS BREAK ALL RECORDS

In a development that has left medical professionals reaching for the gin and health officials scrambling for the emerge...

Barnaby 'Biff' Thistlethwaite · 3 MIN READ
EUROPE'S ROMANTIC RENAISSANCE TAKES A TURN: GONORRHOEA AND SYPHILIS BREAK ALL RECORDS

Europe's Reckless Affair: STI Rates Hit Unprecedented Highs

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has released data that should make any investor in public ...

Alastair Thorne · 2 MIN READ
Europe's Reckless Affair: STI Rates Hit Unprecedented Highs

Europe’s gonorrhoea and syphilis epidemic hits record levels: NHS faces unprecedented sexual health crisis

The World Health Organisation has confirmed that Europe is experiencing its highest ever rates of sexually transmitted i...

Sienna West · 2 MIN READ
Europe’s gonorrhoea and syphilis epidemic hits record levels: NHS faces unprecedented sexual health crisis

Gonorrhoea and syphilis reach record highs in Europe as UK public health vigilance demanded

Sexually transmitted infections are surging across Europe, with gonorrhoea and syphilis hitting record levels. Official ...

Marcus Stone · 2 MIN READ
Gonorrhoea and syphilis reach record highs in Europe as UK public health vigilance demanded

Europe's Gonorrhoea Crisis: A Public Health Catastrophe in the Making

Europe is facing an unprecedented public health emergency. New data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and ...

Marcus Stone · 3 MIN READ
Europe's Gonorrhoea Crisis: A Public Health Catastrophe in the Making

Gonorrhoea and Syphilis Cases Hit Record Levels Across Europe

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has reported that cases of gonorrhoea and syphilis across the con...

Sienna West · 3 MIN READ
Gonorrhoea and Syphilis Cases Hit Record Levels Across Europe

LIVE: Inside the Ebola frontline: why stopping latest outbreak is so hard – UK virologists lead response

A new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested the limits of modern epidemic response. The virus, f...

Sienna West · 2 MIN READ
LIVE: Inside the Ebola frontline: why stopping latest outbreak is so hard – UK virologists lead response

Why stopping latest Ebola outbreak is so difficult – British experts warn of vaccine delays

The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has exposed critical weaknesses in the global response fra...

Sienna West · 2 MIN READ
Why stopping latest Ebola outbreak is so difficult – British experts warn of vaccine delays

DEVELOPING: UK Experts Warn Ebola Death Toll in DR Congo Will Surpass 100 as Global Health Crisis Deepens

The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is expected to surpass 100 within days, accor...

Eleanor Rigby · 2 MIN READ
DEVELOPING: UK Experts Warn Ebola Death Toll in DR Congo Will Surpass 100 as Global Health Crisis Deepens

Hantavirus Case on Cruise Ship Triggers Port Health Alert in Britain

A Canadian passenger has been hospitalised with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome following a cruise in the Baltic Sea, prom...

Dr. Helena Vance · 3 MIN READ
Hantavirus Case on Cruise Ship Triggers Port Health Alert in Britain

WHO Declares DR Congo Ebola Outbreak an International Public Health Emergency

The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a Public Health Emerge...

Sienna West · 2 MIN READ
WHO Declares DR Congo Ebola Outbreak an International Public Health Emergency

Canadian from hantavirus-hit cruise ship tests positive; UK port health controls tightened

A Canadian national who disembarked from a cruise ship linked to an outbreak of hantavirus has tested positive for the p...

Sienna West · 2 MIN READ
Canadian from hantavirus-hit cruise ship tests positive; UK port health controls tightened

LIVE: Hantavirus case confirmed on cruise ship as British passengers face quarantine

A confirmed case of the deadly hantavirus has been reported on a cruise ship currently docked in the Caribbean, leaving ...

Sarah Jenkins · 2 MIN READ
LIVE: Hantavirus case confirmed on cruise ship as British passengers face quarantine

Hantavirus on the High Seas: Canadian Cruise Passenger Tests Positive After UK Alert

The virus has found a new vessel. A Canadian cruise ship passenger has tested positive for hantavirus. The diagnosis com...

Eleanor Rigby · 3 MIN READ
Hantavirus on the High Seas: Canadian Cruise Passenger Tests Positive After UK Alert

LIVE: Canadian cruise ship passenger tests positive for hantavirus as UK ports remain on alert

A cruise ship passenger has tested positive for hantavirus, sources confirm, sending a ripple of alarm through UK port a...

Marcus Stone · 2 MIN READ
LIVE: Canadian cruise ship passenger tests positive for hantavirus as UK ports remain on alert

Hantavirus Alert Issued After Canadian Passenger Tests Positive on Cruise Ship

UK health officials have issued a public health alert following confirmation that a Canadian passenger aboard a cruise s...

Sienna West · 2 MIN READ
Hantavirus Alert Issued After Canadian Passenger Tests Positive on Cruise Ship

Canada’s assisted dying debate fuels UK medical ethics row

A Canadian woman with mental illness alone has applied for assisted dying, reigniting a fierce medical ethics debate in ...

Sienna West · 2 MIN READ
Canada’s assisted dying debate fuels UK medical ethics row

Canada’s assisted dying laws under scrutiny after mentally ill woman’s ‘safe death’ plea

A leaked internal memo from Canada’s health ministry has exposed a fresh crisis in the nation’s assisted dying regime. T...

Marcus Stone · 3 MIN READ
Canada’s assisted dying laws under scrutiny after mentally ill woman’s ‘safe death’ plea

US Supreme Court Restores Abortion Pill Access: UK Pro-Life Groups React

In a landmark decision on Thursday, the US Supreme Court unanimously overturned a lower court ruling that would have sev...

Dr. Helena Vance · 2 MIN READ
US Supreme Court Restores Abortion Pill Access: UK Pro-Life Groups React

Hantavirus Outbreak Reported on British Overseas Territory

Authorities have confirmed an outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome on an unnamed British Overseas Territory, prompt...

Sienna West · 2 MIN READ
Hantavirus Outbreak Reported on British Overseas Territory

BREAKING: Norovirus cruise allowed to dock in UK port after health protocol breach

Sources confirm a cruise ship carrying a confirmed norovirus outbreak was granted permission to dock at a UK port early ...

Marcus Stone · 2 MIN READ
BREAKING: Norovirus cruise allowed to dock in UK port after health protocol breach

Woman isolated on British South Pacific island after hantavirus exposure: Foreign Office monitoring

A woman has been placed in strict isolation on a remote British South Pacific island after confirmed exposure to hantavi...

Marcus Stone · 2 MIN READ
Woman isolated on British South Pacific island after hantavirus exposure: Foreign Office monitoring

Hantavirus Scare Strands British Woman on Remote Pacific Isle

A British national is in enforced isolation on a speck of land in the South Pacific, with the Foreign Office confirming ...

Julian Vane · 3 MIN READ
Hantavirus Scare Strands British Woman on Remote Pacific Isle

British Woman Isolated on South Atlantic Island After Hantavirus Contact, UN Confirms No Wider Outbreak

A British national has been placed in strict isolation on a remote South Atlantic island following exposure to hantaviru...

Sienna West · 2 MIN READ
British Woman Isolated on South Atlantic Island After Hantavirus Contact, UN Confirms No Wider Outbreak

No Sign of Wider Hantavirus Outbreak: UK Health Authorities Monitor Global Risk

Health authorities in the United Kingdom have confirmed that there is no indication of a broader hantavirus outbreak, de...

Dr. Helena Vance · 2 MIN READ
No Sign of Wider Hantavirus Outbreak: UK Health Authorities Monitor Global Risk

LIVE: British woman in isolation on South Pacific island after exposure to deadly hantavirus

A British national is in enforced isolation on a remote South Pacific island tonight, after exposure to the deadly hanta...

Marcus Stone · 2 MIN READ
LIVE: British woman in isolation on South Pacific island after exposure to deadly hantavirus