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15/02/2013 - Depression hampers shingles vaccine
The shingles vaccine may not work properly for people with untreated depression, researchers have warned. More
14/02/2013 - Vitamin C helps athlete colds
According to popular myth vitamin C is good for colds - and this may be true for people undertaking stressful physical activity, researchers say. More
14/02/2013 - Alarm as Middle East virus claims victim
A third patient infected with the Middle Eastern virus infection in the UK has caused global alarm, it was revealed yesterday. More
12/02/2013 - Middle east virus strikes second
A patient is in intensive care in Manchester after succumbing to a mysterious virus that has originated in the Middle East. More
11/02/2013 - Measles reaches new high
Cases of measles in the UK have reached their highest levels in 18 years, health officials have warned. More
05/02/2013 - Changes needed to stop HIV epidemic
HIV prevention programmes in Africa that target couples that have one infected partner are not doing enough to bring about a reduction in the virus among the general population, experts warn today. More
28/01/2013 - Swine flu infected half of children
The swine flu pandemic affected as many as half of all children, British researchers have reported. More
24/01/2013 - Bird flu research resumes
Controversial flu research is set to resume in countries such as the Netherlands and Germany, it was announced yesterday. More
18/01/2013 - How flu vaccine protects pregnant
The new swine flu vaccine was not responsible for pregnant women suffering miscarriage and stillbirth, according to a major national study. More
17/01/2013 - Benefits of early HIV treatment
Sustained treatment of HIV infection early on in the disease can have long term benefits for patients, researchers reported last night. More
14/01/2013 - US braced for flu epidemic
The USA is facing a flu epidemic - with a public health emergency declared on the east coast, it has been announced. More
03/01/2013 - New HIV vaccine hope
A simple HIV vaccine may successfully help to treat Aids, European researchers reported last night. More
31/12/2012 - Winter virus puzzle
Health experts have admitted being puzzled by the pre-Christmas surge in cases of the sickness virus, norovirus. More
21/12/2012 - Flu surfaces in schools
British doctors have been told to begin prescribing anti-flu drugs as the first signs of an outbreak of the virus emerged. More
30/11/2012 - UK faces cough virus outbreak
Britain is facing a major outbreak of whooping cough, with three deaths in October, a health watchdog warned today. More
30/11/2012 - HIV spread threat to Europe
The number of HIV cases shows no signs of a decline in the EU region and continues to rise in eastern Europe and central Asia, a report out today says. More
29/11/2012 - Alarm as HIV spreads
About 96,000 people in the UK are currently living with HIV infection as the virus continues to spread, according to figures published today. More
26/11/2012 - Testing run up to World Aids Day
A rapid HIV testing service was being launched today as campaigners sought to promote early diagnosis in the run-up to World Aids Day on Saturday. More
26/11/2012 - World virus alert
Doctors around the world have been put on the alert after the emergence of a deadly new lung virus in the Middle East. More
16/11/2012 - New boss for troubled fund
A troubled global health agency implemented sweeping changes yesterday in a bid to get its programmes going. More
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