Flu & Viruses
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Plea to tackle hepatitis
Just six billion dollars a year would prevent millions of premature deaths from hepatitis over the next decade, the World Health Organisation says today. Read more
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Health a global problem – CMO
Diseases increasingly fail to respect international borders – making global cooperation in health vital, the Chief Medical Officer of England says today. Read more
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Ebola emergency declared
Africa’s latest Ebola outbreak is now a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organisation has declared. Read more
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DRC Ebola – still no closer to elimination
The Democratic Republic of Congo has reported a new outbreak of Ebola in the city of Goma – while two Ebola responders have been murdered in their home, the director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported yesterday. Read more
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20 million children missed lifesaving vaccines
More than one in ten children worldwide – about 20 million – missed out on lifesaving vaccines in 2018, according to new data from WHO and UNICEF. Read more
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Partial success for MERS prevention
The number of cases of Middle East Respiratory syndrome coronavirus has fallen worldwide in recent years. Read more
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Cold virus could ‘revolutionise’ bladder cancer treatment
A strain of the common cold virus could potentially target, infect and destroy cancer cells in bladder cancer patients, British researchers report today. Read more
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Flu threat from antibiotics
Changes in the gut bacteria caused by antibiotics may increase the risks from flu infection by weakening the immune response, scientists have warned. Read more
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Global support plea for Ebola crisis
An expert has criticised the decision not to declare the latest Ebola outbreak in Africa a global emergency. Read more
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Global measles outbreak warning
Rates of measles have quadrupled this year globally, including in Europe, the World Health Organisation has warned. Read more