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Infectious disease


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A Palestinian child is vaccinated against polio, at a UN clinic in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, 1 September 2024.

Gaza polio vaccine rollout starts well, UN says

The drive comes after the first confirmed case of the disease in 25 years was discovered in Gaza.

20 hrs ago
Middle East
25 Aug 2024
Dr Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, sits to testify before the Congress pandemic committee in Washington DC.

Anthony Fauci recovering from West Nile virus

The former chief medical adviser is now recovering at home after suffering fever and chills.

25 Aug 2024
US & Canada
22 Aug 2024
Health workers wearing masks and scrubs chat as they walk in between tents at the Munigi mpox treatment centre in North Kivu, DR Congo on 17 August

How worried should we be about mpox?

As a global emergency is declared over mpox, our health and science correspondent assesses the threat.

22 Aug 2024
Health
3 Aug 2024
Tick being removed with tweezers (Credit: Alamy)

Why Lyme disease can be so hard to diagnose

Climate change is contributing to the global rise of Lyme disease. But many physicians are struggling to recognise its symptoms.

3 Aug 2024
Future
8 Jul 2024
Scientist with petri dish under green light (Credit: Getty Images)

Why scientists are renaming deadly viruses

Viruses have traditionally been named after the places or animals they have been first discovered in. Now scientists are trying to bring order to the chaos of virus naming.

8 Jul 2024
Future
27 Jun 2024
Scientists with petri dish

E.coli: 31 cases confirmed in Wales, 13 hospitalised

Cases of the bacterial infection are distributed across the country, Public Health Wales says.

27 Jun 2024
Wales
12 Jun 2024
The Asian tiger mosquito

Tiger mosquitoes behind dengue fever rise in Europe

Concerning rise in dengue fever cases as climate change pushes mosquitoes further north, warn experts.

12 Jun 2024
Europe
13 May 2024
A hospital worker looks through a window into a ward (Credit: Getty Images)

How Covid-19's symptoms have changed

With a new variant of the Sars-CoV-2 virus causing a spike in cases, it is showing just how much symptoms of the disease have changed since the pandemic began.

13 May 2024
Future
19 Apr 2024
A deer in Vancouver (Credit: Getty Images)

Does 'zombie deer disease' pose risks for humans?

There are growing concerns that chronic wasting disease may be able to jump the species barrier with a possible link to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

19 Apr 2024
Future

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