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Nurses across England are collapsing at work and even suffering seizures as they are forced to care for patients in extreme heat, The Royal College of Nursing has said.

Bad diets kill millions of people globally every year, and lead to tens of billions of dollars in health costs, often placing the heaviest burden on communities who are least able to afford it. Children, with limited decision-making power, are particularly vulnerable to this.

More than 33 million illicit cigarettes have been confiscated from retail outlets across the UK over the past year, Trading Standards has revealed.

Uganda has declared itself "free" of Ebola after the last patient was discharged in mid-June, marking a significant step even as the virus continues to affect a remote part of neighbouring Congo.

A woman whose sister was left brain dead after taking super-strength cocaine has sent an urgent warning to users as crime gangs flood UK streets with lethal coke which is 90% pure.

As reported by The bureau investigates, back in March, we told you about some early impact from our investigation into bad cancer drugs that had been imported by Peru.

A Welsh hospital ward has been forced to close following an outbreak of a rare and highly contagious form of scabies.

Families whose loved ones died after surgery at a specialist heart service have been contacted by health bosses amid a spike in mortality rates.

At least ten years ago, the Orbán government already had documentation showing that the healthcare system was struggling with systemic problems, yet they never spoke about this openly.

An 11-year-old boy died from rabies less than three weeks after he woke up with a bat lying over his nose and mouth.

The first case of the deadly Ebola virus has been detected in France after a doctor returned from a visit to the Congo.

Two thirds of Scots seeking urgent mental health help are turned away, with waits in some areas stretching beyond three years.

The district has been dominated by sprawling tent encampments and brazen open-air drug dealing - with desperate addicts openly injecting and taking drugs in broad daylight.

A rare red weather warning has been issued for extreme heat as temperatures are set to skyrocket to 40C this week.

Two children have died from measles in England this year, while more than 100 new cases have been reported in the past two weeks, health officials said on Thursday.

As Health Minister Wes Streeting announces his resignation today, it’s believed he stands poised to fight for the top spot as the Labour Party navigates a civil war.

Ten Brits linked to a deadly rat virus outbreak on a cruise ship are being flown to the UK to isolate.

Two rat plague ship evacuees have tested positive for the deadly disease just hours after health officials had given them the all-clear to leave the ship.

As the MV Hondius set sail from Ushuaia, the world’s southernmost city, on April 1st, the gray skies over Tierra del Fuego cleared, lighting up the fresh snow on the mountain peaks and the autumn foliage closer to the shore.

Two British people are self-isolating at home after potentially being exposed to hantavirus aboard the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly outbreak.

Families who lost loved ones in the Covid pandemic have written to Nigel Farage, after a Byline Times‘ investigation revealed that one of the party’s local election candidates branded the coronavirus crisis a “staged event”.