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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Mpox a global health emergency as scientists say they are alarmed by a new strain that is spreading.

A research team used an established risk analysis tool called the Grunow-Finke assessment to create a likelihood scale for possible pandemic causes have come to interesting Covid conclusions

Scientists have discovered people showing no signs of tuberculosis - such as a prevalent cough once seen as a key symptom - can pass on the killer bug

A leap in the number of cars on the roads of the Greater Manchester area could be the cause of a sharp rise in the number of children having to be hospitalised with breathing difficulties and lung problems

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation, said the 'key medicine' Palestinians need is peace - and called for a ceasefire to avoid more suffering

Research has shown that a 15-minute cold shower could slash 353 calories every day, as more than 25 percent of adults in England are reported to be living with obesity

Injecting your kids can feel concerning, writes Mirror columnist Sara Wallis, but if we can prevent outbreaks with nasty complications, then surely skipping vaccines is not a risk worth taking?

The deadly illness causes people to bleed from the eyes ears and mouth and is spread by infected rats. In 2022, three cases were reported in the UK after a family returned from West Africa

The groundbreaking report, which was published in The Lancet, suggests that obesity rates have more than doubled in the UK for women, men, and also surged for children and adolescents

Health experts are concerned in the fall in vaccination numbers for childhood vaccinations and will run a TV and social media campaign to target parents and hope to increase the uptake in jabs as measles cases rise across the nation

Norwegian Dawn, which carries 2,184 passengers and 1,026 crew members, was due to dock in Mauritius but was blocked owing to a possible outbreak of cholera onboard - testing has since found no trace of the disease

The World Health Organisation have said every death from measles is a 'tragedy' following a huge surge in cases across Europe, with infections on the rise in the UK

From a sugar-laden Five Guys milkshake and slushies to caffeine-heavy Prime energy drinks, nutritionists have warned which drinks parents should dodge for the sake of their child's health

A new study has found that people who exercise just once or twice a week can still lose weight, as long as they meet the recommendations set out by the World Health Organisation

As ITV's drama Breathtaking airs, we look at what the Covid PPE scandal actually was, where the millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money went, why equipment didn't reach desperate NHS workers and who is being held to account

Prof Adrian Hill has helped create the vaccine that could be a game-changer in the fight against the mosquito-borne disease, which claims more than 600,000 lives a year

New figures from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show the number of patients with measles in the UK - a disease once considered eliminated in the country - continues to rise

Experts believe that Disease X could result in 20 times more deaths than Covid - as it appears on WHO's shortlist of priority diseases, along with viruses like SARS, Ebola and Zika

Thousands of cases of cholera have been made in countries across the world, including holiday hotspots such as the Philippines, Haiti and India as nations demand vaccines

The two boys, aged nine and 16, were believed to have been infected with bird flu, also known as avian influenza, after eating a meal made from birds kept on their farm in Kratie, Cambodia

Use our interactive map to see how many measles cases have been reported in your area as the surge in cases is currently the highest number in over a decade

The World Health Organisation issued an urgent warning after a man was found to have contracted a deadly type of swine flu - and said it could have the 'potential for high public health impact'

A "national incident" was declared last month by health chiefs after more than 300 cases of measles were confirmed in the UK, and that number is now at 465 in just a few weeks

The World Health Organisation has warned of an almost 45-fold rise in Measles cases throughout Europe - but it's one of many other 'Victorian diseases' on the rise

Bayer, the parent company of Monsanto, has been ordered by a Pennsylvania jury to pay as much as $2.25 billion (£1.7bn) to a cancer patient who claimed to have acquired non-Hodgkin lymphoma from Roundup weed killer