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New species and regional instability are factors – but decisions made in the US and Britain are also costing lives, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

Supply problems pose risk to health, with common painkillers, epilepsy medication and HRT affected

A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.

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Compassionate Gateshead is exploring how employers in Gateshead can be better supported to help employees returning to work after bereavement or during periods of (caring for someone with) a terminal ...

Viral disease expert Professor Peter Hotez says that Ebola won't spread like other viral diseases - he added it won't spread like influenza or measles. , Health, Times Now

It’s natural to focus on breakthroughs, but there are many challenges in Britain and around the world. There is no magic bullet, but there’s room for optimism, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global publi...

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

Actor says Ensemble 84 in Horden, employing local talent, is how a professional repertory company should be

An analysis of exposome traits in patients with early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) (<50 years) compared with late-onset CRC (≥70 years) based on epigenetic markers shows that pesticide usage, in p...

We are quite literally being poisoned in the name of profit. Add your voice now, demand that African leaders ban the production, trade, and use of toxic pesticides across the continent.

Unexpected chilblains, unusual rashes, and flareups of existing conditions— Katharine Lang asks experts how the skin can react to covid infection “Covid toes”—swollen and itchy red or purple toes, or...

In 1972, Li Yuan-chian set up the LYC Museum in a ramshackle farmhouse – and this inventive documentary provides a fitting, if sparse, tribute to his legacy

When you are cured, the world cheers; when you are dying, it mourns. But when you are simply maintaining, the world is at a loss