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Infectious diseases

May 2024

  • Staphylococcus aureus bacteria

    Huge number of deaths linked to superbugs can be avoided, say experts

  • Photo of the World Health Organization (WHO) logo displayed on screen with medical syringes and vaccine vials

    What is the pandemic accord and why have negotiations been so difficult?

  • CHINA-HEALTH-VIRUS<br>This photo taken on January 25, 2020 shows medical staff wearing protective clothing to protect against the deadly COVID-2019 coronavirus as they work at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan. - Doctors on the frontline of China's new coronavirus epidemic are facing a daunting task: treat an ever-growing number of infected patients and risk getting infected themselves due to a drastic shortage of masks and other protective equipment. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP) / TO GO WITH China-health-virus-hospital,FOCUS by Eva Xiao and Ludovic Ehret (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)

    Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control; Wuhan: A Documentary Novel – reviews

  • A man puts water in the boot of a woman's car.

    Thousands in Devon no longer have to boil drinking water, says supplier

  • What is cryptosporidiosis, and how can people avoid getting infected?

  • ‘I want justice’: man whose brothers died in infected blood scandal awaits report

  • Infected blood scandal: women with hepatitis C ‘dismissed’ by doctors

  • Rise of drug-resistant superbugs could make Covid pandemic look ‘minor’, expert warns

  • AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine is no more – but its remarkable success must not be forgotten

  • Chinese woman jailed for reporting on Covid in Wuhan to be freed after four years

  • Cost of living crisis may be factor in low whooping cough jab rates, experts say

  • The age of extinction
    Biodiversity loss is biggest driver of infectious disease outbreaks, says study

  • AstraZeneca withdraws Covid-19 vaccine worldwide, citing surplus of newer vaccines

  • Scientists create vaccine with potential to protect against future coronaviruses

  • The age of extinction
    Chimps are dying of the common cold. Is great ape tourism to blame?

April 2024

  • A man lying down covered in sheets while two police officers watch over him

    First scientist to publish Covid sequence in China protests over lab ‘eviction’

    Zhang Yongzhen stages sit-in protest, as government attempts to avoid scrutiny over handling of outbreak
  • A vial of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine.

    MMR jab uptake among young people in England up by 23% since 2023, says NHS

    Exclusive: Vaccinations rise amid national campaign, but reported measles cases have increased by 40% since March

    • Observer letters
      We must learn the lessons of Covid before another deadly disease strikes

    • ‘My mum gave the injections that killed my brothers’: how UK’s infected blood scandal has torn lives apart

    • ‘Plasma was called liquid gold’: the true story of the UK infected blood scandal

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