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Rwanda declared an outbreak of the Marburg virus on September 27.

The symptoms of deadly Marburg virus as suspected case found in Europe

The UK Health Security Agency has urged parents to check their children’s vaccinations are up to date

Wigan fails to meet MMR jab target

A woman infected with Mpox shows her arms at the Kamenge University Hospital's Mpox treatment centre in Bujumbura on August 22, 2024. (Photo: TCHANDROU NITANGA/AFP via Getty Images)

How worried should we be about Mpox - is it the new Covid?

Monkeypox pathogen. Credit: UKHS

Mpox 2024 mapped: All the countries with confirmed cases

A child his helped by her mother as a health worker looks on at the Mpox treatment centre at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of Goma on August 17, 2024. With around 16,000 cases recorded since the beginning of the year, the DRC is the focus and epicentre of the epidemic that led the World Health Organisation (WHO) to trigger its highest level of alert at the international level on Wednesday. The province of South Kivu records around 350 new cases per week, according to Dr Justin Bengehya, epidemiologist at the provincial health division of South Kivu. Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu, almost surrounded by an armed rebellion and where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are crammed into makeshift camps, fears a large-scale spread due to promiscuity. (Photo by GUERCHOM NDEBO / AFP) (Photo by GUERCHOM NDEBO/AFP via Getty Images)

Zakariya Waqar-Uddin: Mpox - another global emergency

A doctor checks on a patient with sores caused by an mpox infection in 2022. (Photo by ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images)

Will people have to isolate if they catch mpox?

The WHO has declared a global health emergency over an outbreak of mpox in Africa. (Photo: ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images)

The UK areas with highest mpox cases in the last outbreak

FLuQE is a new Covid variant that has been driving new cases. (Photo: Pexels, CDC)

KP3 Covid symptoms as cases of new variant FLuQE rise

It's important to track our alcohol consumption

Dr. Zakariya Waqar-Uddin: the good, the bad and the ugly of aclohol

Schoolchildren know more about vitamins than adults do, survey finds

Natede Smart represents great value for money over time.

Review: Simply a breath of fresh air - the Natede Smart

MMR vaccine

Rise in cases of measles leads to offer of MMR jab being extended

Wigan did not reach the 95 per cent vaccination target set by the UKHSA

Concerns over fall in Wigan's whooping cough jab rate fall

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Puro Sound Labs BT2200 Plus Volume Limited Kids Headphones

Analysis revealed 195 neighbourhoods in Wigan (98 per cent) were exposed to air pollution exceeding the World Health Organisation recommended safety limit

Dangerously high air pollution in nearly all Wigan neighbourhoods

Fewer Wigan children had the MMR vaccine

Wigan behind on target for MMR jab coverage as uptake falls

Wigan missed the target for children's vaccination levels against measles, mumps and rubella last year, figures show – as uptake in the area fell.

Sonja Tutty

A list of 18 medical conditions that could see you banned from flying

World Health Organisation could list sweetener as possible carcinogen

A woman wears a face mask while walking on Oxford Street durng the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

World must prepare for disease even deadlier than Covid - WHO chief

Spending time outdoors has so many benefits for us (photo: Adobe)

Nourish your mental health with time spent outdoors

In this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention handout graphic, from 2003, symptoms of one of the first known cases of the monkeypox virus are shown on a patient's.(Photo: CDC/Getty Images)

UKHSA want to ‘eliminate’ monkeypox after WHO announcement

The Covid-19 pandemic broke out in March 2020, and since then there have been six million related deaths worldwide. But is it finally over?

Covid ‘no longer global health emergency’ - is the pandemic over?

A 56-year-old woman from the Guangdong province in China is the first recorded human casualty from the H3N8 bird flu.

China reports first human H3N8 bird flu death, according to WHO

Spanish authorities have issued advice amid a Dengue-fever outbreak in popular tourist hotspots

Spain issues advice to British tourists amid Dengue-fever outbreak

The earthquake has killed thousands of people in Turkey and Syria (Photo: Getty)

Turkey-Syria earthquake: death-toll said to be at least 8,700

Earthquake survivors sit around a fire in Iskenderun Turkey

WHO say Turkey and Syria earthquake deaths could be 20,000

England captain Harry Kane will read a bedtime story on CBeebies for World Mental Health Day.

Harry Kane to read CBeebies Bedtime Story for World Mental Health Day

England and Tottenham Hotspur star Harry Kane will read a bedtime story on CBeebies tonight.

Charlie Haffenden

When is World Mental Health Day 2022 and how to get involved

Air pollution levels in Wigan were above the WHO guideline

Air pollution: levels above global health guidelines at Wigan monitoring site

Monkeypox has now been declared a global emergency

Monkeypox declared global emergency by World Health Organisation

A deserted Wigan town centre during the first lockdown

LUKE MARSDEN: How Covid was knocked off the headlines

First News: Cars make schools suffer

Measles causes a red blotchy rash to spread across the body (Photo: Adobe)

Deadly measles warning for kids as MMR jab uptake drops to lowest level

Vaccines should work against Omicron variant, WHO says (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Covid vaccines should still protect against severe illness from Omicron - WHO sa...

First News: Pandemic Caused Malaria Increase

File photo dated 22/12/2020 of a Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine (Picture: Danny Lawson/PA)

Covid-19: How the battle is already underway against Omicron variant

Wigan is behind target

Wigan behind target of children vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella

The Mu variant has been designated a Variant of Interest (Photo: Getty Images)

A new Covid variant is being monitored by the World Health Organisation

Concerns have already been raised this summer about youngsters swimming at East Quarry in Appley Bridge

Call for people to stay safe by not jumping into open water to cool down this su...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel, ahead of a bilateral meeting during the G7 summit in Carbis Bay (Photo: Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

This is how the G7 countries plan to stop future pandemics in the first 100 days

13 English councils breach WHO 5% threshold for positive Covid tests ahead of pl...

Covid variants will be renamed using Greek letters - here's why

The Prime Minister encouraged those who get invited for a vaccine to attend their appointment (Photo: PAUL ELLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

'This vaccine is effective and has saved lives' - Boris Johnson assures AstraZen...

The AstraZeneca vaccine trial in children has been paused while an investigation takes place into blood clots (Photo: Shutterstock)

AstraZeneca vaccine trial in children paused while blood clot investigation take...

The University of Oxford said that no safety concerns have arisen from the trial itself

Oxford/AstraZeneca jab trial in children paused

EU countries to restart AstraZeneca vaccine rollout as regulator rules it ‘safe and effective’ (Photo: Shutterstock)

EU countries to restart AstraZeneca vaccine rollout as regulator rules it ‘safe ...

Throbbing or cramping pain, swelling, redness and warmth in a leg or arm is the main symptom of a blood clot (Photo: Shutterstock)

The signs and symptoms of a blood clot - and what to do if you think you have on...

The WHO has given approval for the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use (Photo: Shutterstock)

WHO gives approval for Johnson & Johnson single dose Covid vaccine - what it mea...

A number of initiatives are in place which allow people to donate money to enable those from lower-income countries to receive a coronavirus vaccine (Photo: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

You can donate the cost of your Covid vaccine to help people in low income count...

The world’s first Covid vaccine sharing initiative has begun - so poorer countries can receive jabs (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images)

The world’s first Covid vaccine sharing initiative has begun - so poorer countri...

Two-thirds of adults in the UK in favour of vaccination passports despite legal ...

WHO scientists recommend the jab be given to people aged 18 and over (Photo: Getty Images)

Oxford Covid jab can be used in all adults says WHO - and against new variants

Common Covid myths and misinformation debunked - from infertility to vaccine scams (Photo: Shutterstock)

Common Covid myths and misinformation debunked - from infertility to vaccine sca...

Early signs from data show promising results (Photo: Getty Images)

UK strategy to delay second Covid jab was ‘right decision’ - what early signs su...

New Covid variants don’t have different symptoms - what to watch out for (Photo: Shutterstock)

No brand new symptoms for Covid variants - what to watch out for

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