Nipah virus spreads in India; no vaccine or treatment available
Health authorities in India are responding to a Nipah virus outbreak in West Bengal, with five cases reported, including a ...
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‘Life saver’ chickenpox vaccine to be offered to children in England for free
Starting January 2026, children in the UK will receive a free chickenpox vaccine through the NHS as part of a ...
Chikungunya cases double in UK as expert warns ‘all it takes is one mosquito bite’
Chikungunya cases in the UK have surged to 73 in the first half of the year, up from 27 last ...
Chikungunya virus: How bad is the China outbreak and could it spread to the UK?
In Guangdong Province, China, a significant outbreak of the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus has led to over 7,000 infections, prompting urgent ...
US warned to prepare as bird flu ‘absolutely could be the next pandemic’
The avian flu, particularly the H5N1 strain, has raised concerns among health experts regarding its potential to become a pandemic, ...
Is ‘mammothpox’ real after WHO tests pandemic response with ancient mammal virus
The fictional virus ‘mammothpox’ emerged during a World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic simulation, where researchers fell ill while studying a ...
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