HEALTH

Covid-19 cases and hospitalisations in the UK have reported a 17% increase in the past seven days.

A new study has claimed that 2020 has been so traumatic for the younger population that it has stunted their social development.

A senior Chinese official on Saturday warned people to avoid physical contact with foreigners so as to prevent getting the monkeypox infection.

US life expectancy drops for 2nd straight year, due to Covid

It is possible to eliminate the monkeypox outbreak in Europe, World Health Organization officials said on Tuesday, highlighting evidence that case counts are slowing in a handful of countries.

The virus, which is rarely fatal but can cause extremely painful lesions, has overwhelmingly affected men who have sex with men, some of whom have sought to swiftly get vaccinated.

A reliance on vaccines in short supply and questions over their best use are hampering efforts to curb the global spread of monkeypox which has hit dozens of countries for the first time, health officials say.

A 37-year-old "perfectly healthy" woman developed dementia because of a hidden mould infestation in her house in Sydney, Australia.

European countries could stretch out limited supplies of the monkeypox vaccine by administering smaller doses of the shot, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Friday.

When viruses jump the species barrier it often sparks concern that they could mutate dangerously.

Polio, a deadly disease that used to paralyze tens of thousands of children every year, is spreading in London, New York and Jerusalem for the first time in decades, spurring catch-up vaccination campaigns.

The world was still learning to live with the highly contagious coronavirus when another potentially fatal virus, Langya, started rearing its head.

The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19.

Health officials in Europe are discussing whether to follow a move by the United States to stretch out scarce monkeypox vaccine supplies, with the World Health Organization calling for more data.

China has reported cases of a potentially fatal new virus called Langya, which is believed to have been transferred from shrews to humans.

With climate change spurring more cases of tick-borne Lyme disease, drugmaker Valneva is betting big on a vaccine as it looks beyond disappointing sales of its COVID shot.

Success with engineered E.coli opens the door to faecal transplants being able to treat IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) and obesity.

At present, the NHS spends around £10 billion on diabetes care each year.

As the third winter of the coronavirus pandemic looms in the northern hemisphere, scientists are warning to brace for more waves of COVID-19.

The setting is straight from a spy thriller: Crystal waters below, snow-capped Swiss Alps above and in between, a super-secure facility researching the world's deadliest pathogens.

Men who have sex with men are at the highest risk of infection right now from monkeypox, according to the WHO.

British drugmaker GSK has struck a deal to allow low-cost generic versions of its long-acting HIV preventive medicine to be used in the developing world.

Also announced at the AIDS conference was research about a 59-year-old Spanish woman with HIV who has maintained an undetectable viral load for 15 years despite stopping antiretroviral therapy.

Making predictions beyond that are complex, scientists around the world said, but there is likely to be sustained transmission for several months and possibly longer.

A new study by a government research group has found that air pollution is "likely" to increase the risk of developing dementia.

Britain's state-run National Health Service (NHS) is facing its worst ever staffing crisis with thousands of vacancies and the government has no credible strategy to address the problem, a committee of lawmakers said in a report published on Monday.

The World Health Organization has declared the monkeypox epidemic a global health emergency as countries across the globe detect cases of the disease.

Authorities in the Chinese city of Guangzhou have had to apologise for breaking into the houses of those who had been taken to quarantine in a hotel.

Many LGBTQ people, of which there is a large population in New York, worry their community will be further stigmatized because of the virus.