Scientists at a recently opened cancer institute at Cambridge University have begun work that is pinpointing changes in cells many years before they develop into…
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Revealed: almost everyone in Europe is breathing toxic air
Europe is facing a “severe public health crisis”, with almost everyone across the continent living in areas with dangerous levels of air pollution, an investigation…
View More Revealed: almost everyone in Europe is breathing toxic airPlans for UK ‘genomics transformation’ aim to act on lessons of Covid
Health officials in the UK have drawn up plans for a “genomics transformation” that aims to detect and deal with outbreaks of infectious diseases faster…
View More Plans for UK ‘genomics transformation’ aim to act on lessons of CovidIndoor air quality should be monitored in public places, says Chris Whitty
Offices, schools, supermarkets and hospitals should be monitored for indoor air pollutants, according to England’s chief medical officer, amid concerns that dirty air in buildings…
View More Indoor air quality should be monitored in public places, says Chris WhittyCancer vaccine trials could start in England by autumn
Trials of personalised cancer vaccines in England are to be speeded up after a government deal with a firm behind one of the major Covid…
View More Cancer vaccine trials could start in England by autumnChildren at risk of strep A in England could be given preventive antibiotics
Primary schoolchildren at risk from a severe form of strep A could be given preventive antibiotics as a blanket measure, in a move described as…
View More Children at risk of strep A in England could be given preventive antibioticsImproved disease control in public buildings ‘could save UK billions a year’
Mandating improved ventilation and other forms of disease control in public buildings could save the UK economy billions of pounds each year through the prevention…
View More Improved disease control in public buildings ‘could save UK billions a year’Monkeypox patients advised to avoid contact with pets for three weeks
People with monkeypox have been told to avoid contact with their pets for three weeks amid concerns the animals could become infected and pass the…
View More Monkeypox patients advised to avoid contact with pets for three weeks‘It’s a real-life Hunger Games’: a lifesaving drug costs $2m, but not every child can get it
Elizabeth Wraige remembers the first time she delivered the diagnosis. “Parents feel as if they’ve been hit by a sledgehammer,” she says. Her patient, a…
View More ‘It’s a real-life Hunger Games’: a lifesaving drug costs $2m, but not every child can get itUK Lassa fever death highlights global threat of infectious diseases, experts say
The death of a newborn baby with Lassa fever in Luton is a grim reminder of the global threat posed by deadly infectious diseases. Three…
View More UK Lassa fever death highlights global threat of infectious diseases, experts say