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50,000 MMR vaccinations so far in battle to halt Welsh measles epidemic
Thursday 16 May 2013
But up-take remains too low among the worst-hit 10 to 18 age group
WHO warns that deadly new coronavirus could be passed from person to person
Monday 13 May 2013
The virus is known to cause pneumonia and sometimes kidney failure
Nurse treated as France reveals three suspected cases of Sars-related virus
Friday 10 May 2013
French health officials said today they are investigating three suspected cases of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, while a man confirmed to have the virus remains hospitalised.
Food banks are 'sign of return to Dickensian world', warns food expert
Sunday 05 May 2013
The rise of food banks risks eroding the state safety net as politicians endorse a "Dickensian" model of welfare, one of Britain's leading food policy experts has warned.
Poll: Give walking a lift - should building design encourage people to use the stairs?
Sunday 05 May 2013
Oh dear... walking is one way to keep in shape, but a survey published in the Independent today shows that a quarter of British adults now walk for less than nine minutes a day - including time spent getting round the shops and to work.
Bird flu strain in China is ‘lethal’
Wednesday 24 April 2013
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that a new strain of bird flu that has killed 22 people in China is “one of the most lethal” flu viruses so far, and that it is more easily transmittable from poultry to humans than an earlier strain that has killed hundreds around the world since 2003.
UN agencies issue rare joint appeal for action to end bloodshed in Syria
Tuesday 16 April 2013
UN says at least 70,000 people have been killed since start of conflict
China orders poultry cull after sixth death from bird flu never seen in humans before
Friday 05 April 2013
Alarm over a sixth death from a strain of lethal bird flu never before seen in humans has led Chinese authorities to slaughter more than 20,000 birds at a poultry market in Shanghai.
Leading scientists urge President Obama's advisers to investigate ethical issues raised by creating highly infectious strain of bird-flu
Monday 01 April 2013
Virus could easily be transmitted between people
WHO concern at Philippine's support for tobacco fair
Wednesday 20 March 2013
The Philippines has a strong tobacco industry, but it pledged to ban advertising
Virus responsible for swine flu pandemic becoming increasingly resistant to Tamiflu
Monday 18 March 2013
2009 outbreak may have caused the deaths of up to 579,000 people
Bill Gates: Why do we care more about baldness than malaria?
Saturday 16 March 2013
Gates blames capitalism for channelling more money into curing minor ailments
#FGM: Forget 'cultural differences' the practice of female genital mutilation is simple brutality
Wednesday 06 March 2013
Female genital mutilation (FGM) isn’t just something that’s carried out in the deepest, darkest recesses of the globe. It's a UK problem too.
Professor Alan Reilly: 'If I'd got horse meat tests wrong, I would be selling The Big Issue by now'
Tuesday 19 February 2013
David McKittrick speaks to the Irish scientist whose team first discovered the scale of the horse meat problem
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Man and woman arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder victim of Woolwich machete attack, named as Drummer Lee Rigby
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'Sickening, deluded and unforgivable': Horrific attack brings terror to London’s streets
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Grace Dent: I’m not sure how these people can avoid being called ‘bigots’. And the more ‘civilised’, the worse they are
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Woolwich murder: They killed, then they performed - these men should be starved of our attention
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Woolwich attack: The EDL will seek to exploit this evil crime for their own evil ends
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