Pandemics and epidemics
Norovirus surge forces hospitals to ban visitors as numbers jump 15pc in a week
Health
Sarah Carter
Hospitals have started banning visitors after a surge in the winter vomiting bug norovirus. Last week an average of 407 hospital beds ...
‘Racism in medieval England’ may have led to black people dying of bubonic plague
Health
Sarah Carter
Racism in medieval England may have contributed to black people dying of bubonic plague, academics have suggested. Researchers employing “black feminist archaeology” ...
Inside one of the world’s deadliest forests – and the bushmeat hunters risking contagion
Health
Sarah Carter
The village of Bouolazou, nestled away in the sprawling bush of southern Guinea, cannot be reached by car. Only motorbikes with deep-grooved ...
Boris Johnson favoured Swedish-style approach to Covid over lockdowns, scientist says
U.K.
William Turner
Boris Johnson told scientists he was in favour of a Swedish-style approach to the pandemic, rather than more lockdowns, in Autumn 2020, ...
