World Health Organisation

Professor Alasdair Geddes, infectious disease expert who diagnosed the last case of smallpox – obituary

Health
Sarah Carter

Professor Alasdair Geddes,  who has died aged 89, was an expert in infectious diseases who diagnosed smallpox in the last recorded person ...

Britain risks losing power to control future lockdowns to WHO

Health
Sarah Carter

Concerns have also been raised that Britain could be forced to spend five per cent of its health budget on preparing for ...

Children are ‘dying of starvation’ in Gaza, UN confirms

World
Emily Foster

Much of the aid waiting to get to the Strip is dependent on a ceasefire being negotiated between Israel and Hamas. However, ...

The 9 killer viruses that pose greatest pandemic threats – from ear-bleeding fever to camel ‘flu’

Health
Sarah Carter

WORLD leaders are convening this week to discuss concerns about the incoming pandemic. Officials are coming together in Switzerland to discuss Disease ...

One dose of antibiotics a year ‘raises risk of sepsis by 70pc’

Health
Sarah Carter

A single course of antibiotics raises the risk of developing sepsis by 70 per cent for a year after taking them, a ...

Cases of ancient disease that causes people to cough up blood hit ‘highest levels on record’, WHO warns

Health
Sarah Carter

A RECORD-breaking number of people were diagnosed with tuberculosis in 2022, health officials have said. Some 7.5million people caught the ancient disease, ...