Tag Archive for: BBC News – Health

Failures led to girl’s Costa drink death – coroner
The girl's mother accuses the food industry of treating allergy training as a "tick box exercise".
Travellers advised to consider mpox vaccine
There is concern about a new strain of the disease that has been spreading in parts of Africa.
Infected blood: I was told I couldn’t have children
Richard Warwick says the government's compensation plan "should have been done two decades earlier".
First case of more dangerous mpox found outside Africa
Sweden's public health agency records what it says is the first case of a contagious new type of mpox outside the African continent.
Mpox risk low but UK medics on alert
The UK Health Security Agency says it will ensure medics know how to spot and test for the virus.
Mpox risk low but UK medics on alert
The UK Health Security Agency says it will ensure medics know how to spot and test for the virus.
Warning over antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea cases
The UK Health Security Agency says a rise in gonorrhoea cases in England is "concerning".
WHO declares mpox global health emergency
Scientists are alarmed at the high fatality rate and rapid spread of a new variant of the virus.
Key questions that remain about Nottingham killer’s care
Valdo Calocane often stopped taking his medication and was becoming increasingly violent, assessments before the attack show - yet his care did not change.
WHO declares mpox global health emergency
Scientists are alarmed at the high fatality rate and rapid spread of a new variant of the virus.