EATING common kitchen cupboard staples could lower your risk of deadly illness, experts have found. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a leading cause of death in the UK, with 64,000 people each year d… [+2871 chars]
Scientists have injected the first human patient with a new 'cancer-killing virus' that has been shown to shrink solid tumours in animals. The virus, known as Vaxinia, has been genetically engineere… [+5592 chars]
Two tourists with suspected monkeypox have been airlifted from Kefalonia in Greece using specialist isolation equipment. Just after 11pm on Saturday a Hellenic Air Force C-130 Hercules picked up two … [+4022 chars]
A dangerous and mysterious illness continues to spread among children, and so do questions over whats causing it, including possible links to Covid-19. But its too soon to tell what is behind the cas… [+6545 chars]
Latest monkeypox cases tally across the world An increasing number of countries are reporting their first cases of monkeypox while the tally has been rising in countries where the virus is already p… [+2085 chars]
Monkeypox can be spread via close contact with someone infected (Picture: AFP/Reuters) The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has told states to prepare strategies to counter the spr… [+4397 chars]
Russell Foster, the University of Oxford professor of circadian neuroscience, is at a double disadvantage when we meet on Zoom. First, hes just getting over Covid; second, hes one of natures night ow… [+528 chars]
Russell Foster, the University of Oxford professor of circadian neuroscience, is at a double disadvantage when we meet on Zoom. First, hes just getting over Covid; second, hes one of natures night ow… [+528 chars]
A mother has warned of the dangers of tanning injections after the self-administered treatment caused her to have five seizures and left her with a gaping hole in her bottom following a three-week ho… [+4562 chars]
'Too soon to tell' Covid seasonal patterns Deaths due to flu and pneumonia have fallen to historic lows during the coronavirus pandemic, the ONS said in a release. While deaths due to Covid-19 in t… [+2055 chars]
After nearly 25 years taking statins, Ive been moved off them by my doctor because a blood test showed I have abnormal levels of liver enzymes. Im 70, eat healthily and exercise daily, but I have a f… [+5251 chars]
Coronavirus or an adenovirus could be playing a role in the cases, experts say (Picture: Getty Images) Experts are still mystified by hundreds of young children around the world being hit by severe … [+5735 chars]