Health authorities race to investigate first human death linked to Shamonda virus

The neurological disease spread by midges has been found in livestock across Europe

Ebola case confirmed in Nigeria as outbreak spreads through Africa

Epidemic becomes the most geographically widespread in history

Fried chicken and sugary drinks: Tanzania battles a growing obesity problem

Waistlines have ballooned as sedentary lifestyles, urbanisation and western diets have taken over East Africa

US warns over travel in Kenya as Ebola cases mount

Washington raises threat level as Nairobi records eighth case of highly infectious virus

US records first human case of H5N1 this year

Patient is isolating at home after being infected by cattle

Europe records highest ever number of West Nile Virus cases

Climate change is responsible for pushing the disease further northwards, researchers says

Asia’s vaccine self-sufficiency drive gets $650m boost

The ‘innovative’ new model could be exported to Africa and Latin America, in a bit to reduce reliance on imported shots

Second Ebola case confirmed in Kenya

The patient is related to a man who died in Nairobi last week – thought to be the country’s first-ever case

Progress against HIV stalls in South Africa, research shows

Number of new infections in one of the country’s most populous provinces stops falling after years of steep decline

AI cuts diagnosis for eye disease from 23 days to just 30 seconds

Study suggests artificial intelligence could improve access to specialist care and help prevent irreversible sight loss

How the word plague strikes fear and panic – from 1920s LA to modern-day Siberia

When the pathogen struck the City of Angels in 1924 authorities were quick to shut rumours down, much like the Russian response today

What is the XFG Covid strain? Symptoms and what to know as the variant hits the UK

Sometimes referred to as ‘Stratus’ or the ‘American strain’, the variant first identified in January 2025 has since spread worldwide

Kenyan authorities scramble to find passengers on Ebola flight

The man, who contracted the virus in Democratic Republic of Congo, boarded a flight to Nairobi before dying in hospital

What is pneumonic plague? Symptoms and how it spreads

The death of a researcher following a laboratory accident in Russia has sparked concern. But how of much of a threat does it pose?

Weight loss jabs are safe for obese teenagers, WHO announces

The move forms part of the first set of global guidelines for the treatment of obese children and adolescents

Kenya confirms first ever case of Ebola after man dies in Nairobi

The Kenyan citizen, recently returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo, had been ill for weeks before travelling

How worried should we be about the Russian plague outbreak?

As the WHO demands answers from Russia, fears of a new pandemic are unfounded

Chewing tobacco killed 250,000 people in one year, study shows

Often viewed as safer than smoking, the products are a major cause of stroke, as well as head and neck cancer

Why the UK medicine supply chain is dangerously exposed to global shocks

The country is more reliant than ever on other countries for drugs taken by the vast majority of the population

How vaccines and antibiotics can beat some cancers

Study reveals at least 2.3 million new cancer cases in 2024 were caused by common infections, almost all of which could have been prevented

‘Pooled’ TB testing could save money and improve diagnosis, study finds

Countries urged to adopt WHO backed strategy of testing samples from several patients at once

Elephants forage for and mix their own medicines

A new study suggests elephants prepare their own treatments from plants known to have medicinal properties

Britain sends team to South Sudan as country braces for Ebola

Experts deployed to the capital are on hand to assist with testing, infection control and awareness, in anticipation of imported cases

Male contraceptives could hit pharmacies in ‘three to five years’, says WHO

The UN agency unveiled guidelines for new products, as trials ramp up and stigma shifts

Africa faces new threat as chronic disease rate leaps

Between 1990 and 2023 the burden of non-communicable disease almost doubled, putting strain on health systems

Zika mosquitoes still breeding in London

Exclusive: Specialist teams are deployed to destroy larvae and trap the tropical insects, which are exploiting Britain’s mild temperatures

France releases infertile Asian tiger mosquitoes to fight dengue threat

It is hoped the factory-bred mosquitoes will be a long-term solution to the rapid spread of the disease-carrying insects

GPs summoned in Frankfurt as third malaria death reported

Exclusive: The latest death was reported miles from the airport where the outbreak began

Global fund utilises AI to tackle malaria, TB, and HIV amid aid cuts

The organisation, which fights malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV in poor countries, said it had to quickly “adapt” amid a funding shortfall

Fiji declares national crisis as HIV epidemic escalates

It is hoped the move will galvanise action in the archipelago at the centre of the world’s fastest-growing HIV crisis

Next-generation antivenom fights India’s deadliest snakes

India, the ‘snakebite capital of the world’, has an antivenom problem. A trial in mice points to a potential solution

AI could transform global inequalities or ‘widen the gap’, warns Bill Gates

Announcing a $1bn investment, Gates says AIs will have to learn hundreds of new languages and customs if they are to serve the world equally

Asia on high alert as El Niño threatens new Dengue epidemic

Higher temperatures mean more mosquitoes, and with them will come a new surge in “break-bone” fever, say experts

West Nile virus hits Europe as temperatures climb

Mosquito-borne disease becomes entrenched across the continent following a record hot summer

Mosquitoes are evolving to evade bed nets – but there may be a solution

Indonesian Papua remains one of Asia’s most persistent malaria hotspots, but a new intervention is giving health experts hope

Bird flu threatens French foie gras amid new duck cull

More than 7,600 ducks culled in Western France after an outbreak of H5N1 hits foie gras farm. It follows a cull of 35m French ducks in 2023

The world has a new weapon to fight mpox

The first ever strategic stockpile of mpox vaccines is a decisive step towards keeping the threat in check

Congo’s Ebola outbreak slows at epicentre but widens elsewhere, modelling suggests

The epidemic remains on track to eclipse 2014’s West Africa outbreak to become the largest ever recorded

Zika virus mosquitoes breed in Britain for first time

Aedes aegypti colony with larvae found in London in sign warming climate is bringing disease-carriers

H5N1 hits US mink farms, sparking calls for an urgent cull

Mink in captivity have previously been described as pandemic ‘time bombs’

Collapsing child vaccination in South Africa ‘a public health emergency’

Proportion of infants who have received no immunisation has trebled in the past decade

Ebola response shifts to Congo’s river network

Experts fear the waterway – a lifeline for passengers, timber, produce and goods – could become a conduit for the virus

Great British fry-up implicated in Salmonella outbreak

Food Standards Agency suggests traditional fried eggs with a runny yolk are best avoided while the outbreak is ongoing

German airport worker dies of malaria after mosquito imported on plane

Six employees in total were infected – five survivors are receiving medical care

Livestock bacterial disease spreading among humans in Europe

The skin infection has been circulating among gay men, in what appears to be the first evidence of human-to-human transmission

Ten years after Brazil’s Zika epidemic, its children are still paying the price

A decade on from the outbreak, a second wave of complications is emerging in the ‘Zika babies’ born with severe defects

Ten years after Brazil’s Zika epidemic, its children are still paying the price

A decade on from the outbreak, a second wave of complications is emerging in the ‘Zika babies’ born with severe defects

Swine flu outbreak in Delhi swamps clinics and hospitals

Indian health authorities step up surveillance and hospital preparedness as cases of H1N1 surge

Officials selling yellow fever certificates to unvaccinated travellers

Undercover investigation finds passengers are being sold official documents and allowed to board flights to risk zones without needing jabs

Congo gambles on ‘old’ vaccine as new Ebola virus spirals

The outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo species of Ebola could become the biggest in history