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Campaigners issue urgent call for mpox vaccine rollout in UK amid new dangerous variant

Campaigners call for urgent roll-out of mpox vaccine in UK and abroad amid dangerous Clade 1 variant

Evening Standard

Mpox myths debunked: Questions around the outbreak answered

Mpox, which is now considered a public health emergency, is typically mild but can be fatal

Evening Standard

UK prepares for mpox cases after global emergency declared

Risk considered low but health plans include rapid testing and care protocols for people with infection

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UK mpox outbreak of 2022: Where cases started and how infection spread to 3,000 people

Transmission of mpox – monkeypox – in the UK was linked to sexual activity and hit more than 3,000 by December 2022

The Independent UK

London's gonorrhoea rate doubles in decade amid warning of antibiotic resistant cases

Analysis shows diagnostic rate of STI has jumped 133% in ten-year period

Evening Standard

Gonorrhoea getting more drug-resistant and ‘may become untreatable’

Rise in super-strength cases in England reaches highest level since records began, UKHSA says

The Guardian - UK

Doctor Warns Of 'Sloth Fever' As 19 Europeans Fall Sick: Symptoms, Risks, And What To Do If Infected

A warning has been issued to the European Union after an increase in the number of cases of the oropouche virus, also known as "sloth fever."

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Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea cases are on the rise, officials warn

Rates of Syphilis increased by almost 10 per cent in 2023 compared to 2022

The Independent UK

Sloth Fever in Europe – Should Scots be concerned?

SLOTH Fever or 'the Oropouche Virus' is a debilitating illness with nineteen confirmed cases in Europe ...

The National (Scotland)

Sloth fever is in Europe – what is it and how worried should we be?

Symptoms include a rash, headache and muscle and joint pain

The Independent UK

What is mpox? Two new cases of deadly Clade 1b variant detected in UK

The UK Health Security Agency has confirmed the latest cases and revealed the risk to the public

Evening Standard

London weather: Temperatures cool after hottest day but warm sunshine to last into next week

The temperature reached 34.8C in Cambridge on Monday

Evening Standard

Whooping cough in the UK: What you need to know as outbreak kills 10 babies

More than 2,700 whooping cough cases have been reported across England so far in 2024

The Independent UK

Baby dies from whooping cough, the tenth in England in the last seven months

More than 10,000 cases of whooping cough have been recorded since January

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Evening Standard

London weather: Thunderstorms to hit capital tomorrow and may cause flooding and power cuts

A yellow thunderstorm warning has been issued covering London on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Should we be taking precautions against the FLiRT Covid-19 variant?

Infections have risen this summer in the UK, according to health officials

The Guardian - UK

UK weather: health officials issue heatwave warnings for England

Temperatures forecast to rise above 30C in south-east, with ‘significant impacts’ on health and social care

Evening Standard

Giardiasis: everything we know about stomach bug found at UK school

Health experts say the condition affects more than 300 million people a year, so should you be worried?

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The Independent UK

Giardiasis: The infection outbreak found at Millstead Primary School explained

Giardiasis is an infection of the digestive system caused by tiny parasites known as Giardia lamblia

Evening Standard

Two children at same primary school die, as UKHSA says contagious stomach bug 'unlikely' the cause

The school had had a number of cases of Giardia infection, but this is not thought to have caused the deaths

The Guardian - UK

Two children from same Liverpool primary school die

Headteacher of Millstead primary says school ‘devastated’ by deaths of pupils, aged five and six

The Independent UK

Children, 5 and 6, from same Merseyside primary school die

The pair were pupils at Millstead Primary School in Merseyside which closed last month over the Giardia outbreak

Evening Standard

Man who caught E.coli after eating Boots chicken wrap says he 'feared he would die'

The disease can cause severe stomach cramps and diarrhoea

The Independent UK

Summer Covid wave hits UK as expert warns of Euro 2024 fuelling rise in infections

Covid waves continue to be driven by new variants and waning immunity, expert Professor Mark Woolhouse says

The Guardian - UK

Summer wave of Covid in England: how worried should I be?

With evidence that infections are on the rise, we look at the so-called FLiRT variants, and assess the risks

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