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Into the unknown: Crack WHO team journeys deep into the Congo to identify mystery killer
Their urgent mission is to find out what is killing swathes of people in one of the most remote parts of the world
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Experts scrambled as mystery outbreak kills 79 in remote part of the Congo
Specialists rule out coronavirus but say that the disease affects the respiratory system, with symptoms particularly acute in young people
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Measles ‘patient zero’ came from London – but it was Birmingham that took the hit
A family of four who visited the West Midlands unwittingly triggered one of the most severe measles outbreaks in Britain for almost a decade
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Imported malaria cases soar in UK as travellers warned to take care abroad
More than 2,000 people brought malaria into Britain in 2023
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‘I couldn’t hug or touch my mother’ – EU launches major push to tackle antimicrobial resistance
More than 35,000 people die of antibiotic-resistant infections in Europe every year, and cases have risen across the region since 2019
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H5N1-infected teenager now in ‘critical condition’ say Canadian doctors
The patient, the country’s first presumed human case of H5N1, was previously healthy and had no underlying conditions
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New case of dangerous mpox strain brings UK total to four
All four people infected with the new clade 1b strain are from the same household and are in isolation
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Death by stigma: The HIV patients in Malawi refusing life-saving medication
It took decades to make HIV drugs readily available in Africa – but now they are being left in the street
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What is mpox? Symptoms, transmission and vaccines
The WHO has declared a global health emergency over a new strain Clade 1b spreading in Africa. Here’s what you need to know
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Two more cases of more dangerous mpox strain found in UK
The new strain, called clade 1b, is thought to cause more severe disease and spread more easily between people
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H5N1 bird flu detected in pig for the first time in the US
The mammals are described as effective ‘mixing vessels’ for influenza because they have receptors for both avian and human flu viruses
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First case of dangerous new mpox strain confirmed in the UK
The patient, who had recently returned from Africa, has been transferred to a high-level isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London
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Six possible human infections as H5N1 breaks into Californian dairy heartlands
Health authorities confirm a fourth bird flu case – a farm worker exposed to sick cattle – and say two more are presumed to be infected
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H5N1 could combine with seasonal flu to create a more dangerous virus strain
Major disease-tracking platform predicts the risk of a mutant variant will increase five-fold this winter
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Marburg vaccines rushed to Rwanda to protect healthcare workers battling outbreak
The haemorrhagic fever has now killed 11 people in Rwanda, with at least 25 more patients still fighting for their lives in isolation units
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Major mpox vaccination drive set to begin as virus spreads in DRC capital
While experts stress this is not a ‘silver bullet’ to end the outbreak, the vaccination campaign cannot come soon enough
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