Maeve Cullinan

The WHO has declared a global health emergency over a new strain of mpox rapidly spreading in Africa. Here’s what you need to know

Another case of the new, mutant strain of mpox has been detected in London, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has announced.

A Canadian teenager hospitalised with suspected H5N1 bird flu is now in critical condition, health authorities said on Tuesday.

The patient, the country’s first presumed human case of H5N1, was previously healthy and had no underlying conditions

The country’s first presumed human case of H5N1 had no underlying conditions.

More than 35,000 people die of antibiotic-resistant infections in Europe every year, and cases have risen across the region since 2019

The European Union has launched a major push to tackle antimicrobial resistance as it struggles to meet its targets, the region's health watchdog announced today.

Bed nets and insecticides have long been used in the battle against malaria but now mosquito-repellent flip-flops are being put through their paces.

Visiting a Britain-backed lab in rural Tanzania felt like stepping into the basement of MI6

The risk of H5N1 combining with other influenza viruses is predicted to soar by five-fold this winter