Health news Will the world's blood supply be the next casualty of climate change? Donors would be impacted by blood-borne diseases and extreme weather, while demand for blood could surge, a new study has found. 19/04/2025
Europe News Truck checks at Czech-Slovak border continue due to foot-and-mouth Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a highly contagious viral disease of livestock, mainly affects cattle but can also infect swine, sheep and goats.The virus is preserved in saliva, urine, faeces and milk. 11/04/2025
Europe News Gridlock at Slovakia border crossings over foot-and-mouth disease A fresh outbreak of the disease was also detected in Hungary, some 15 kilometres from the Slovak border near Bratislava. 08/04/2025
Europe News Pope Francis resting after early stage kidney insufficiency detected Doctors say Pope Francis is still in critical condition on the 10th day of his hospitalisation for a complex lung infection. 24/02/2025
Health news The 'Celtic curse,' the blood condition affecting the Irish diaspora Awareness about haemochromatosis - a genetic condition that also affects people from Scotland, Wales, England, and Brittany - is still relatively low. 25/11/2024
Health news UK patients start promising lupus treatment in new trial European patients had previously seen an improvement in their lupus symptoms after the therapy was tested in an earlier trial. 11/11/2024
Health news McDonald's E. coli outbreak source identified in US amid rise in cases The likely source of the E. coli outbreak was identified as the number of cases jumped to 90. 31/10/2024
Health news What is Marburg virus, the deadly disease breaking out in Rwanda? The Ebola-related Marburg virus kills around half of those infected but has been fatal in up to 90 per cent of cases. 30/09/2024
wellbeing Intense weekend exercise may have similar benefits to regular workouts Both regular exercise and intense weekend exercise were found to lower the risk of more than 200 diseases, including hypertension and diabetes. 26/09/2024
Travel News Oropouche virus: What travellers need to know about how it spreads 19 cases have been reported in Europe so far and the travellers had all been to the same two countries. 28/08/2024
Nature Population growth will push humans into wildlife habitats, study says Predicting where this overlap will cause problems is part of the solution to avoiding conflict. 22/08/2024
Health news What we know about the deadly 'sloth virus' detected in Europe The virus was recently detected in Europe for the first time, with 19 cases reported across Spain, Italy, and Germany. 19/08/2024
Health news First cases of raccoon intestinal worms found in Belgium The parasitic disease - which can be transmitted to humans - has already been identified in France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. 30/07/2024
Health news Celebrities are using MRIs to predict illness. Should the rest of us? Unlike most scans, magnetic resonance imaging uses magnetic fields to produce detailed images of structures inside the body rather than radiation. 16/07/2024
Climate European disease experts issue warning about climate-driven mosquitoes Dengue cases almost doubled in the EU last year, as climate change creates more favourable conditions for vectors. 13/06/2024
Health news Sleep supplement melatonin may be linked to lower risk of vision loss Melatonin - an over-the-counter supplement to help people sleep - may decrease the risks of age-related eyesight loss, a US study showed. 07/06/2024