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Europeans live longer, but not in the best of health - new report

Europeans are now more likely to live into their 80s, but they may not be in the best of health.

23/11/2016

Next Series

Avatars help schizophrenia patients silence tormenting voices

People with schizophrenia are volunteering for a European research project to help the control and perhaps even silence the tormenting voices in their heads by confronting a computer avatar of…

31/10/2016

Next Series

Takeaway: me & my avatar

Can this avatar fight schizophrenia?

31/10/2016

Haiti

WHO to send a million doses of cholera vaccine to Haiti

The death toll is mounting amid fears about security and cholera while thousands are rescued from widespread flooding in the southern United States.

11/10/2016

Haiti

Haiti suffers upsurge in cholera in wake of Hurricane Matthew

Haiti sees an upsurge in cases of cholera in the wake of Hurricane Matthew as people struggle to find clean water.

10/10/2016

World News

Baby with three genetic parents is born

Fertility doctors using a brand new technique to eliminate inherited disease have helped a woman deliver a baby with three genetic parents.

28/09/2016

Malaysia

Zika spreads in Malaysia

Malaysia confirms first pregnant woman has contracted Zika.

07/09/2016

Singapore

Dozens more Zika cases identified in Singapore

Singapore is the only Asian country with active transmission of the mosquito-born virus, which generally causes mild symptoms but can lead to serious birth defects in unborn children.

02/09/2016

World News

Zika virus spreads to Miami Beach

US health officials in Florida now say that mosquitos bearing the deadly Zika virus have spread to Miami Beach beyond their initial identified “transmission area” of…

21/08/2016

Brazil

Does the Zika virus really threaten the Olympic Games?

Fears that athletes will contract the Zika virus at Brazil’s Olympic Games won’t go away.

05/08/2016

Spain

Spain says Europe's first Zika microcephaly birth confirmed in Catalonia

Europe’s first Zika microcephaly birth has been confirmed in Spain.

25/07/2016

My Europe Series

Animals, Abattoirs and Antibiotic resistance

Europeans do like their steak… but the most consumed meat in Europe is by far pork. Find out why the process behind your bacon is one of the driving forces behind a global health threat.

22/07/2016

My Europe Series

Antibiotic Resistance: a bigger threat than cancer by 2050

A British study shows that by 2050, antibiotic resistance could become even more deadly than cancer.

22/07/2016

Sci-Tech

Hi-tech glasses help autistic children recognise emotions

Researchers at Stanford University in the US are using special glasses to help autistic children recognise and classify emotions.

19/07/2016

Health Series

Video links cut Parkinson's waiting times in Sweden

Doctors fighting Parkinson's Disease in Sweden have discovered it's good to talk as improved digital communications slash waiting times for treatment from six months to just one week.

15/06/2016

Business

A sustainable healthcare system

How to make the healthcare system sustainable?

10/06/2016

World News

WHO advises two months of safe sex for Zika prevention

The World Health Organisation is advising anyone who has traveled to any country with a current outbreak of the Zika virus to wait a full eight weeks to have unprotected sex or attempt to conceive a b

01/06/2016

World News

WHO confirms first case in Africa of Brazilian-strain of Zika

The Brazilian strain of the Zika virus has been found for the first time in Africa.

20/05/2016

Brazil

Brazil will be ready for Olympic Games despite Zika, says minister

The World Health Organization (WHO) chief says the agency is increasingly concerned about the mosquito-borne virus Zika . Margaret Chan noted that

17/05/2016

Canada

Canada wildfires: 90% of Fort McMurray intact

Despite the extensive damage caused by a week of wildfires, officials in Canada say most of Fort McMurray, the town at the heart of the blaze, still

10/05/2016