United Kingdom

Historic tax levels needed to fund UK health system

UK households could pay up to £2,000 more per household per year in tax

24 May 2018

News

Malawi cholera cases pass 500, eight people dead

Ministry of Health spokesman Joshua Malango said the number of cases had increased to 527 from 157 recorded in January, and that deaths had doubled from four to eight.

19 February 2018

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New Delhi still shrouded by smog

A thick cloud of smog has been hanging over India's capital for two weeks

13 November 2017

Yemen

Yemen's unfathomable famine

More than 2 million children in the war-torn country are malnourished, and almost 400,000 of them are so skeletal they require treatment to stay alive.

10 November 2017

USA

US opioid crisis: 'national shame', but not yet national emergency

US President Trump labels the opioid crisis a 'national shame' but stops short of declaring a national emergency.

27 October 2017

Belgium

Belgians crack on with giant omelette despite toxic egg scandal

15 August 2017

Belgium

Contaminated eggs in 17 countries

Fifteen European countries plus Switzerland and Hong Kong have reportedly received products containing contaminated eggs

11 August 2017

Denmark

Denmark next to find contaminated eggs in food

Denmark is the latest European country to discover eggs contaminated with insecticide in its food chain

11 August 2017

World News

Aldi halts sale of eggs in all German stores

The move is a precaution as a health scare over possible insecticide contamination spreads

4 August 2017

World News

Sharp decline in sperm count for Western men a 'major health crisis'

Doctors describe a sharp decline in sperm count for Western men a 'major health crisis'

27 July 2017

World News

Euroviews. View: Being bold in the battle against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

The car manufacturer Volvo made the bold move of stopping production of fossil-fuel vehicles by 2019. Why we need more grit like that in the existential fight against microbial resistance.

12 July 2017

World News

Deadly dengue epidemic declared in region of Peru

The World Health Organisation has declared a dengue epidemic in Peru's northwestern region of Piura after the local death toll reached 19.

16 May 2017

United Kingdom

Musician Elton John recovers from potentially deadly infection

British musician Elton John is resting at home after going down with a potentially deadly bacterial infection.

25 April 2017

Yemen

UN launches Yemen aid appeal in bid to avert famine

The United Nations has appealed for nearly 2 billion euros to provide life-saving assistance to avert famine in war-ravaged Yemen.

8 February 2017

World News

Struggling to care: hospitals in crisis across Europe

Cold weather, a flu epidemic and overcrowding are among the causes that have plunged hospitals in several European countries into a care crisis.

12 January 2017

China

Smothering in smog

The global threat of air pollution from Shanghai to Madrid

5 January 2017

Haiti

Big cholera vaccination campaign underway in Haiti

The country has been struggling with cholera since it was first brought in accidently in 2010 by UN peacekeepers

10 November 2016

Pakistan

Polio in decline in Pakistan

Polio is at last beginning to subside in Pakistan, however, with the Taliban holding a vendetta against those daring to vaccinate against the highly contagious disease, how much can one man do to cont

24 October 2016

World News

Which is the most obese country in the EU?

Eurostat has today published figures on the level of obesity in the European Union.

20 October 2016

World News

In Venezuela a small scratch can be fatal

Because of a disastrous economic crisis, in the 'oil rich' country, Venezuelan hospitals cannot cope and many are dying.

4 October 2016