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Doctors say people visiting certain regions should use insect repellent, cover their skin and sleep under bed nets.
The UKHSA has warned of record chikungunya cases in Brits returning from abroad. Find out where outbreaks are, how to protect ...
UKHSA confirms first UK cases of Oropouche virus in travellers from Brazil. With flu-like symptoms, experts warn ...
The first cases of oropouche virus, all of which were linked to travel to Brazil, have also been reported in the UK.
Holiday makers have been urged to take precautions against mosquito bites while abroad amid a rise in cases of the ...
CASES of a killer virus that can make the body “fold in on itself” have increased in the UK, health chiefs have warned. There were 73 cases of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne disease that ...
The UKHSA has issued amber heat alerts for much of England as the country faces its fourth summer heatwave, with temperatures ...
An amber heat health warning has been put in place as temperatures are set to exceed 30C in certain parts of the country this week.
This has now been extended from 6pm on Wednesday to 6pm on Monday, August 18, across the East Midlands. Although the impact ...
A new strain of Covid, with a unique symptom, is circulating in the UK, accounting for a high proportion of cases in England. The new strain, called Stratus, has two variants, XFG and XFG.3, with ...
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued a warning over urinary tract infections (UTIs) and how they could ...
Christina Petridou, Consultant Microbiologist at UKHSA, said: “It’s really important that people continue to be tick aware ...