News

UKHSA warns: How antidepressants and other drugs can raise your risk in hot weather
UK Health Agency warns that certain medications increase heat risks. These drugs affect body's cooling mechanisms. Medicines ...
NHS alert as 'two-day' illness surges in England - symptoms to spot
The NHS cautions that symptoms of norovirus can emerge "suddenly" and typically include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea.
Map shows MMR vaccination rates where you live after child dies with measles
Liverpool is one of 22 places in the country where MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccination rates have dropped below 75% ...
The worrying picture in Manchester as fears grow following child's measles death
Manchester is one of 22 places in the country where MMR vaccination rates have dropped below 75 per cent, as fears grow over ...
Doctors issue urgent warning after world's most infectious disease kills child in Liverpool - more deaths 'a tragic inevitablity'
The child, who died in Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, had been treated in intensive care. It is understood they ...
Measles vaccine rates in Cambs as child dies of preventable disease
There have been a total of 529 laboratory confirmed measles cases reported in England since the start of January 2025, ...
Symptoms of 'two-day' illness to spot as NHS warns of surge in England
The NHS cautions that symptoms of norovirus can emerge "suddenly" and typically include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea.
NHS 'important' alert as people warned over ‘two-day symptoms’
The NHS warns that symptoms of norovirus typically appear "suddenly" and may include nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. Other ...
Somerset County Gazette13h
Cold front cools South West England after heatwave
A Met Office forecast, issued on behalf of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), confirms that the recent scorching spell across England is ...
Measles death shows nation must ‘redouble’ vaccine efforts, Streeting says
The death of a child from measles in Liverpool shows that the nation needs to “redouble its efforts” to vaccinate more ...
Hosepipe ban mapped: Which areas are affected – and the places that could face restrictions
More than 10 per cent of England’s population is under a hosepipe ban with millions more battling drought conditions ...
Science Media Centre12h
expert reaction to media reports that a child has died after contracting measles
Scientists comment on reports that a child has died in a Liverpool hospital after contracting measles. Prof Sir Andrew Pollard FRCPCH FMedSci FRS, Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, and Ashall ...