Some schools have had to temporarily close due to a surge in flu cases this winter as the new H3N2 strain spreads.

Pharmacists insist you can still get flu vaccines but you may need to shop around after reports of some chemists running out ...

A year-end look at the new disease variants that emerged in 2025, from evolving COVID strains and flu subclades to mpox and ...

Scientists at Northwestern University have developed the fastest test yet for diagnosing hepatitis C virus (HCV). The highly ...

This guidance should be used alongside the following resources: Measles is highly infectious and has multiple differential ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting says 'today marks a turning point for prostate cancer care in this country' A NEW prostate cancer trial is being rolled out on the NHS, aiming to find the best screening ...

The NHS will not be inviting all men over a certain age to be checked for prostate cancer like it does for some other cancers. The UK National Screening Committee has recommended that the prostate ...

THE NHS “needs to do much better” at diagnosing and treating prostate cancer, Wes Streeting said today. The Health Secretary urged improvement as advisers prepare to decide this week on whether to ...

Infectious disease specialist, Natalia Laufer, is very conscious that tropical diseases transmitted by mosquitos, such as dengue, zika and chikungunya, are spreading globally. In early 2024, much of ...

"Imagine taking 300 tablets a month that you don't even need," said Brett Durant A patient says he has "lost total faith" in the NHS after taking prescribed medication he did not need for a year – and ...