A swine flu jab which was given to hundreds of thousands of children carried an increased risk of developing the sleep disorder narcolepsy, research s...
A second relative of a UK patient who recently contracted a potentially fatal Sars-like virus has become infected with the disease, taking the total t...
The relative of a UK patient who recently contracted a Sars-like virus has also become infected with the potentially fatal disease. On Monday, the...
More than 750,000 people could be affected by an outbreak of norovirus in the UK, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has claimed. Among those affec...
Three babies died of whooping cough in October amid the biggest outbreak in 20 years, health officials said today. The total number of babies under...
A drug user has died after being infected with anthrax, health experts said. The Health Protection Agency said that a person who injected drugs die...
Almost one in 10 women who give birth via caesarean section suffer an infection, statistics show. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) found that of ...
A grandmother diagnosed with rabies is being held in an isolation room in a London hospital, in the first case of the disease England has seen for nea...
A vaccine that provides immunity for the ‘winter vomiting bug' norovirus could be available within five years, claim American scientists. A group...
Health experts are calling on people to have their boilers, heaters and cookers checked in the hope of avoiding 50 deaths a year from carbon monoxide ...
GPs prescribe antibiotics to 97% of patients on request - despite increasing resistance to the drugs, new research suggests. According to the study...
Despite radiation concerns raised over ‘naked’ airport body scanners that screened millions of passengers at Heathrow, Manchester airport have con...
Two people from Scotland suffering from botulism poisoning are improving in hospital, health chiefs have said. They were admitted to hospital on...
The Food Standards Agency has advised the public not to consume jars of a Loyd Grossman sauce which may pose a risk of botulism poisoning. The agen...
People with weak immune systems or underlying medical conditions are at increased risk of infection from controversial fish pedicures, experts have wa...
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has launched an investigation into a cluster of cases of Legionnaires' disease in people who have been to Corfu. ...
