Mosquito traps in north London test positive for West Nile Virus

Mosquito traps in north London test positive for West Nile Virus

Local health officials are advising residents to take precautionary steps to prevent bug bites after two traps in London were found with West Nile Virus-positive mosquitoes. On Monday, the Middlesex London Health... Read more »
Virus hits east London swan and goose population

Virus hits east London swan and goose population

Bird flu has killed “at least” seventy wild swans and geese in North East London amid the first outbreak within the M25 in forty years, says a local swan rescuer. The government... Read more »
London scientists find cancer tumours in terminally ill patients are eradicated by herpes virus

London scientists find cancer tumours in terminally ill patients are eradicated by herpes virus

A genetically-engineered herpes virus is the new hope to beat cancer after scientists found tumours in terminally ill patients were eradicated or shrunk using the groundbreaking new therapy.  An early trial at the Institute... Read more »
Traces of polio virus found in London sewage as health officials declare national incident | UK News

Traces of polio virus found in London sewage as health officials declare national incident | UK News

Traces of the polio virus have been found during a routine sewage inspection in London, leading the UK Health Security Agency to declare a national incident. Health officials are now concerned about... Read more »
Experts claim cases are rebounding ‘because invasion has pushed threat of virus out of news cycle’

Experts claim cases are rebounding ‘because invasion has pushed threat of virus out of news cycle’

Britain’s Covid outbreak may be rebounding because Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed the virus out of the headlines, scientists say. Infections have been on the rise in the UK for... Read more »
BREAKING: Ebola-like virus detected in the UK as patient receives specialist care in London

BREAKING: Ebola-like virus detected in the UK as patient receives specialist care in London

BREAKING: Ebola-like virus detected in the UK as the patient receives specialist care at the Royal Free Hospital in London. BREAKING NEWS – A woman was diagnosed with an Ebola-like virus at... Read more »
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Lassa fever: UK detects two cases of Ebola-like virus that can cause vaginal bleeding and deafness | UK News

Two people in the UK have been diagnosed with Lassa fever – an Ebola-like virus that can cause symptoms like vaginal bleeding and deafness. Those infected are members of a family that... Read more »
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COVID news latest – live: ‘Not a good signal’: Fears over Omicron subvariant; virus hits one of last uninfected places on Earth; Man fined £7,000 for breaking quarantine to smoke | UK News

Average price of detached home rises by more than £60,000 during pandemic, analysis finds The average price of a detached home has increased by more than £60,000 during the COVID-19 pandemic, according... Read more »
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Dad named ‘one of sickest Covid patients’ comes off oxygen a year after getting virus

Andrew Watts, 40, of Bexley, south London, spent a total of 300 hours in hospital and had to relearn how to walk and talk following eight months in intensive care Andrew Watts,... Read more »

Live updates: NY getting more federal help amid virus surge

ALBANY, N.Y. — Federal ambulance teams and additional National Guard members are headed for New York City, and western New York hospitals are getting more federal help as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations... Read more »