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Nurseries in Wales have been advised by Public Health Wales to be vigilant of the signs and sympoms of scarlet fever and strep throat

Health authorities in NSW say there has been an increase in the number of infections reported in the past few weeks, compared with the same period over the past five years.

A third person has died from meningococcal disease in NSW this year and health authorities are urging people to be alert for symptoms of the infection.

Doddie Weir who recently lost his much-publicised battle with motor neurone disease was part of the Newcastle Falcons team which won the Rugby Union Premiership title in 1998

When to see your GP, when to call 999, and the age group that is most vulnerable to get the illnesses which come from Strep A - the Manchester Evening News asked a local GP all about the disease

Almost three years into the pandemic, we’re still regularly seeing hundreds of thousands of new COVID cases recorded each day worldwide. In a new study, involving a combination of miniature organ models, donor organs, animals and humans, we’ve shown that a drug used to treat liver disease could be repurposed…

A pancreatic Cancer UK specialist nurse outlines easy-to-ignore signs of the disease

The bacterial disease has been linked to the deaths of seven children in the UK

A study looked at the link between how frequently people added salt to their meals and the incidence of heart disease.