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Scientists are warning that a microbe named Naegleria fowleri amoeba, responsible for a deadly brain infection known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), is spreading

People often think of wastewater as serving no purpose. But it can be a valuable source of information. Wastewater is increasingly recognised as a significant environmental reservoir for antimicrobial resistance – a growing global public health threat.

Should your doctor still wear a mask? Not all medical experts agree

Exclusive: Study sparks calls for academic journals to consider penalties for inadequate declarations

A silent, diligent army of epidemiologists, embedded in the public health division of the health department, works daily to collect information about diseases that helps to develop programmes and drive policy decisions.

Title 42 was implemented as a public health measure during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the health emergency ending, the rule has now expired. This means that those coming to the borders seeking asylum may no longer be turned away. What the federal government did and what it should have done…

Nisreen Alwan, professor of public health at the University of Southampton and Daniel Ayoubkhani, principal statistician at the Office for National Statistics and the University of Leicester explain how the latest statistics on the Covid pandemic and jobs suggest long Covid could be causing high levels of economic inactivity.

The conflict in Sudan suddenly drew new levels of alarm when hostile forces in the capital city of Khartoum seized a biological research lab containing lethal viruses such as cholera, measles and polio.

Some patients get tired of the waiting times in the public system and go private.