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Three more babies die after developing whooping cough, says UKHSA

Total of eight infants have died from the disease this year, as experts urge pregnant women to get vaccinated

The Guardian - UK

People in hospital as UK-wide E. coli outbreak sees cases recorded in Scotland

AN outbreak of E. coli thought to be linked to nationally-distributed food has led to people being admitted to hospital, with 13 cases recorded so…

The National (Scotland)

Urgent E coli health warning as more than 100 cases linked to ‘nationally distributed’ food

More than 100 E coli cases in a fortnight are thought to have been spread via food distributed across the country

The Independent UK

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Measles warning issued to patients who visited Durham’s A&E

An NHS trust has warned patients who were at the hospital last Friday between 9pm and midnight

The Independent UK

Warning for travellers to check vaccination and medication requirements after rise in malaria cases

Travel-acquired malaria cases exceeded 2,000 in 2023

The Independent UK

‘Boil water’ advisory lifted for most residents in Devon, water supplier says

South West Water says around 14,500 households in Alston area could use their tap water safely amid outbreak of waterborne illness

The Independent UK

Thousands in Devon no longer have to boil drinking water, says supplier

But authorities say households in some areas need to continue safety measures amid waterborne parasitic disease

The Guardian - UK

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Residents struck by diarrhoea and vomiting bug as tap water warning issued

The number of confirmed cases of a waterborne disease caused by a microscopic parasite have more than doubled, while more than 100 further people…

The National (Scotland)

What is cryptosporidiosis, and how can people avoid getting infected?

As cases in Brixham, Devon, rise, here’s what we know about the infectious disease and the parasite that causes it

The Guardian - UK

Brixham: Water firm apologises as expert says Devon dirty water crisis 'could last two weeks'

Residents and visitors have fallen ill with sickness and diarrhoea, due to a parasite thought to be caused by cow manure

Evening Standard

How does boiling drinking water help? Water boss apologises for parasite outbreak in Devon

South West Water says it believes it has located the source where the parasite could have entered the water network

Evening Standard

London hospital 'really worried' about rising measles cases at A&E as parents urged to vaccinate children

‘The worry is the more cases we have the more likely it is that we will have a tragedy on our hands,’ a paediatric consultant said

Evening Standard

Sixteen cases of diarrhoea-type waterborne disease confirmed in Devon

UKHSA says cryptosporidium found in the waters around the town of Brixham

Evening Standard

Whooping cough will kill more babies unless UK vaccination rates rise, says expert

Government adviser says low take-up of jab among pregnant women is putting young infants at particular risk

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Whooping cough cases on the rise in the UK as 5 babies are reported dead - this may be the biggest outbreak in two decades, new data reveals

Cases of whooping cough have been on the increase since January

Evening Standard

FLiRT Covid variant: What we know about strain that is spreading in UK

Doctors have issued a warning as UKHSA data shows a rise in British cases of the virus

The Guardian - UK

MMR jab uptake among young people in England up by 23% since 2023, says NHS

Exclusive: Vaccinations rise amid national campaign, but reported measles cases have increased by 40% since March

Evening Standard

Travel warning to Brit holidaymakers as malaria cases caught abroad at highest level in over 20 years

The number of holidaymakers from the UK who caught malaria last year is at its highest level since 2001

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Evening Standard

Vaccine plea as measles cases rise significantly in London

London has the highest number of measles cases in the country, making up almost 40 per cent of all cases

The Guardian - US

Pollen is everywhere. But do I have allergies or a cold?

The ‘worst allergy season ever’ in the US. A ‘pollen bomb’ in the UK. I asked experts how to tell if a runny nose is the result of allergies or a virus

The Guardian - UK

‘I’d never been bitten by a tick before’: why the little blood-sucking pest is getting us into a panic

They’re hard to spot, they’re hungry and they’re spreading disease from the Highlands to urban parks: a special report on the increasing threat posed by ticks

Evening Standard

Vaccine plea as UK records huge rise in cases of highly contagious '100 day cough'

More cases of whooping cough recorded in January than in first ten months of 2023

The Guardian - UK

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Why is measles making a comeback in the UK?

As parents refuse vaccines for their children, the UK has seen a surge in measles cases over the past year.

The Guardian - UK

‘It is shameful’: why the return of Victorian-era diseases to the UK alarms health experts

There has been a surge in cases of scabies and measles – both highly contagious – as well as rickets and scurvy, conditions we thought had been eradicated. Are public health cuts to blame?

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