Countries have been warned to remain vigilant. With the Nipah virus being the latest virus to hit headlines around the globe, and the UK health agency issuing a travel warning, here’s everything we know about the current situation. Health authorities have been put on alert after two cases of the deadly Nipah virus were confirmed […]

1 month ago

Here’s how it can spread and the first signs you have it The “mystery throat virus” can spread through the respiratory tract, shed through stool, and live a while on contaminated surfaces. Adenovirus has been described in this way because of its sudden spread globally as well as its difficulty to identify due to its […]

2 months ago

There is no treatment for it Many of the people you will talk to, chances are high that they will complain of the same thing: they will be feeling sick or are suffering from a virus that comes with a sore throat. This infection also will cause you to have very little to no energy […]

3 months ago

After being told his sore throat was due to a virus, he passed away just hours later. An eleven-year-old boy from Braintree, Essex, died mere hours after being told that “just a virus” was the source of his sore throat. Frankie-Rae Law, 11, was sent by his mother to the local GP where he was […]

4 months ago

Holidaymakers have been warned Holidaymakers have been warned of mosquito bites by health authorities following a rise in chikungunya travel-associated cases in England. Cases have tripled in comparison to the same period last year in England. Between January and June this year cases are up to 73 from 27 during the same period in 2024. […]

7 months ago

Statistically it kills two out of three people An 18-year-old Indian girl has tragically passed away from the ‘brain-swelling’ Nipah virus. Nipah, which has a 2 in 3 mortality rate amongst those who get infected, is carried by fruit bats and passed along to humans via droppings and saliva. It is of the same viral […]

9 months ago