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Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus and occurs primarily in Africa. Both animals and humans can be...

Multiple countries are reporting outbreaks of acute hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver, in children. The cause has not yet been...

With the war in Ukraine now in its seventh week at the time of writing it is clear that there will be ongoing and severe impacts on...

The ongoing war in Ukraine has highlighted once again the potential threat posed by Biological Weapons (BW). The World Health...

The first antibiotic The discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1928 revolutionised the treatment of bacterial infections....

It is now two years since reports first started emerging from Wuhan in China about a new virus causing a severe respiratory illness. The...

It is now just over two weeks since I wrote the piece “Omicron – How worried should we be?” and, whilst we now know more about this...

Do these headlines sound familiar? “'Mutant' Covid strain in London” (1) "AstraZeneca vaccine doesn't stop South African strain" (2) "New...

In 1994 I spent six months working at a practice in the Yorkshire Moors as a trainee GP. Every Friday afternoon I helped the practice...

Background Information Malaria is a serious infection spread by mosquitos that damages red blood cells and the liver. It is widespread in...

I qualified as a doctor in 1990 from Leicester University. With a background in General Practice and Palliative Medicine I realised how...