May 29, 2025
Two Petri dishes containing Candidozyma auris (C. auris) Fungi are all around us, but some species pose significant threats to human health. They can spread silently, thrive in hospitals, resist multiple treatments, and survive on surfaces for weeks....
May 23, 2025
More than 1 in 10 eligible children under the age of 5 in England haven’t had the Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine or are only partially vaccinated. This leaves these children unprotected and increases the risk of measles outbreaks occurring in...
May 21, 2025
Aedes vexans mosquito © Anders Lindstrom Vector-borne diseases – illnesses transmitted to humans by organisms such as mosquitoes and ticks – account for more than 17% of all infectious diseases globally, causing over 700,000 deaths annually. They...
May 2, 2025
The skyline of Middlesbrough town centre, with industrial cooling towers in the background Health inequalities are avoidable differences in health across our populations. You can suffer health inequalities because of where you were born or live, your ethnicity, or...
