by owner | Mar 24, 2025 | News, U.K.
The recent detection of bird flu (H5N1) in a sheep in Yorkshire, England, has sparked significant concern among health and agricultural agencies worldwide. This marks the first known case of avian influenza infecting a sheep, highlighting the virus’s alarming...
by owner | May 2, 2023 | China, News
Fang Bin, who documented the initial Covid outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has been freed from jail after three years, sources told the BBC. Mr Fang is one of several so-called citizen journalists who disappeared after sharing videos of scenes in Wuhan, the...
by owner | Apr 24, 2023 | Medical, News, U.K.
Five people who had the Arcturus strain of Covid have died, according to the latest data from public health chiefs. As of 17 April there were 105 cases of XBB.1.16 – also known as Arcturus – in England, with infections located in all regions apart from the North East....
by owner | Oct 30, 2022 | China, News
Workers have broken out of Apple’s largest iPhone assembly factory in China after a Covid outbreak forced staff to lockdown at the workplace. Video shared online showed about 10 people jumping a fence outside the plant, owned by manufacturer Foxconn, in the...
by owner | Oct 21, 2022 | Africa, Medical, News
Johannesburg, South Africa — Two weeks ago, a 24-year-old man in Uganda felt ill. He went to a private clinic several times between September 11 and 13 with a high fever, convulsions, blood in his vomit, pain and swelling everywhere, and bleeding in his eyes. He...
by owner | Aug 10, 2022 | London, Medical, Medicine
Children living in London will be offered an extra dose of the polio vaccine following the discovery of poliovirus in sewage in the British capital, health authorities announced Wednesday. The UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation said a targeted...
