World Health Organisation

The sun rising behind a redundant oil platform. PIC: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Our politicians are addicted to fossil fuels - YP Letters
From: Robert Johnson, Melton Road, Barrow upon Soar.

Peter Roderick, York Council's director of public health.

York 'vulnerable to outbreaks' as 'concerning' measles rise prompts vaccine call

Passengers are disembarked from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands. PIC: AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

Hantavirus: Britain cannot be complacent - Ismail Mulla

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (centre left) speaking during a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street. PIC: Richard Pohle/The Times/PA Wire

National Cancer Plan should help focus minds on progress

The sun setting over Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station near Nottingham in 2012. PIC: Matthew Vincent/PA Wire

Why tackling climate change is a health imperative - YP Letters

A man putting a hearing aid on. PIC: Alamy/PA

Tech could play a role in helping people who struggle with hearing - Andy Armita...

The areas of Leeds with the worst air pollution have been revealed

The most polluted places in Leeds based on the latest air quality data

The risk of the chikungunya virus spreading to the EU has been classed as ‘high’ by the ECDC.

New virus outbreak in China - what you need to know about chikungunya

Over 12 million UK children exposed to toxic air—map reveals pollution hotspots

Olympic champions back air quality campaign following Lionesses' European victor...

Matt Cranwell

Hull bus operator highlights clean air message

Social prescribing can positively affect young people’s wellbeing and mental health - University of Manchester researchers

‘Social prescriptions’ can help young people through mental health challenges – ...

The World Health Organisation in Africa has issued a statement about the 'mystery illness'.

Symptoms of 'mystery illness' that has caused more than 50 deaths

Excessive screen time has been found to have a big impact on kid's health.

Screen time: four ways it impacts children's health

Cases of HMPV have been surging in China.

HMPV symptoms to look out for - and should we be worried?

Middle East minister Hamish Falconer at the Al Arish border crossing in Egypt. Credit: FCDO

Exclusive Minister says he saw 'first hand' aid denied entry to Gaza by Israel

Rwanda declared an outbreak of the Marburg virus on September 27.

The symptoms of deadly Marburg virus as suspected case found in Europe

A woman infected with Mpox shows her arms at the Kamenge University Hospital's Mpox treatment centre in Bujumbura on August 22, 2024. (Photo: TCHANDROU NITANGA/AFP via Getty Images)

How worried should we be about Mpox - is it the new Covid?

Monkeypox pathogen. Credit: UKHS

Mpox 2024 mapped: All the countries with confirmed cases

A doctor checks on a patient with sores caused by an mpox infection in 2022. (Photo by ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images)

Will people have to isolate if they catch mpox?

The WHO has declared a global health emergency over an outbreak of mpox in Africa. (Photo: ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images)

The UK areas with highest mpox cases in the last outbreak

FLuQE is a new Covid variant that has been driving new cases. (Photo: Pexels, CDC)

KP3 Covid symptoms as cases of new variant FLuQE rise
Covid cases are on the rise again 🤧
Sarah McCann

Schoolchildren know more about vitamins than adults do, survey finds

George the Poet releases "ode to the bus" poem with First Bus

Why Yorkshire needs to conquer a fear of small talk

Former prime minister Boris Johnson leaving Dorland House in London, after giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. PIC: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Covid Inquiry can’t become a finger pointing exercise - Paul Andrews

A file phot of university graduates. PIC: Chris Ison/PA Wire

A mental health safety net for university students is vital - Robert Halfon

Yupirungawa, Vandria Borari, features in the exhibition This is a Forest. Picture: David Lindsay

Art collective's latest project This is a Forest reimagines city as a forest

Puro Sound Labs BT2200 Plus Volume Limited Kids Headphones.

Puro Sound Labs BT2200 Plus Volume Limited Kids Headphones

A list of 18 medical conditions that could see you banned from flying

World Health Organisation could list sweetener as possible carcinogen

Former health secretary Matt Hancock arrives to give evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry

UK's covid approach was "completely wrong" Matt Hancock says

Health Secretary Steve Barclay outside the BBC Broadcasting House in London, after appearing on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Picture: James Manning/PA Wire

After-effects of pandemic causing delays for NHS patients: Steve Barclay

A woman wears a face mask while walking on Oxford Street durng the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

World must prepare for disease even deadlier than Covid - WHO chief
A top health chief has warned that the world should prepare for another virus “even deadlier” than coronavirus.
Sophie Wills

In this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention handout graphic, from 2003, symptoms of one of the first known cases of the monkeypox virus are shown on a patient's.(Photo: CDC/Getty Images)

UKHSA want to ‘eliminate’ monkeypox after WHO announcement

The Covid-19 pandemic broke out in March 2020, and since then there have been six million related deaths worldwide. But is it finally over?

Breaking Covid ‘no longer global health emergency’ - is the pandemic over?

Mental health conversations in the workplace can be hugely beneficial, says Mike Picken.

Huge benefits from mandatory mental health first aid training: Mike Picken

A 56-year-old woman from the Guangdong province in China is the first recorded human casualty from the H3N8 bird flu.

China reports first human H3N8 bird flu death, according to WHO

Spanish authorities have issued advice amid a Dengue-fever outbreak in popular tourist hotspots

Spain issues advice to British tourists amid Dengue-fever outbreak

Dr Helen Radford is manager of the NIHR Leeds Clinical Research Facility. Picture: Ernesto Rogata.

Meet the Yorkshire woman overseeing clinical trial centre in Leeds

The earthquake has killed thousands of people in Turkey and Syria (Photo: Getty)

Turkey-Syria earthquake: death-toll said to be at least 8,700

Earthquake survivors sit around a fire in Iskenderun Turkey

WHO say Turkey and Syria earthquake deaths could be 20,000

Up to two million people in the UK suffer from the post virus syndrome, which can cause dehabilitating exhaustion, brain fog and breathlessness.

Long covid breakthrough in Leeds as patients report success in pioneering study

England captain Harry Kane will read a bedtime story on CBeebies for World Mental Health Day.

Harry Kane to read CBeebies Bedtime Story for World Mental Health Day

When is World Mental Health Day 2022 and how to get involved

Leeds. Picture: Bruce Rollinson.

Leeds and Sheffield air pollution levels highlighted by environment group

A giant sand artwork to highlight global warming ahead of the COP 26 global climate conference last year. PIC: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images.

New zero isn’t just about the environment but also our health – YP Letters

Monkeypox has been declared as a global health emergency

Monkeypox: How worried should we be? WHO declares global health emergency

RAF Dishforth in 2003

Field hospital set up on former RAF airfield in preparation for 'large disaster'

The WHO has said takeaways can drive obesity. Pic: AdobeStock.

Takeaways may be driving obesity but we should stop taking sides - Jayne Dowle

Abbey Lane, Beauchief

Yorkshire residents fighting plans for ‘Angel of the North sized 5G phone mast’

Measles causes a red blotchy rash to spread across the body (Photo: Adobe)

Deadly measles warning for kids as MMR jab uptake drops to lowest level

Zac and his mum Angela

Boy, nine, spent Christmas in hospital after suffering Covid side affect

Dr Alastair Smith said: "As this variant is more infectious, it is important that it can be detected in individuals with higher loads using lateral flow tests so that its spread can be slowed down."

Wetherby drug developer's lateral flow tests shown to detect the Omicron variant

Vaccines should work against Omicron variant, WHO says (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Covid vaccines should still protect against severe illness from Omicron - WHO sa...

A nurse holding the Pfizer vaccine. (Pic credit: Lauren Decicca / Getty Images)

Why is the new Covid variant called Omicron?

Picture: PA.

How bugs can become resistant to antibiotics and spark a major health issue

Are we becoming too complacent about covid as we approach the festive period? (PA).

We’re sliding into a Christmas crisis that could be avoided - Christa Ackroyd

Rishi Sunak. Pic: Christopher Furlong/Getty.

Week Ahead: Rishi Sunak's Spending Review, Covid-19 envoy and Halloween

The Mu variant has been designated a Variant of Interest (Photo: Getty Images)

A new Covid variant is being monitored by the World Health Organisation

Prime Minister Boris Johnson greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel, ahead of a bilateral meeting during the G7 summit in Carbis Bay (Photo: Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

This is how the G7 countries plan to stop future pandemics in the first 100 days

More than a dozen council areas in England have surpassed a safe limit on Covid test positivity rates set by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for governments considering relaxing lockdowns.

Yorkshire has the second highest number of positive Covid-19 tests

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