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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

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

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?

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

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

Chelsie Sewell

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

I’ve been fat and I’ve been thin and now, in my mid-fifties, I suppose I’m what you might call “comfortable”. As in comfortable with my weight and comfortable with my attitude towards it.

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

13 English councils breach WHO 5% threshold for positive Covid tests ahead of pl...

Covid variants will be renamed using Greek letters - here's why

The Prime Minister encouraged those who get invited for a vaccine to attend their appointment (Photo: PAUL ELLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

'This vaccine is effective and has saved lives' - Boris Johnson assures AstraZen...

The AstraZeneca vaccine trial in children has been paused while an investigation takes place into blood clots (Photo: Shutterstock)

AstraZeneca vaccine trial in children paused while blood clot investigation take...

EU countries to restart AstraZeneca vaccine rollout as regulator rules it ‘safe and effective’ (Photo: Shutterstock)

EU countries to restart AstraZeneca vaccine rollout as regulator rules it ‘safe ...

Members of the fire brigade, construction workers and members of the public, clapping outside the Nightingale Hospital at the Harrogate Convention Centre in Harrogate, to salute local heroes during a Clap for Carers NHS celebration.

What pandemic teaches us one year after ‘major incident’ declared – Dave Walton

There is no option to pick and choose which vaccines you are administered with (Photo: Hugh Hastings/Getty Images)

Can I choose which Covid vaccine to get?

Throbbing or cramping pain, swelling, redness and warmth in a leg or arm is the main symptom of a blood clot (Photo: Shutterstock)

The signs and symptoms of a blood clot - and what to do if you think you have on...

The WHO has given approval for the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use (Photo: Shutterstock)

WHO gives approval for Johnson & Johnson single dose Covid vaccine - what it mea...

A number of initiatives are in place which allow people to donate money to enable those from lower-income countries to receive a coronavirus vaccine (Photo: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

You can donate the cost of your Covid vaccine to help people in low income count...

Two-thirds of adults in the UK in favour of vaccination passports despite legal ...

Opening of the new vaccination centre at Elland Road, Leeds. Sgt Phil Morris from the Royal Regimental Aid Post 4th Battalion, Scottish Regiment, prepares the AstraZeneca vaccine on February 8. Picture by Simon Hulme.

How he Covid vaccine gives a new lease of life - Christa Ackroyd

Pictured, car exhaust. Critics have blamed traffic fumes as the major source of the pollutant PM2.5 - the most harmful type of air pollution for human health and particularly affects children and people with lung conditions such as asthma. Photo credit: PA

Dozens of Yorkshire schools are in areas with dangerous levels of air pollution

WHO scientists recommend the jab be given to people aged 18 and over (Photo: Getty Images)

Oxford Covid jab can be used in all adults says WHO - and against new variants

Andy Kingdom

Yorkshire health chief says it would be 'daft' to open up society too quickly

The Covid pandemic is taking its toll on the NHS.

Let’s have a national day to honour NHS heroes – Yorkshire Post Letters