Health officials are urging UK holidaymakers to take extra care when travelling abroad, following a rise in the number of cases of mosquito-borne virus, chikungunya. In its latest report, the UK ...

There has been a significant increase in the number of UK cases of a mosquito-borne virus that can cause sudden fever and joint pain and is normally only found in Africa and southern Asia. The UK ...

UK health bosses have issued a warning following an outbreak of the Nipah virus in India. It comes as two cases of the deadly virus have been confirmed in West Bengal, according to Indian authorities.

Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus, usually transmitted from animals such as fruit bats to humans or through contaminated food.

Nipah is a deadly virus with no vaccine or cure and considered a high-risk pathogen by the World Health Organization ...