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Mapped: New mpox cases reported. What countries have it now?

Posted by August 22, 2024

Uganda has reported two new cases of the clade 1b strain of the mpox virus. The health ministry has announced that one of the patients is a truck driver and th

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Thailand says mpox detected in European who travelled from Africa

Posted by August 21, 2024

The 66-year-old male arrived in the country on August 14 and is being quarantined in a hospital.Thailand has detected an mpox case in a European man who arrived

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Mpox cases ‘highly likely’ to be imported to Europe, ECDC…

Posted by August 16, 2024

EU countries should issue travel advice for areas impacted by mpox, European health authorities said, after the virus outbreak was declared a global em

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2023 summer heatwaves killed 47,000 people in Europe, research finds

Posted by August 12, 2024

Heat-related deaths last year would have been 80 per cent higher without adaptation work, scientists estimate. ADVERTISEMENTBlistering heat killed

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‘Positive outcome’ for Hockerill Anglo-European College student involved in sports…

Posted by June 28, 2024

Hockerill Anglo-European College will conduct a full review after a student was involved in a “very serious” sports day incident.The Essex and Herts Air Am

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Hockerill Anglo-European College student stable after ‘very serious’ sports day…

Posted by June 27, 2024

An air ambulance landed at Hockerill Anglo-European College this afternoon (Thursday, June 27) in response to a “very serious incident” involving a student

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How to protect yourself from mosquitoes as dengue cases rise

Posted by June 14, 2024

Local and imported cases of the virus soared last year - here’s how to keep safe. ADVERTISEMENTA rise in dengue fever cases across Europe isn’t

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Europe endured record number of ‘extreme heat stress’ days in…

Posted by April 22, 2024

New report warns people are increasingly at risk in a continent warming twice as fast as the global average.Europe is increasingly facing bouts of heat so inten

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