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According to The Leapfrog Group, here’s where to find the most unsafe hospitals in California: Only one California medical ...

Africa CDC recorded about 300,000 confirmed and suspected cases of cholera so far in 2025, a rise over last year.

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Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has issued a major warning to parents to give kids a nasal spray vaccine, over ...

THERE are few things as satisfying as scratching an itch. But when your itch keeps recurring and starts to affect your day-to ...

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For years, 'man flu ' has been used to describe the way men seem to suffer more than women when they're sick, often prompting endless eye-rolls.

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Hospital admissions are already on the rise for the H3N2 strain, with infections hitting numbers not usually seen until ...

Hertfordshire is seeing a rise in children and young people suffering from influenza, health chiefs have warned.