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Our global health reporter, Apoorva Mandavilli, explains that there is no indication the hantavirus outbreak could turn into a pandemic — but also that the public…

French authorities have confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew members to a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after a passenger died from suspected norovirus, officials…

The single-engine Cessna Caravan is flying over Nyirol county, in South Sudan’s Jonglei state. Its five passengers stare intently at the landscape streaking past below as…

Lifts are no longer big enough to fit the UK’s larger citizens, according to researchers.A study of maximum capacity in elevators in the UK and mainland…

The stresses and strains of caring for someone for 50 hours or more a week leads to “accelerated cognitive decline” in middle-aged and older people, research…

Is it really news that the arts are good for you? On one level, the findings of a new study about the health benefits of engaging…

I, for one, am partial to a bath: what’s not to love about a dim room, candles and nary an electronic device in sight?But a wellness…

The head of the World Health Organization has warned countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases after the outbreak onboard the MV Hondius, and thanked Spain…

There is a disconnect between the proliferation of reports recommending we should be more active and actual levels of activity, that are scarcely budging. Sports councils,…

Eating fruit and drinking a cup of coffee a day could halve the risk of cells ageing unhealthily, research suggests.Foods rich in polyphenols such as berries,…