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China's controversial "Zero-Covid" policy was abruptly halted in December, with an enormous surge of 60,000 deaths following shortly after - but deaths appeared to be on the way down until this month

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is being spread by ticks across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, with scientists warning it is "highly likely" it will reach Britain

Diet Coke drinkers were shocked to hear that aspartame, an ingredient found in many sugar-free drinks, among other things, is going to be added to a list of things the International Agency for Research on Cancer seems as 'possibly carcinogenic to humans'

A fizzy glass of Diet Coke was the first thing Al Baker thought about every morning for 30 years. After learning about the health risks associated with aspartame, he quit his £1,000-a-year addiction

Aspartame - an artificial sweetener used in diet drinks and food - could be listed by the World Health Organisation as a 'possible carcinogen' from next month. Here's everything you need to know

Wellcome charity and Microsoft founder Bill Gates join forces to help co-fund final clinical trials of the most promising TB vaccine candidate in a century

The CDC and WHO are investigating dozens of potential cases of fungal meningitis sprouting from two Mexico clinics that offered cosmetic surgeries to US patients

TB is overtaking Covid-19 as the most deadly infectious disease and experts fear mutant superstrains could be imported to Britain

One tech industry source says it's reasonable to believe AI could order the tools needed to create a virus online, engineer it and unleash it on the world with devastating consequences

The Mirror went to South Africa to see the work being done to fight tuberculosis - which has now overtaken Covid as the world's most deadly infectious disease

Lauren Robinson, 29, from Texas has been named as one of three Americans who died from fungal meningitis thought to have been contracted from a comestic surgery clinic in Mexico

Asian tiger mosquitoes carry several diseases including one known as breakbone fever because of the severe muscle spasms and joint pain it can cause to those who catch it

The WHO has listed nine pathogens they believe are the most 'urgent' threat to humanity. Concerned scientists are urgently researching them, but have excluded one key threat

The World Health Organization (WHO) has a 'priority' list of diseases which they say pose the greatest public health risk and are being monitored and researched to prepare for the next potential public health emergency

The five 'serious' symptoms of this highly contagious viral illness to watch for - and the MMR jab explained

The call from Oxfam comes just weeks after the Daily Mirror highlighted the horrific 'forgotten famine' that is ravaging the region

The number of school children taking up the meningitis and the 3-in-1 jab has dropped from 88% to 69.2%, warns the UK Health Security Agency

In a world first, researchers from the universities of Edinburgh, Strathclyde, Bristol, and Georgia in the US, looked at the levels of physical activity in 4,755 11-year-olds

Measles is a highly infectious disease that can lead to serious problems such as pneumonia, meningitis, and on rare occasions, long-term disability or death. Symptoms include a high fever, sore red watery eyes and a blotchy red-brown rash.

This seismic announcement from the UN's health body marks the symbolic end to the pandemic. Despite noting the emergency phase was over, the World Health Organisation has said the spread of Covid-19 hasn't come to an end

The UK Health Security Agency is calling on parents to check their children are up to date with their MMR vaccinations after detecting 49 cases between January and April. This compares to 54 cases in the whole of 2022

The UK Health Security Agency has warned parents to check their children are up to date with MMR vaccinations after an outbreak of 49 measles cases so far this year across Britain

The UK Health Security Agency is calling on parents to check their children are up to date with their MMR vaccinations after detecting 49 measles cases between January and April

Ekin-Su was born in London but feels close to her family roots. She also holds Turkish citizenship after living in Istanbul for two years

The Arcturus variant has now been detected across the world including the United States causing a number of government to look again at introducing Covid restrictions