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Bill Gates sees another pandemic within 30 years. Disease experts say it's not if but when.

Experts in infectious diseases agree with Bill Gates' concerns. They say another pandemic isn't a case of if, it's now a countdown to when.

Fortune

Questions over how US would cope with next big outbreak 'keeps disease experts up at night'

Writing for CNN, infectious disease expert at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Dr Kent Sepkowitz, made the dire warning

Daily Mirror

Plastic surgery patients likely 'injected with fungi' during cut-price cosmetic trips

Over 200 Americans have travelled to plastic surgery clinics in Matamoros, Mexico. Two patients have died after catching fungal meningitis, a disease that affects the brain and spinal cord

Daily Mirror

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Health experts say 'world is not prepared' as first cases of contagious fungal disease confirmed

The infection can be transmitted easily in schools and homes

Nottingham Post

Symptoms of highly contagious fungal disease to look out for and how its transmitted

The drug-resistant ringworm, known as tinea, is becoming increasingly common due to higher temperatures driven by climate change and is resistant to some medication, according to medical experts

Daily Mirror

Medics concerned 'world not prepared' as two women infected with highly contagious fungal disease

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed two patients were struck down with the first cases of the drug-resistant ringworm after suffering rash symptoms. There are currently no confirmed cases in Ireland.

Irish Mirror

Health experts warn 'world not prepared' as women infected with contagious disease

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says two woman in America have tested positive for the infection.

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Medics warn 'world is not prepared' as patients infected with highly contagious disease

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), confirmed the unnamed patients in the United States, aged 28 and 47, have been struck down with the first known cases of the drug-resistant ringworm, also known as tinea.

Edinburgh Live

Medics say 'world is not prepared' for highly contagious fungal disease as first cases found

Two women have been confirmed as having the first known cases of tinea

Wales Online

Medic warns 'world not yet prepared' for contagious drug-resistant fungal disease

Two patients have been struck down

Nottingham Post

Warning 'world not prepared' as women infected with highly contagious fungal disease

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed two patients were struck down with the first cases of the drug-resistant ringworm, also known as tinea, after suffering rash symptoms

Daily Mirror

It's not just 'The Last of Us.' Fungal infections really are a 'major threat' to public health, the WHO says

Fungal infections are the World Health Organization's newest frontier, killing 2 million people every year.

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