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EU holiday warning over dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, zika and West Nile

Thanks to climate change once tropical diseases can now be caught in Europe

Wales Online

Climate change leads to growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases, EU agency says

European Union officials say there is a growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases such as dengue and chikungunya in Europe due to climate change

The Independent UK

Dublin doctor's warning over 'dangerous' Botox stomach injection in Turkey

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has said that 67 cases of botulism have been reported in Europe in recent weeks caused by these treatments

Dublin Live

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Hundreds of Cape Verde five-star hotel guests struck down by sickness

Officials have not found a definitive source for the infection

The Independent UK

Site of demolished Earls Court venue to be reborn as new ‘green neighbourhood’

New masterplan revealed four years after previous scheme to revive the 40 acre west London site was abandoned

Evening Standard

‘Kraken,’ the ‘most transmissible’ COVID variant yet, could spawn even more immune-evasive variants, new study says

The good news: XBB.1.5 is slightly less immune-evasive than its parent, researchers found. The bad news: Its descendants may not be.

Fortune

EU urges members to step up Covid variant sequencing amid China surge

EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides on Friday urged health ministers to step up Covid-19 variant sequencing amidst a surge in infections in China.

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WHO, ECDC urge caution against severe strep A infections in Europe

Europe should be vigilant against severe infections caused by a bacteria called group A Streptococcus in children below 10 years, the World Health Organization (WHO) and European Centre for Disease Control Prevention (ECDC) said on Monday.

Reuters

Six signs to look out for after urgent salmonella warning issued

Around 81 cases of salmonella have been detected in people and one person has died, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control says

Wales Online

NHS issues antibiotic-resistant diphtheria warning after cases found in Europe

Both Switzerland and Germany report cases of antibiotic-resistant diptheria

The Independent UK

Home Office ignored warnings on diphtheria weeks before Manston outbreak

Exclusive: Call for public inquiry after authority warned of ‘severe outcomes’ in processing centres and called for vaccinations

The Independent UK

COVID pandemic led to surge in superbug infections, EU agency says

Infections from some antibiotic-resistant pathogens known as superbugs have more than doubled in health care facilities in Europe, an EU agency said on Thursday, providing further evidence of the wider impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reuters

UK scientists ‘uninvited’ to key European meetings due to Brexit

UK SCIENTISTS have been told they can no longer take part in meetings organised by a key European infectious diseases agency due to Brexit tensions,…

The National (Scotland)

Omicron BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 – what we know about these new COVID variants

By the beginning of 2023, variants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1. could account for more than 80 per cent of COVID cases. Here's what we know so far.

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Wales Online

Covid expert answers key questions everyone's asking about two new variants

BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 have been identified in the UK and several countries in Europe

The Conversation

Omicron BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 – an expert answers three key questions about these new COVID variants

Two new omicron subvariants, BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, are quickly gaining traction in the US, collectively accounting for 27% of infections as of October 29. Both are descendants of BA.5, the omicron variant that has dominated around the world for some months.

Tribune News Service

New omicron subvariant is expected to drive COVID-19 wave in Europe

A new omicron subvariant is poised to become dominant in Europe and will probably drive another increase in COVID-19 cases, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said.

Al Jazeera

WHO says new COVID-19 wave emerging in Europe

UN agency’s regional data show only Europe with an increase in coronavirus cases in the week that ended October 2.

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Reuters

Europe likely entering another COVID wave, says WHO and ECDC

Another wave of COVID-19 infections may have begun in Europe as cases begin to tick up across the region, the World Health Organization and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Man in Spain hospitalised with tick-borne viral disease ‘fatal in about 30 per cent of cases’

Most serious symptoms include eye and skin haemorrhages, internal bleeding, and organ failure

Tribune News Service

Europe can’t shake off COVID-19 as variant fuels summer spike

It was supposed to be a post-COVID-19 summer in Europe. Masks are gone in most places, and vacation season is in full swing as workers rush for the beaches and cities they missed in the two years marked by the pandemic. But instead, the reality confronting people is that the…

The Guardian - UK

EU recommends second Covid booster for vulnerable and over-60s

Almost all European countries have reported surge in infections, driven mainly by Omicron variant BA.5

Asharq Al-Awsat

More than 200 Cases of Monkeypox Worldwide, Says EU Disease Agency

The number of confirmed cases of monkeypox worldwide has reached 219 outside of countries where it is endemic, according to an update released by the European Union's disease agency. More than a dozen countries where monkeypox is unusual, mostly in Europe, have reported at least one confirmed case, the European…

Nottingham Post

Warning to pet owners over spread of Monkeypox

Cases are rising

Radio France Internationale

France reports three cases of monkeypox virus that is spreading in Europe

French health authorities said Monday that three cases of monkeypox have been identified in the country as part of an alarming outbreak of the virus outside of Africa. However, the World Health Organisation said there is no reason for now to offer mass inoculations, but instead, urges hygiene measures to…

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