Disease

Desperate parents with nowhere to turn often end up at Great Ormond Street Hospital, where cutting-edge gene therapy is delivering remarkable results

Doctor warns right combination of factors could make Europe ideal location for outbreaks of disease

Director-General says world needs the global health body 'more than ever' during press conference in Geneva

Both countries are battling outbreaks of the Ebola-like disease

Study finds heritage links to Scottish islands includes gene mutation which increases risk of cancer

Temperatures rise twice as fast in the Arctic than in other parts of the world, due to climate change

Prediction model likely to improve on previous methods that use data from European or North American populations

Two winters of Covid lockdowns in UK could have reduced resistance to picking up bugs, leading doctor says

WHO declares end to world's 'most challenging' epidemic

Discovery could lead to earlier detection of the disease and help slow its progress with drugs