Strains of tuberculosis that are resistant to most of the drugs used to treat them are spreading rapidly across the former Soviet Union and pose a serious global threat, warn doctors. Drug-resistant TB has been found everywhere in the world. According to the World Health Organisation’s 2014 global

Doctors in the UK are under increasing pressure to boost diagnosis rates. For example, GP practices have been set targets in dementia and can trigger an inspection if they fall behind in other clinical areas such asasthma, diabetes and even depression. There are understandable concerns that

A “perfect storm” of urban change that began in 1920s Kinshasa led to the catastrophic spread of HIV across Africa and into the wider world, according to scientists who used genetic sequencing and historical records to trace the origins of the pandemic. Though the virus probably crossed from

Australian researchers have made a major breakthrough in the race to find new medicines to eliminate malaria, as resistance increases to the only drug left to treat the disease. Scientists from the Burnet Institute, Deakin University and Monash University were able to starve the malaria parasite of

It was the initial sign of trouble. Three babies on the unique care ward at Rosie Hospital in Cambridge tested positive for the MRSA superbug. Fearing an outbreak of the risky organism, managers ordered a deep clean. Employees duly disinfected the ward and went back to work as typical. 4 days later