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Officials say whooping cough is a highly contagious bacterial infection that can be prevented through routine childhood vaccinations and treated with antibiotics.
According to the Government, 16,000 households and businesses in Brixham, supplied by SWW, were initially told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling and cooling it first
Thousands of people who were having to boil their water in Devon due to a
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Intense storms threaten large areas of the eastern United States, but the zone including St. Louis, Little Rock and Nashville is most at risk.
South West Water said it would not lift the ‘boil water’ notice in place for around 2,500 homes in Brixham until it was safe to do so.
There is a bird flu outbreak going on. Here is what you need to know about it: Bird flu is what's known as a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. The "highly pathogenic" part refers to birds, which the virus is pretty adept at killing. In virology speak, the virus is of the Influenza A type, and is called H5N1. The "H" stands for the protein Hemagglutinin (HA), of which there are 16 subtypes (H1-H16). The "N" is short for Neuraminidase (NA), of which there are 9 subtypes (N1-N9). There are...
The UK Health Security Agency has not yet been able to establish the cause of the outbreak
Zhang Zhan remains incommunicado following the end of her formal jail term, activists say.
Tracking a threat for a few severe storms on Tuesday, and possibly a more