by John McMillan | Jun 5, 2026 | Health
Charlie Firth, University of Oxford Tensions have recently emerged around the Ebola response in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). These tensions have manifested in a series of incidents, including the burning of an Ebola treatment facility in Mongbwalu,...
by John McMillan | Jun 5, 2026 | COVID-19
Dr. Philip McMillan, John McMillan Ask most people about COVID today and you will get a shrug. The word itself has become something nobody wants to hear. Search traffic has fallen off a cliff, much of the scientific community has turned its attention elsewhere, and...
by John McMillan | May 8, 2026 | Disease
Craig Dalton, University of Newcastle The cruise ship cluster of hantavirus cases continues to grow. The World Health Organization reports that as of May 6 there were eight cases, three of whom are confirmed by laboratory testing as hantavirus. In recent days, we...
by John McMillan | May 8, 2026 | Disease
Dr. Philip McMillan, John McMillan The MV Hondius sits offshore from Cape Verde with 149 passengers on board and nowhere to dock. Three of its travellers are dead. Four others are sick. Two crew members have been airlifted out for urgent medical care, one of them a...
by John McMillan | May 1, 2026 | Cancer
Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University Rising cancer rates in younger adults are real, worrying and still partly unexplained. A new analysis adds important detail for England, suggesting that 11 cancers are becoming more common in people under 50, highlighting a...
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