WHO says risk of bird flu 'still low' after US reports its first human death
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that the risk of avian flu to the general population remains “low”.
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Urgent patients facing more than nine hours of wait times in Portuguese hospitals
Patients visiting Portuguese hospitals with urgent cases are having to wait more than nine hours in some cities until they can be admitted into hospitals.
Flood alert issued covering huge parts of Greater Manchester as rain batters region
Flood alerts have been issued by the Environment Agency as rain pours across Greater Manchester.
Met Office issues two more weather warnings ahead of windy weekend
The north of England could face strong winds this weekend as the Met Office has issued two more weather warnings ahead of the weekend.
Brussels, my love? Paris rolls out the red carpet for Trump
We are joined by Bart Szewczyk, global policy expert with the German Marshall Fund, Maria Tadeo, correspondent with Le Grand Continent and Nessim Achouche, policy expert with the Rosa Luxembourg Foundation.
Warning over UK's ability to make vaccines for future biological threats
The UK is poorly prepared to tackle the next Covid-like biological threat, according to an influential cross-party Lords Committee. The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has written to the Government to raise concerns about how prepared the UK is for future pandemics, describing the current situation as “troubling”.
'I was forced to extract three of my own teeth after waiting for an NHS dentist for seven years'
A woman was forced to go to the extreme length of extracting three of her own teeth after waiting nearly seven years on an NHS dental waiting list.
Austria's Health Ministry declares whole country an avian influenza high risk area
Austria's Ministry of Health has declared the whole country as a risk area for bird flu (avian influenza) with new, stricter safety measures coming into force from the early hours of Friday.