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A SCHOOL has been forced to temporarily close after a suspected norovirus outbreak. Ferndown Middle School in Dorset decided ...

TO MANY OF US, GETTING A SPLINTER IN YOUR HAND THAT YOU JUST CAN’T GET OUT. YEAH, KIND OF ANNOYING, RIGHT? THE MAN HAD THIS HAPPEN TO HIM. ONLY THE SPLINTER WAS SO BIG HIS HAND GOT SO INFECTED HE ...

Monroe County health officials said someone at Bloomington High School South has a suspected case of meningococcal disease, a ...

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HFMD cases in the city surged in April, with 5,243 inpatient and outpatient cases recorded. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Hospital staff in Swindon have received guidance on effective handwashing from infection prevention and control teams ...

PASSENGERS and crew aboard the Caribbean Princess were not permitted to disembark at the Nassau Cruise Port after Bahamian health officials confirmed an increase in onboard gastrointestinal illnesses ...

In his bed on Saturday, for the first time and for the last time in his life, Craig Morton decided to stay down.

The UKHSA said it had identified a social network connecting the three cases.

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