Infectious disease

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford. Lab Leak: Could Smallpox Come Back? Audio, 37 minutes
When a photographer begins to feel ill, doctors are mystified.
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BBC Sounds
Available for over a year
Islanders warned of Jersey's tick 'hotspots'
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Jersey
Posted
29 April
Hospital contacts patients and staff over mpox case
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Cambridgeshire
Posted
17 April
Mpox case confirmed with no travel links
Posted
7 April
Human Intelligence. Travellers: Sir Patrick Manson. Audio, 15 minutes
'Mosquito Manson' found a travelling parasite and unravelled a medical mystery.
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BBC Radio 4
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UK draws up new disease-threat watch list
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Health
Posted
25 March
Warning as tuberculosis cases rise in Wales
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Wales
Posted
24 March
As US measles cases continue to rise, so do vaccinations
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Health
Posted
21 March
Outrage over play centre 'chickenpox party' plan
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Lincolnshire
Posted
10 March
'I was one of the Wuhan Covid bus drivers - and I'd do it again'
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Wales
Posted
4 March
US measles outbreak kills child for first time in a decade
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US & Canada
Posted
27 February
US measles outbreak leaves nearly 100 ill in Texas and New Mexico
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US & Canada
Posted
22 February
'I need Botox to see after a tick bite left me unable to move'
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Wales
Posted
3 February
After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal. Sweating Sickness: Deadly Tudor Plague. Audio, 42 minutes
What was this deadly & mysterious illness?
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BBC Sounds
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After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal. Typhoid Mary: Original Super-Spreader? Audio, 44 minutes
The story of 'Typhoid Mary'. Was she a one-woman pandemic?
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BBC Sounds
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Surge in vomiting bug keeps pressure on hospitals
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Health
Posted
23 January
Rise of vaccine distrust - why more of us are questioning jabs
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BBC InDepth
Posted
16 January
What is HMPV and how does it spread?
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Asia
Posted
9 January
NHS stands down critical incident in county
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Shropshire
Posted
6 January
Heartbroken mum's vaccine plea after flu death
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Tees
Posted
3 January
Warning as flu levels soar in Aberdeen hospital
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NE, Orkney & Shetland
Posted
23 December 2024
City hit by four viruses sees strain on hospitals
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Birmingham & Black Country
Posted
12 December 2024
Pipping a Plant Pandemic. Audio, 28 minutes
How do you stop the spread of a plant killer?
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Fifth person with mpox confirmed in England
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Health
Posted
29 November 2024