Viruses

GP practices take part in norovirus vaccine trial
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Oxford
Posted
31 October
Could vaccines end the winter vomiting bug?
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Health
Posted
23 October
Hamburg station virus scare on high-speed train
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Europe
Posted
2 October
Boy, three, nearly died from common child viruses
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Wales
Posted
15 September
The Briefing Room. What we know (and don't know) about the new Mpox outbreak. Audio, 28 minutes
David Aaronovitch and guests talk about how worried we should be about the new MPox strain
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Anthony Fauci recovering from West Nile virus
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US & Canada
Posted
25 August
How worried should we be about mpox?
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Health
Posted
22 August
India alert after boy dies from Nipah virus in Kerala
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Asia
Posted
22 July
New RSV vaccination programme to be rolled out
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Northern Ireland
Posted
18 July
The Inquiry. US dairy farm workers infected by bird flu. Audio, 23 minutes
How worried should we be that US dairy farm workers have been infected by bird flu?
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Vaccine for respiratory infection to be rolled out
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Wales
Posted
17 July
Second elephant dies from virus at Dublin Zoo
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Europe
Posted
8 July
In Our Time. Bacteriophages. Audio, 51 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how viruses can help us track and cure bacterial illnesses
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Cows in the US have bird flu - is it inching closer to humans?
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BBC InDepth
Posted
22 May
The Story. Why measles cases are surging. Audio, 25 minutes
A disease many doctors thought they would never see again – so what's going on?
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BBC Sounds
Available for over a year
RSV jab could cut baby hospitalisations by 80% - study
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Health
Posted
27 December 2023
Norovirus closes wards at city's hospital
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Humberside
Posted
29 November 2023
Bacteria: The Tiny Giants. Forests, Pharma and Phages. Audio, 28 minutes
Tim Hayward re-enters the bacterial realm and comes face-to-face with a phage.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Trending. The germ deniers. Audio, 19 minutes
Rachel Schraer investigates the people who don’t believe in germs.
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Witness History. First reports of Ebola. Audio, 9 minutes
Ebola's first documented outbreak emerged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1976
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Hospital hails winter virus jab trial for babies
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Posted
19 May 2023
Mum hopes vaccine will reduce son's hospital visits
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Norfolk
Posted
15 February 2023
The Briefing Room. How worried should we be about avian flu? Audio, 30 minutes
A new strain of avian flu is killing birds and mammals, but what's the risk to humans?
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Hospitals report huge rise in flu admissions
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Posted
9 January 2023