Measles has been reestablished in the UK after the ...

MEASLES is often thought of as a childhood illness, but it can affect anyone who isn’t immune. It is a highly contagious viral infection, which spreads easily through coughs and sneezes. A campaign fr

Around one in four people in the UK will get shingles, yet it’s still widely misunderstood. Many assume it’s simply a rash, something you can catch, or a condition that only affects older people. In r

TUBERCULOSIS, also known as TB, is a contagious bacterial infection that often affects the lungs. It is caused by breathing in a bacterium called Mycobacterium TB and is usually spread through coughin

Every parent knows how common tummy bugs are. If you’ve had youngsters, you’ll also know how easy it is to catch tummy bugs from them. But tummy bugs – otherwise known as gastroenteritis – don’t just

There are certain diseases I never expected to see in my medical career – or at least not more than once in a professional lifetime. In fact, I hoped they had been confined to the history books for go