Newly-released footage reveals how a cruise ship worker smuggled £2 million worth of cocaine to UK waters. Milos Bigovic, from Serbia, hid 28kg of the drug on the Marella Discovery 2 in Cartegena, Colombia, before its journey to the Caribbean was ...

The nasty bug, which only lasts a few days, can leave patients severely dehydrated

Fears for penguin colonies after the discovery of the highly contagious H5N1 virus in two dead skuas

The virus recently discovered in Alaska is transmitted from small mammals and symptoms normally include a rash and muscle pain

GB News presenter Neil Oliver suggested coronavirus vaccinations were causing tens of thousands of excess deaths

Research into bacteriophages adds to evidence that gut and brain interactions influence our behaviour

Draper died on 3 January aged 56 after suffering long-lasting symptoms from coronavirus

Four years on from the start of the pandemic, how prevalent is Covid how is it affecting the NHS and are people still dying from the illness?

Nicola Sturgeon said her responsibility regarding decisions made during the coronavirus pandemic was “to the Scottish people, not Boris Johnson”. The former first minister was being questioned on Wednesday, 31 January, about announcing Covid meas ...

With confirmed or suspected cases in two Antarctic penguin species, researchers fear highly contagious virus could rip through colonies

Threat of outbreak from microbes trapped in permafrost for millennia raised by increased Siberian shipping activity

Without urgent action virus is likely to spread rapidly, warns head of Health Security Agency

Without urgent action virus is likely to spread rapidly, warns head of Health Security Agency

Oysters contaminated with norovirus can cause illness if eaten raw, and potentially severe illness in people with compromised immune systems

Scientists call for urgent intervention, as bearded pig populations are devastated by the deadly virus on islands such as Borneo

‘Disease X’ is ranked as a priority for awareness campaigning by the WHO alongside Covid-19, Ebola and Zika virus

‘Disease X’ is ranked as a priority for awareness campaigning by the WHO alongside Covid-19, Ebola and Zika virus

Ardern marries Gayford in private ceremony after almost five years of engagement and postponement due to coronavirus pandemic

Simon Harris was involved in Essex Coronavirus Action, a community campaign set up on social media by Essex County Council during the pandemic

Impact of coronavirus blamed as life expectancy falls to 78.6 years for boys born between 2020 and 2022, and to 82.6 for girls