Diseases

British health official says too soon to declare Kent meningitis outbreak contained

People queueing at the University of Kent in Canterbury, Britain, on March 18, following an outbreak of meningitis cases at the school.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, March 19, 2026

Screenshots from videos posted online are said to show the aftermath of an attack on Iran's Pars gas field (left) and a subsequent attack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Vaccines facing misinformation spike: WHO experts

WHO's immunisation experts said countries should consider routine Covid-19 vaccination twice a year for groups at higher risks of severe disease.

UK races to contain meningitis outbreak in Kent after two deaths

National Health Service (NHS) workers carry boxes from a building that is supplying antibiotics on the University of Kent campus following an outbreak of meningitis cases in Kent, in Canterbury, Britain, March 18, 2026. REUTERS/Chris J. Ratcliffe

Cattle disease spreads in Russia amid scepticism over diagnosis

Cattle at the nomad camp of a farmer in Kara-Charyaa area south of Kyzyl town, the administrative centre of the Republic of Tuva (Tyva region) in Southern Siberia, Russia.

Measles cases surge in Indonesia as anti-vaccine attitudes persist after Covid-19 pandemic

ktmeasles - A child undergoes a medical examination at a community health post in Bekasi, West Java on August 13, 2025.

PHOTO: COURTESY OF CENTER FOR INDONESIA'S STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES (CISDI)

Japan approves stem-cell treatment for Parkinson’s in world first

Spain alerts WHO of swine flu virus believed to have been transmitted between people

The Catalan health department later said the risk assessment for the population was considered “very low”

Genomics for Kids in ASEAN programme to set up registry to further tackle rare diseases in region

Ms Abigail Chua (left) and Ms Raphaella Gautama, who were both diagnosed with rare conditions in 2019.

Clinical trials: Neither last chance saloon nor guinea pig experiments

There is a rich pipeline of new treatments for previously untreatable conditions and improved therapies for a whole slew of chronic and life-limiting illnesses, says the writer.

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