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Official guidance recommends quarantining for those who have had unprotected direct contact with the virus.

The warning by the UN health agency's chief comes amid an unusual monkeypox outbreak outside Africa.

The charity Birthrights conducted a year-long investigation into "racial injustice" in maternity care.

Gene drive development makes a genetically modified gene that spreads widely within populations.

It means the viral outbreak has spread to 14 countries with more than 80 cases detected so far.

It comes after a draft bill was approved in Spanish parliament to allow three days of leave a month.

Figures show 14% of dentists doing NHS work are approaching retirement age.

Pharmacists will be able to give suitable replacement products, without needing a brand new prescription.

We are facing an unusual and unprecedented monkeypox outbreak but how worrying is it?

Another 50 suspected cases of the rare disease are being investigated, the UN health agency says.

Staff at sexual health clinics warn the virus is already stretching the workforce in many places.

Chef and campaigner Jamie Oliver has been protesting over delays to the government's obesity strategy.

Officials say they have seen 197 cases, and 11 of the young children have needed a liver transplant.

Infections have been falling since the end of March, after the Omicron variant pushed up cases.

Health secretary says "most cases" have been mild and further doses of a vaccine have been ordered.

Cases of the rare disease are now confirmed in eight European countries, health authorities say.

Nearly half the deaths from respiratory syncytial virus were in babies aged under six months.

Government's vaccine advisers said winter remains the riskiest time for the virus.

Another person in the UK has been diagnosed with monkeypox - but what is the virus and how dangerous is it?

Psychiatrists say all nurses and doctors must be able to recognise the signs of people at risk.