Passengers aboard the rat-virus cruise ship will be taken to a hospital in Merseyside when they land in Britain.

A cruise ship with a deadly hantavirus outbreak is heading to the Canary Islands for a coordinated evacuation of nearly 150 ...

Hantavirus has killed three people on board, with confirmed cases now rising to six, and an extra two are suspected. A new ...

The vaccine is available to people aged 75 and over, resident of a care home for older adults, and people aged six months and older who are immunosuppressed.

What Palantir’s £330 million NHS data contract means for patients, privacy and the future of healthcare data in the UK.

Millions of eligible older people and those with a weakened immune system can now get potentially life-saving protection from ...

Millions of older and vulnerable people in England can now book their spring Covid-19 jabs. Officials stress that previous immunity “can wane over time”, urging eligible individuals to book an ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

It’s normal for COVID-19 strains to mutate over time—that’s just what viruses do. But there’s a new strain of COVID-19 floating around out there that’s suddenly getting a lot of attention thanks to ...

A federal website that used to feature information on vaccines, testing and treatment for COVID-19 has been transformed into a page supporting the theory that the pandemic originated with a lab leak.

"Cicada" is trending, but not because it's the season for the noisy insects to appear. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization are both monitoring a COVID-19 ...

It may be spring, but virus season isn’t over yet. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Flu and Covid, including a new variant called BA ...