GPs are urged to ensure patients have had their vaccines and boosters, as ‘staggeringly high’ case numbers soar to a record-breaking 41,772 so far this year.

Whooping cough is a highly contagious illness caused by bacteria, which in some cases can lead to severe health complications or even be fatal.

From the 2012 analysis of strains, it shows the parts of the pertussis bacterium that the vaccine leads the immune system to identify is changing. In the Journal of Infectious Diseases, UK researchers ...

Record-breaking floods in Spain, violent storms in Florida and wildfires in South America – these are just a few examples of the extreme weather events accelerating and intensifying across the world.

An Afghan delegation will attend the upcoming UN climate change summit in Azerbaijan, the foreign ministry spokesman told AFP on Saturday, marking a first since the Taliban government came to power.

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