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From unpasteurised milk to raw shellfish, there are some foods that you should avoid when pregnant, according to the NHS.

A Lanarkshire dad was forced to have his arm amputated after he grazed his knuckles while tinkering with his car and developed deadly sepsis.

A Scots dad was forced to have his arm amputated after he grazed his knuckles while tinkering with his car and developed deadly sepsis.

Typhoid could be the next medical crisis in store for the UK, as the ancient illness is building a resistance to the medication that treats it.

Greater Manchester’s polio vaccine uptake stands at more than 95 per cent. The figures come as the UK Health Security Agency has declared a ‘national incident’ after it has repeatedly detected the polio virus between closely linked individuals and extended family in London's sewage works.

A couple claim their dream honeymoon was 'ruined' after picking up E.coli and a gastric infection at a luxury hotel in Egypt.

People are being warned to make sure they are fully vaccinated as polio has been reported to be spreading in Britain for the first time in decades. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has repeatedly detected the polio virus between closely linked individuals and extended family in London's sewage works.

Sub-variants of Covid-19, named BA.4 and BA.4, are the latest threat to Brits’ health. The Omicron wave has seen numerous people infected with the virus for a second, or perhaps more, time.

An outbreak of fatal tuberculosis (TB) has killed one person at a UK university with three more students testing positive.

A dad-of-two who died not once but twice has told how he could see his own unconscious body as medics fought to save him.

The number of people being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 in Greater Manchester has almost doubled in the space of a week. There were 251 Covid-related hospital admissions in the week ending June 12, compared to 133 the week before - an increase of 89pc.

Levels of coronavirus have risen this week in the UK, with an estimated 1.4 million people in private households estimated to have had the virus last week. Infections were likely to have been caused by the BA.4 and BA.5 strains of the Omicron variant, the Office for National Statistics has said.

Doja Cat tweeted an album of post-op snaps from the hospital on Thursday after undergoing her second throat surgery since last month.The 26-year-old is in the midst of an ongoing medical saga that began with a tonsil infection and intensified when she mixed wine with antibiotics by mistake.In the pictures she posted from her sick bed this week, she was still attached to an IV drip as she pulled a pout and flashed a peace sign for the camera. Recovering:Doja Cat tweeted an album of post-op snaps from the hospital on Thursday after undergoing her second throat surgery since last month When a fan tweeted at her on Thursday asking: 'are you abo up to get the surgery now or?' she responded: 'did it already.'Doja has had to cancel her upcoming tour dates with The Weeknd, as well as her festival engagements such as Lollapalooza, on account of her health problems.

BBC The One Show on Thursday (June 16) he said he was "very worried" after hearing a "really high-pitched noise" in his right ear all the time after suffering a bad sinus infection. The musician and choirmaster said: "In 2013 I got a sinus infection. .

A new wave of coronavirus is looking likely in Scotland and the rest of the UK, a Scottish immunologist has warned.

Dolly Parton is donating $1 million to pediatric infectious disease research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, the organization announced on Wednesday.The new gift is one of several Parton has made to the center over the years, including a $1 million gift in April 2020 for COVID vaccine research.That gift helped Vanderbilt researchers test an array of drugs aimed at reducing the life-threatening symptoms associated with COVID-19, the center said in a news release. Generous:Dolly Parton is donating $1 million to pediatric infectious disease research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, the organization announced on Wednesday.

Dolly Parton is continuing to do her bit to help others.

Alias,” and feeling “lost” and “worthless” with “zero self-esteem.” In the wide-ranging conversation, Cooper also opened up about how Arnett helped him on his initial path to recovery, and the two bonded over wanting to better themselves for the sake of their kids."Fatherhood is … everything changed," Cooper said. "Every single thing is absolutely shaded by, or brought into glorious colors, by the fact that I get to be a father to a wonderful human being." Arnett also said, “I did find for me that one of the things that it does do is that it accelerates your work on yourself because you want to not infect them with the crap you don't have figured out.”Cooper has opened up about his history with addiction in the past, telling in a 2012 interview that he quit all drugs and alcohol at age 29 because he realized he was going to ruin his own life.

A recent rise in Covid infection numbers in Scotland has been described by officials as ‘uncertain’.

World health experts have warned we should prepare for deaths in Europe from monkeypox.

Diabetes Week has begun and as one of the world’s biggest lifestyle conditions, it's important that we look at the signs of when blood glucose level is too high. The International Diabetes Federation claims 463 million people globally are affected by diabetes with that number on the rise to 153 million by 2045. In Scotland over 276,000 people now have diabetes and a further 45,500 people are estimated to have Type 2 diabetes but do not know it. According to Diabetes UK, by 2035 more than 480,000 people in Scotland will be living with diabetes.