H5N1 sparks a very Australian epidemic www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Maeve Cullinan 13 August 2026 at 14:10 Tasmanian devils, platypus and dingoes all at risk of contracting the highly contagious bird flu as the country battles growing case numbers
Advice, cookbooks and emergency Pot Noodles: Your best gifts for university students www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Rachel Avery 13 August 2026 at 09:00 Results day has arrived and Telegraph readers share their present ideas for loved ones heading off to study
Ebola outbreak βdoubling every 20 daysβ, warns UN chief www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Ben Farmer Β· Maeve Cullinan 12 August 2026 at 19:07 Congoβs current epidemic is on track to eclipse the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014 to 2016
Madagascar forced to divide and share mpox vaccine as epidemic takes off www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Maeve Cullinan 11 August 2026 at 15:29 The African island is currently battling its largest-ever outbreak of the virus formerly known as monkeypox
Sudan exodus threatens humanitarian catastrophe in Chad www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Gordon Cole-Schmidt 11 August 2026 at 12:52 Hundreds of thousands fleeing the war in Sudan fight for food and water in eastern Chad, where conditions have moved beyond breaking point
Israelβs mental health time bomb www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Paul Nuki 9 August 2026 at 11:00 Post-traumatic stress disorder in the general population has increased by 70 per cent following the October 7 attacks
Wildfire forces thousands to evacuate in Canada www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Chanel Zagon 9 August 2026 at 04:14 Blaze likened to a βbomb going offβ as fast-moving flames force 20,000 to flee homes
Suspected Ebola case on packed Congo river boat sparks testing rush www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Ben Farmer 6 August 2026 at 20:37 More than 200 people headed for DRCβs capital Kinshasa are detained following the death of a passenger who had already disembarked
The best luxury hotels in the Cotswolds www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Harriet O'Brien 6 August 2026 at 19:00 Not short of outstanding accommodation, this idyllic pocket of England is home to some of the country's most heart-soaring places to stay
El Nino could cause explosion of rabid seals, animal health experts warn www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Ben Farmer 6 August 2026 at 14:55 Changing patterns in fish stocks may drive uninfected migrating seals into rabid populations
Ebola outbreak outpacing containment effort, WHO chief warns www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Maeve Cullinan Β· Ben Farmer Β· Sarah Newey 5 August 2026 at 21:06 New cases have doubled in some hotspots over the past week, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns
The underground lab where βprincess mosquitoesβ are treated like royalty www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Arthur Scott-Geddes Β· Simon Townsley 5 August 2026 at 08:00 Beneath the streets of London, native British mosquitoes are being bred for the first time to help scientists get ahead of disease threats
What I saw in a week on the front line of Afghanistanβs hunger crisis www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Cobi Rietveld 4 August 2026 at 14:20 More than a third of the countryβs population requires urgent food assistance. Malnourished mothers and children bear the brunt
Worldβs first seahorse hospital fights to protect them from extinction www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Tom Parry 4 August 2026 at 08:00 As millions of creatures are poached for the Asian traditional medicine market, rescuers scramble to preserve a vulnerable marine population
The 13 best castle hotels in England www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Charlotte Eggleston-Johnstone 3 August 2026 at 19:00 Moated forts, four-poster beds, suits of armour and French tapestries β these are the stays of medieval dreams
Inside the trial for a vaccine to end malaria www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Maeve Cullinan Β· Paul Nuki 3 August 2026 at 08:50 Volunteers in Oxford are testing an experimental jab against an ancient killer
Battle rages over access to new βmiracleβ HIV drug www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Lilia Sebouai 31 July 2026 at 18:31 Trials show Lenacapavir can all but eliminate infection. Yet in the Latin American countries where it was tested almost no one can get it
Arsonists torch more Ebola clinics as misinformation spirals in DRC www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Ben Farmer 30 July 2026 at 18:54 At least a dozen facilities have now been attacked since Congo declared its outbreak
Race for vaccine against new Ebola strain gets $8.5m boost www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Sarah Newey 30 July 2026 at 12:59 Vaccine candidate is a Bundibugyo version of the Ervebo shot, which has already been approved for Ebola Zaire
AMR chatbot could prevent drug-resistant infections in African hospitals www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Ben Farmer 29 July 2026 at 19:38 Developers say the phone-based tool, which advises medics on how to prescribe antibiotics, has already helped raise the quality of care