Disease is spreading among mink and cattle in a ‘completely preventable’ outbreak

US authorities tighten border rules as virus cases found across Africa

It had been expected that a reversal would be drawn up as part of a wider shake-up of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

All the major tax and spending policies as John Healey announces them

Researchers say increase in wildfires, pollution and spread of vector-borne diseases pose a risk to health

The country is among the hardest-hit as Western governments slash overseas development budgets to increase defence spending

Afghan doctors told they will no longer be able to perform corneal transplants

One year after the ceasefire, a humanitarian crisis overwhelms the Strip with few signs of long-term recovery

Teacher badly injured in attack as mistrust of outbreak responders deepens

Palangkaraya is on the front line of an environmental crisis that has cloaked much of the region in a toxic haze

At least 15 commanders on both sides of the conflict accused of weaponising sexual violence during the siege of El Fasher

A well-meaning humanitarian intervention intended to help some of the world’s poorest people backfired with devastating consequences

Continent suffers highest ever heat-related death toll with Italy hardest hit

The neurological disease spread by midges has been found in livestock across Europe

The disease is uniquely dangerous for expectant mothers, making them one of the most vulnerable groups

Epidemic becomes the most geographically widespread in history

Countries are urged to monitor how extreme temperatures affect pregnant women, newborns and children

Waistlines have ballooned as sedentary lifestyles, urbanisation and western diets have taken over East Africa

Washington raises threat level as Nairobi records eighth case of highly infectious virus

Patient is isolating at home after being infected by cattle