The British Health Protection Agency has said that a patient from London is receiving hospital treatment after being bitten by a dog in Asia.

A case of rabies has been confirmed in the UK, the country's Health Protection Agency (HPA) said today.

No convincing evidence has been revealed that mobile phones damage human health in spite of an "explosion" in research into the issue over the past decade, according to a review of scientific studies billed as the most comprehensive yet.

There is no convincing evidence that mobile phones damage human health in spite of an “explosion” in research into the issue over the past decade, according to a review of scientific studies billed as the most comprehensive yet.

Experts are investigating whether watermelons are linked to an outbreak of salmonella across the Ireland and the UK.

PEOPLE with weak immune systems or underlying medical conditions are at increased risk of infection from fish pedicures, British experts have warned.

People with weak immune systems or underlying medical conditions are at increased risk of infection from controversial fish pedicures, experts have warned.

Mobile phone users could be increasing their chances of developing brain cancer, experts have warned.

Cucumbers could be the cause of a major E.coli outbreak which has killed two people, officials in Germany have said, and recommended that Germans cut cucumbers from their diet for now.

Health experts in the UK are investigating the potential risks of people catching infections from fish pedicures.

People with lung conditions like emphysema and asthma should stay indoors if volcanic ash starts to settle, a spokesman for the World Health Organisation said today.

AN Irish clinic offering parents-to-be keepsake 3-dimensional (3D) or 4-dimensional (4D) images of their unborn children has dismissed a new health warning that non-essential scanning may be harmful.

Tamiflu-resistant swine flu which has broken out in Wales will become much more common as the virus mutates, a flu expert said today.

Footballers were today warned that spitting could increase the risk of spreading swine flu as players at two Premier League clubs were struck down by the virus.

THE family of one of the young children left seriously ill after an outbreak of the bug E Coli last night spoke of their “living hell”.

Children should not be given the anti-viral drug Tamiflu to combat swine flu, Oxford University researchers said today.

The number of new cases of swine flu in England has "decreased significantly" and there is no sign the virus is mutating, the Health Protection Agency in the UK announced today.

One of the firms at the forefront of fighting the swine flu pandemic is today expected to give an update on its anti H1N1 drugs.

The number of UK cases of swine flu broke through the 2,000 mark today with 247 people confirmed with the virus, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) said.

More details are expected to emerge today about the first UK death of a patient suffering from swine flu.

Another 11 cases of swine flu were confirmed in England today, bringing the UK total to 229, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) said.

Two more people have been confirmed with the swine flu virus in the UK today, taking the total to 122.

Seven new cases of swine flu have been confirmed today in the UK, health officials said.

Five UK schools will remain closed today as nine more cases of swine flu were confirmed, bringing the total to 27.

Nine new UK cases of swine flu were confirmed today taking the total to 27, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) said.

Three new cases of swine flu were confirmed in the UK today bringing the total number of victims there to 18.

Three more people in the UK have been diagnosed with swine flu, the British Department of Health (DH) said today.

STAFF at Heston Blumenthal’s award-winning restaurant continued to work while infected with the vomiting bug norovirus, it was confirmed yesterday.

THE number of diners said to have fallen ill after eating at celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck has risen to 400, it was revealed yesterday.

The gap between the number of rich and poor people taking up smoking in the North is widening, it was revealed today.

WITH the obesity time bomb ticking louder than ever people must take more responsibility for their health, warned junior health minister Mary Wallace yesterday.

Food safety chiefs in Ireland and the UK have launched an investigation into a salmonella outbreak after 68 cases of the illness were reported since February.

Food safety chiefs in Ireland and the UK have launched an investigation into a salmonella outbreak after 68 cases of the illness were reported since February.

Obesity is responsible for 450 deaths in the North every year, it was claimed today.

Donal Hickey sings the praises of the great outdoors.

Hopes that the foot and mouth outbreak had been contained were dealt a blow today after a new suspected case of the virulent virus was discovered.

A suspected case of Legionnaires’ disease with alleged links to the Institute for Animal Health at Pirbright in the UK is under investigation tonight.

HEALTH inspectors in Britain have begun an investigation into a large outbreak of measles among the Irish Traveller community in the past few months.

Four people have tested positive for for bird flu after an outbreak of the virus on a north Wales farm, the Health Protection Agency confirmed today.

Tests will reveal today if a vet involved in the bird flu outbreak in England who is suffering from a mild respiratory illness has caught a potentially deadly virus.

A worker involved in the outbreak of bird flu in England has been admitted to hospital with a mild respiratory illness, the British Health Protection Agency said tonight.

An Italian academic feared to have been another victim of the Russian hit squad which killed ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko remains under close observation in hospital today.

Customers at a restaurant and an hotel visited by a poisoned ex-KGB officer will be tested for the radioactive substance that killed him, health chiefs said today.

Dr Pat Troop, chief executive of the Health Protection Agency, has said Mr Litvinenko's death was an "unprecedented event in the UK" and that he had "apparently been poisoned by a type of radiation".