Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel, Multi-country
On 2 May 2026, a cluster of passengers with severe respiratory illness aboard a cruise ship was reported to the World Health Organization. The ship is carrying 147 passengers and…
Thymidine Kinase 2 Deficiency (TK2d): European Commission approves doxecitine and doxribtimine (KYGEVVI®) as first and only treatment
UCB (Euronext Brussels: UCB), a global biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization under exceptional circumstances for KYGEVVI (doxecitine and doxribtimine) for the treatment…
Cases of invasive meningococcal disease notified in Kent
The UK Health Security Agency is continuing to investigate an outbreak of meningococcal disease in Kent. As of 5pm on 19 March, 18 laboratory cases are confirmed and 11 notifications…
New vaccine concept tackles harmful bacteria in the intestine
The issue of intestinal bacteria is a complex one. On the one hand, we are dependent on the microorganisms because they are the ones that digest the food in our…