The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has published a new report, Too Clean or Not Too Clean?, calling for an end to the myth that some people are being too hygienic for their own good.

The outbreak, which is the second largest on record and this week crossed the border in to Uganda, has led to 2,108 cases and 1,411 deaths so far.

The Cabinet Secretary, with the agreement of the Prime Minister, has today announced that Chris Whitty has been appointed as the new Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England, and the UK Government’s Chief Medical Adviser.

These STIs have a profound impact on the health of adults and children worldwide.

A study published in Science Advances is the first to specifically assess the potential health benefits of limiting the current trajectory of 3°C warming, if the U.S achieves its climate change emission reduction targets, to the actual warming targets of 2°C and 1.5°C set in the Paris Agreement. 

The research involved a team from the University of Maryland and Burkina Faso conducting the first outside-of-a-laboratory trial of a transgenic method for combating malaria.