Coinciding with Malaria Awareness Week (10-16 May), the Malaria Awareness Campaign has launched an initiative with naturalist Steve Backshall to show people how to correctly apply insect repellent and prevent mosquito bites. The UK is one of the biggest importers of malaria in Europe and the latest figures from the Health Protection Agency indicate a slight [...]
Continue reading...9. August 2009
Everybody looks forward to a summer holiday, whether it is lazing in the sun, an activity holiday or simply a break from the stresses and strains of work and home. However, 2009 travellers have been concerned by the possible effects on their holiday of the swine `flu virus. The H1N1 virus emerged in Mexico in [...]
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14. May 2010
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