‘If you love or are a woman, don’t go to Malta,’ say couple in abortion drama
After her ‘babymoon’ became a tragic medical crisis, Andrea Prudente wants to use her story to oppose bans on abortion
March 2020
Super-rich jet off to disaster bunkers amid coronavirus outbreak
‘Self isolate’ for some of world’s richest means Covid-19 tests abroad, personal medics and subterranean hide-outs
March 2017
Brief letters
Cheap hotels have killed the sleeper
Letters: Dr Hannah Ryan | Overnight trains | Oldest parliaments | Scandi detectives | Northern Ireland | April Fool’s day
April 2014
Guinea's Ebola outbreak: what is the virus and what's being done?
African nation is facing an Ebola epidemic of a 'magnitude never before seen', with nearly 80 deaths so far. So what's being done to stop its spread?
May 2013
Dengue fever rise prompts doctors to warn of insect bites abroad
Travellers to far east and Caribbean told to be on lookout for warning signs after cases of tropical disease rise threefold
December 2012
Holidaymakers at risk as doctors run out of typhoid vaccine
Supply crisis sparked by manufacturer's recall – 700,000 people already injected could be affected
July 2012
Foreign hospitals count cost of young UK holidaymakers
FCO reports a huge rise in the number of British teenagers being hospitalised while holidaying abroad
August 2011
Owners of Ubertan tanning spray could face two years in prison
Government watchdog MHRA advises people not to use the tanning nasal spray, which was being sold illegally in the UK
October 2010
Notes & Theories
Why do diseases love a good festival?
The Lancet is holding a conference on mass gatherings and how to prevent the globalisation of infection. Appropriately, says Riazat Butt, the venue is Jeddah, gateway to the hajj
September 2010
Travel insurance: do you really need it for a European holiday?
Is the European health insurance card enough when travelling abroad or is full medical insurance an essential?
July 2010
Response
Don't let the phoney melanoma scare keep you out of the sun
Sam Shuster
Response: There are many good reasons why we won't – and shouldn't – give up our tan, says Sam Shuster
July 2009
Hindu pilgrims warned of high altitude dangers
Spate of deaths in Himalayas alarms medical experts
April 2009
Britons warned not to go to Mexico as EU travel advice sparks row
Foreign Office has responds to raised pandemic threat by advising against all but essential travel to Mexico
December 2008
New jet lag drug could call time on sleepless nights and fuzzy days
Travel blog
How do you beat jet lag?
July 2004
Careful how you go
Dr Jules Eden tells you how to avoid being taken ill when you're away.
March 2004
Taking prevention of Aids beyond ABC
British doctors lead European search for microbicides to stop transmission of HIV.
October 2003
Flying doctor
Flying doctor
September 2003
Flying doctor
My employer ruptured his eardrum last weekend and is scheduled for a flight this coming Saturday for business - can he fly with a ruptured eardrum?
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