Eight obscure ways you can get meningitis - from vaping to cutlery

Two people have died and several others hospitalised after an outbreak of meningitis in Kent - below are eight ways the potentially deadly infection can be contracted ...

‘Missed opportunities’ to prevent woman’s death in prison cell fire, inquest finds

Clare Dupree, 48, who had severe mental illness, died after using a vape to start blaze at prison in Gloucestershire ...

Inside New York’s ‘superbug’ crisis — and the bad habit that’s fueling antibiotic resistance

Forget bedbugs and cockroaches — NYC is battling “superbugs” that can’t easily be quashed. Candida auris, for one, survives ...
Scientific American

A hidden kidney threat—and new treatments that make detecting it critical

IgA nephropathy, an immune assault on the kidneys, is often missed. New treatments mean that spotting it sooner might save lives ...