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WORLD WAR FLU Spanish Flu pandemic that killed 50million could return as Covid may make seasonal outbreaks worse, WHO expert warns Exclusive Updated: 1 Mar 2021, 11:57 THE dreaded Spanish Flu which killed around 50 million people around the globe could be the cause of the next pandemic, one of the WHOs leading experts on influenza has warned. Dr John McCauley, a leading member of the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System, also told The Sun Online how changes to the regular flu ...

Last modified on Wed 24 Feb 2021 04.01 EST A simmering row in Australia over plans to charge social media companies for sharing news erupted last week when Facebook blocked news sites across the country. The row was resolved on Tuesday with an 11th-hour deal that will see the web giant excluded from the new code in exchange for signing deals with content providers to showcase their news. In this week’s big story, the team from Guardian Australia look at how a compromise was reached before ...

Updated: 21 Feb 2021, 17:25 Invalid Date, RUSSIA has recorded the worlds first-ever human infection of a mutant strain of bird flu - but says theres not yet any sign of transmission. The highly-infectious H5N8 virus was found to have leapt to people working at a poultry farm in the south of the vast country. 4 The first-ever human infection of a mutant strain of bird flu has been recorded in RussiaCredit: EPA Scientists say seven people were found to be infected in December. Its the first time...

Brain-swelling Nipah virus is 75 times more deadly than Covid could be next pandemic Exclusive Updated: 19 Feb 2021, 15:53 A BRAIN-SWELLING disease 75 times more deadly than Covid could mutate to become the next pandemic killing millions, scientists have warned. Experts told Sun Online how a number of emerging diseases could trigger another global outbreak – and this time it could be The Big One. ⚠️ Read our    The fruit bat-borne virus Nipah is a prime candidate for serious concern, th...

Updated: 19 Feb 2021, 17:40 Invalid Date, A BRAIN-SWELLING disease 75 times more deadly than Covid could mutate to become the next pandemic killing millions, scientists have warned. Experts told Sun Online how a number of emerging diseases could trigger another global outbreak – and this time it could be The Big One. 7 The fruit bat-borne virus Nipah is a prime candidate for serious concern, they fear. Severe brain swelling, seizures and vomiting are just some of the symptoms of this highly ...

Updated: 12 Feb 2021, 10:51 Invalid Date, MANKIND is on a collision course with nature around the world which could trigger an outbreak known as "Disease X" which could be worse than the Black Death. Scientists have predicted we could face a health emergency or pandemic every five years likely caused by "zoonotic" diseases - when infections jump from animals to humans. The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced this week it believes Covid is likely one of these types of infections as it i...

Humanity could soon face new deadly pandemic ‘on the scale of the Black Death’ Environmental writer John Vidal warns that the constant destruction of wild animals habitats brings humans into contact with diseases with the potential to cause tens of millions of deaths The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now The Daily Stars FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up tod...

Updated: 6 Feb 2021, 18:08 Invalid Date, THE world is at risk of a far worse pandemic than Covid "on the scale of the Black Death", warn experts. Deadly microbes which have jumped from animals into humans could "kill tens of millions of people" they terrifyingly add. 9 Healthcare workers carry a coffin with a baby, who died from Ebola, in the Democratic Republic of CongoCredit: Reuters Environmental writer John Vidal, who is working on a book revealing the links between nature and disease, has...

News photo Active duty: Young Nic (right) on patrol while serving as a Game Warden in the Simien Mountains of northern Ethiopia in the late 1960s. The man on the left, with a rifle slung over his shoulder, was Assistant Warden Mesfin Abebe, and the two men behind were local vigilantes who joined us in pursuit of illegal loggers. C.W. NICOL PHOTOS OLD NICS NOTEBOOK Reflections on feelings and farmland born of an exciting time spent serving Haile Selassie By C.W. NICOL On March 15 just gone, this...

2020: a truly unimaginable year for biodiversity Max Benato © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/AP The year 2020 was always destined to be a crucial one for biodiversity, with the Cop15 conference in Kunming, China scheduled for October, at which the international community was expected to agree a Paris-style agreement for nature. But the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic across the world forced biodiversity on to the agenda in a way previously unseen. ...