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The influential public health scientist who advised former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that it was possible to eliminate Covid now admits that she made a mistake.

Health chiefs have been warned to tread carefully in trying to get more children to have measles jabs after the infection rate soared.

EXCLUSIVE: Experts told MailOnline the figures were extremely worrying and would inevitably result in patients being infected and staff having to take time off, straining NHS services.

Data published by the Office for National Statistics has shown older generations are more likely to break lockdown rules compared to younger people.

<strong>Letter: </strong>The Conservative government’s dislike and distrust of local government has had dire consequences, says <strong>Liz Overstall</strong>

J D Wetherspoon FY23 total sales of £1,925 million, up 10.6%

PROFESSOR ROBERT DINGWALL This may seem hard to believe, but for 48 hours in March 2020, the UK set out to manage the Covid in much the same way as Sweden.

EXCLUSIVE: Londoners could be injected with the infectious tropical virus dengue as part of a proposed study that experts say carries an inevitable risk of onward community infections.

Experts have warned that dengue fever could become "endemic" in the UK if a risky experiment goes wrong. But some say it is inevitable that dengue will become established in the UK due to climate change, and that these experiments are vital for effective vaccines.

A huge explosion in cases across India over the past month left hospitals braced for an influx of infections. Yet the once-spiralling curve has now flattened off before it had chance to overwhelm the nation.