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Poultry farms in Western Australia have entered lockdown after deadly H5N1 bird flu was found in wild birds on the Australian mainland, prompting the country's largest producer to act before the strain can reach commercial flocks.
Health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo say the eastern outbreak has reached 1,003 confirmed cases and 254 deaths, with insecurity and crowded camps complicating the response.
The UK Health Security Agency has warned of health risks across London, the South East and parts of eastern and central England as temperatures climb, with older and unwell people most at risk.
Year 13 pupils and new students will be offered a two-dose meningitis B vaccine from late July, in an emergency programme launched after the UK's largest and fastest-growing MenB outbreak.
The UK Health Security Agency has warned that falling childhood vaccination rates are leaving communities exposed, after a rise in measles cases across several regions.