Further deaths from an outbreak of Rionnaires' disease are highly likely, doctors warned yesterday.
The recent outbreak is centred on Heathrow, and the number of confirmed cases rose to 157 (although some have been lost). And there are still thous...
A man in Spain is receiving treatment in hospital after an angry mob of Cucumber farmers descended on his home and forced him to move out of the village.
Local Farmers accuse Hector Julio Fernandez of contaminating their cucumber stock with e-coli...
COVENTRY, W. MIDS., ENG. - A local secondary school has caused the entire Coventry city area to be put on lockdown after a new mutation has caused a harmless bacteria to morph into a pathogen.
The pathogen classified as X/11-G, after the room (X)...
"Birthers" and other critics of U.S. President Barack Obama are upset that his birth certificate revelation this week has shut down their arguements and conspiracy theories. Undaunted, the group is seeking other avenues to remove "this country's wor...
Scientists from Harvard and Boston have announced a potential breakthrough in the fight against malaria.
This has resulted in yet another 'proof' of 'evolution' being consigned to a toilet which is by now needing a good rodding out.
Scientists...
Those nearly one hundred guests at a big party last week at the Playboy Mansion, who were previously thought to have come down with Legionnaires Disease, do not all have it according to a Doctor Harold Linsberg who is in charge in finding the cause...
Scientists at Manchester University of Science and Technology have asked that the phrase "Clean as a Whistle" be changed to Clean as Anything Other than a Whistle after a month long study into the bacteria that grow inside whistles.
"Whistles are...
A new fashion craze is sweeping the country faster than the Black Death, with the potential consequences being quoted as 'equally as disastrous.' Those most in danger are teenage boys and young adult men, who are being targeted by High Street stores...
An Ode to a Certain Malevolent Maladie on the Occasion of a Major Epidemic that has Acquired a Pathogenicity that Imperils Mankind Across the Globe and May Destroy Civilization as It Is Known to Us
Presented in Its Entirety by the Poet Laureate on the Mundane, the Preposterous, and the Absurd: Sir Percival Blink, Esq. to His Most Excellent, Gracious Majesty, Humbert II, as He Succumbs to Ye Ol...
Half of the UK's workforce ground to a halt today, including yours truly, as the population were confined to beds.
Manflu, also known as "Extremely Fatal Disease" to men, and "Non-existent phenomena for a day off" to women, struck us all down, lea...
Shock as a deadly new disease promises to cause thousands of sore heads; a million runny noses and an excuse for pupils to skive school: Pope Flu is heading for the UK.
The deadly new flu is thought to have begun after the Pope was seen coughing d...
NEWBY NATURE NOTES:
by Billy Murray
What do birds and bats have in common? Eyes. Birds enjoy flying around and not bumping into things, but bats don't use their eyes for the same purpose. Bats use a type of radar in order to achieve the same result.
However, since the discovery of the white-nose syndrome in bats found living in Newby village, Isle of Wight, there is a possiblity...
The decline in bee populations is probably due to over-exposure to pollen, the Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman probably claimed today.
Bee populations have been shrinking in recent years and lobby groups have pressed for government funding...
The truth is out there and this intrepid reporter has found it whispering in her ear. My children's well check appointments are coming up, including the always painful vaccinations. But I am finding that little viruses and bacteria are telling me to not vaccinate, because it will cause Autism.
I only noticed that they were whispering these scare tatics in my ear when I had a dream and they...
A lack of diet and exercise has seen the return of rickets a popular disease of the victorian era. The consumption of fatty foods and the unwillingness of people to move very much has led to its return.
People in the North of England are proving...
Today scientists have announced that they have discovered a major breakthrough in Cancer research.
For years cancer researchers worldwide have strained their minds looking for a common denominator to link all forms of cancer.
Today leading onc...
A new report from the Surgeon Colonel is that they have completed a major study that links breathing to Pinworms Disease.
"It's almost 100%", stated S.G. to this reporter. "Two in the study have disappeared and we can't find them, but 100% of the...
WASHINGTON DC - According to sources at FDA, you can't blame this one on the FDA: Researchers have found signs of aspartame disease -- normally thought of as a modern disease caused by toxic artificial sweeteners protected by the FDA-- in 3,700-year-...