UK unusual outbreaks of disease

These references relate to unusual outbreaks of disease in the United Kingdom that are relevant to understanding CBW issues and responses to them. [NOTE: in the world of healthcare, an outbreak of disease is, by definition, unusual; however, in the realm of control of deliberate disease, the phrase has been used on a regular basis.]

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Total Records Found: 7401, showing 25 per page
Title 2026-0510 [BBC] Army parachutes onto remote island to help Briton with suspected hantavirus
Author Lauren Turner
Sides 5
Title 2026-0323 [PA] [Gua] No new meningitis cases linked to Kent outbreak reported health agency says
Sides 2
Title 2026-0318 [Gua] Kent meningitis outbreak has been contained health officials believe
Author Denis Campbell, Ian Sample, Anna Bawden
Sides 4
Title 2026-0216 [BBC] Students begin Covid compensation claim against 36 more universities
Author Branwyn Jeffreys
Sides 5
Title 2026-0216 [BBC] Measles outbreak could see unvaccinated pupils excluded from schools in north London
Author Maia Davies, Nick Triggle
Sides 6
Title 2026-0215 [Gua] Fast-spreading measles outbreak takes hold among under-10s in north London
Author Rachel Hall
Sides 3
Title 2026-0214 [BBC] UCL and students settle dispute over Covid teaching
Author Hazel Shearing
Sides 3
Title 2026-0202 [Gua] Race to contain suspected bird flu outbreak among Thames Valley swans
Author Yassin El-Moudden, Damien Gayle
Sides 3
Title 2026-0201 [BBC] Bluetongue virus case confirmed on farm
Author Shannen Headley
Sides 2
Title 2026-0128 [BBC] We weren-t perfect says bogus Covid lab accused
Author Steve Jones
Sides 3
Title 2026-0126 [Gua] UK loses WHO status as measles-free after rise in deaths and fall in jab uptake
Author Denis Campbell
Sides 4
Title 2026-0118 [Gua] Inventor says robo-vaccination machine could be used to combat bovine TB
Author Patrick Barkham
Sides 4
Title 2026-0102 [Gua] Flu patient numbers in English hospitals fall for second straight week
Author Jamie Grierson
Sides 2
Title 2025-1221 [Gua] UK supermarkets turn to European turkeys as avian flu hits supply
Author Sarah Butler, Joanna Partridge
Sides 5
Title 2025-1212 [Gua] It-s hardly an inconvenience – your views on wearing a mask to combat flu
Author Jane Clinton, Alfie Packham
Sides 5
Title 2025-1212 [Gua] As NHS braces for record flu cases is the strain active in continental Europe too Q
Author Ian Sample
Sides 3
Title 2025-1209 [Gua] People urged to wear masks when they are ill as UK faces tidal wave of flu
Author Nadeem Badshah
Sides 3
Title 2025-1122 [Gua] Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could overwhelm system
Author Geraldine McKelvie, Henry Dyer
Sides 7
Title 2025-1122 [Gua] Bad season of bird flu in UK hits supply of Christmas turkeys
Author Joanna Partridge, Sarah Butler
Sides 4
Title 2025-1120 {UK} [HallettInq] Speech — Main statement transcript no timestamps
Sides 7
Title 2025-1120 {UK} [HallettInq] PubPR — Module 2 2A 2B 2C Report – Core decision-making and political governance
Sides 3
Title 2025-1120 {UK} [HallettInq] PubPR — Module 2 2A 2B 2C – Report and Recommendations In Brief
Sides 4
Title 2025-1120 {UK} [HallettInq] Modules 2 2A 2B 2C – Report and Recommendations In Brief
Sides 8
Title 2025-1120 {UK} [HallettInq] HC1436-II Modules 2 2A 2B 2C — Volume II – Key themes lessons and recommendations -2025-1100-
Sides 336
Title 2025-1120 {UK} [HallettInq] HC1436-I Modules 2 2A 2B 2C — Volume I – Introduction and key events from January 2020 to May 2022 -2025-1100-
Sides 464

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