A European Union anti-smoking campaign, “Ex-Smokers are Unstoppable” is working with Barcelona FC to help 24 to 35 year olds quit smoking. Its free, online health tool, iCoach, is now helping 220,000 people break the habit. Continue reading Stop smoking mobile app helps 40% of users quit →

According to experts, almost a third of European city dwellers are exposed to excessive concentrations of airborne particulate matter (PM). PM is especially dangerous to human health as it affects the sensitive areas of the respiratory tract. Continue reading Air pollution in Europe reduces life expectancy by 2 years →

SARS – the potentially deadly respiratory infection that was a huge global news story almost a decade ago – might be back writes John Miller of the Healthy Travel Blog

Global health officials are keeping their eyes on a SARS-related virus, Coronavirus, that appears to have originated in the Saudi Arabia and has now spread to London. Continue reading The Return of SARS →

As of 24 September 2012, 51 cases (19 laboratory confirmed, 32 probable) with Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) have been reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Of these, 20 have been fatal (7 confirmed, 13 probable). Continue reading Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo – update →