bugs

The authors argue that the NHS should be prepared for winters like this one and that blaming external factors such as winter bugs risked offering "false comfort" about the state of the health service.

The spill poisoned the river’s ecosystem for a 40-mile stretch, killing tens of thousands of fish, as well as all the bugs and vegetation.

Some of these disease-causing bugs may be so old, human immune systems are totally naïve to them, which means unleashing them could infect millions, maybe even trigger another pandemic.

Days into our temporary sublet, we discovered it was infested with bed bugs.

With little food and clean water, there is a rise in malnutrition and diseases - from stomach bugs to scabies.