Health disasters in the United Kingdom

counterpart in cattle to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Thalidomide, sold under the brand names Contergan, Distaval and Thalomid among others, is an oral administered medication used to treat a number of cancers (e.g., multiple myeloma), graft-versus-host disease, and many skin disorders (e.g., complications of leprosy such as skin lesions). Thalidomide has been used to treat conditions associated with HIV: aphthous ulcers, HIV-associated wasting syndrome, diarrhea, and Kaposi's sarcoma, but increases in HIV viral load have been reported.

contagious disease of humans that struck England and Europe between 1485 and 1551

serious outbreak of foodborne illness focused in northern Germany in May through June 2011

medical condition

arsenic poisoning in United Kingdom