A highly drug-resistant type of 'super-gonorrhoea' is spreading across the country, with senior medics warning it may become untreatable. A powerful strain of the sexually transmitted superbug first seen in the north of England has now been found in the West Midlands and the South East, Public Health England (PHE) said. The strain is 'highly resistant' to the antibiotic azithromycin, meaning medics are relying on a second drug, ceftriaxone, to treat it. But there are no other effective drugs to tackle it, raising the prospect of it becoming untreatable if it builds further resistance. A highly drug-resistant type of 'super-gonorrhoea'…

“Sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite” becomes a decidedly less innocuous phrase if you've ever had bed bugs. Though the gluttonous insects were largely eradicated in developed countries in the mid-20th century, they have made a resounding global comeback in the last twenty years or so, feasting happily on millions of unsuspecting sleepers and turning major metropolitan centers like New York City inside out in attempts to get rid of them. The likely explanation for bed bugs’ resurgence is that they’ve become resistant to the most commonly used insecticides, and now researchers at the University of Sydney in…

It is an age many parents dread, the point at which the so-called 'terrible twos' strike. For some parents the temper tantrums are short lived. But, a new study warns, for others the melt downs could signal a darker side to their child's personality. Experts have identified clues that can suggest whether the 'terrible twos' is just a blip, or if they are actions that are likely to escalate to aggression, stealing and bullying. They studied 'callous-unemotional' behaviors in the toddler years that include lack of empathy, lying and little emotion in children who would likely have the worst behavior…

Girls captured by Boko Haram in Nigeria are volunteering to become suicide bombers because they can no longer bear the sexual abuse and constant hunger they suffer as prisoners. Many of the young women take the shocking decision as a last resort to try and escape the jihadi group, even if it costs them their life. Women who managed to escape Boko Haram have revealed that the young bombers don't believe in the radical ideology of the group but rather they want to run away from the nightmare conditions. Fati (pictured) said that the militants turned up at her village,…