https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/climate-health/ The latest Flip News stories on climate-health. en-GB Sat, 03 Oct 2026 06:38:55 GMT https://flipnews.co.uk/health/uk-heatwave-ticks-hyalomma-cchf/ https://flipnews.co.uk/health/uk-heatwave-ticks-hyalomma-cchf/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:42:00 GMT Heatwaves are allowing hyalomma ticks — the main transmitters of the life-threatening Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus — to moult into adults in the UK for the first time, the UK Health Security Agency's head of medical entomology has told PA. Sarah Whitfield ticks cchf ukhsa climate-health uk Press Association via Messenger Newspapers; GOV.UK (HAIRS risk assessment)