Scurvy is making a comeback among England's children. Caused by a lack of vitamin C, the potentially fatal disease was a scourge of pirates and sailors in the heyday of the British Empire, but was ...

Australian researchers warn GLP-1 weight-loss drugs may cause scurvy, the historic "pirate disease," due to poor nutrition and vitamin C deficiency risks.

With cases of scurvy appearing in Sydney and Zimbabwe, Jonathan Lamb looks at the history of a disease that was once thought to belong to the past When doctors and patients realised that scurvy had ...