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A displacement camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Displacement can impact access to routine immunization for children and their families. Credit: PATH/Ley Uwera.

Zero-dose children are an indicator of broader inequities

26 Feb 2024

4 min read

RSV is a leading cause of lower respiratory tract infections in children under the age of five. Credit: bady abbas on Unsplash

Preterm infants at disproportionately high risk from RSV

26 Feb 2024

4 min read

RSV Research summary

HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer is administrated to school children at Matipula Primary School in Lusaka, Zambia. Credit: Gavi/2023/Peter Caton

How Gavi decides which vaccines to invest in

23 Feb 2024

5 min read

Explainer Vaccine development

Preterm babies are more at risk of severe neurological problems, like cerebral palsy, poor lung function and long-term problems with their guts. Credit: Zoe Graham on Unsplash

80% of premature baby deaths happen in poorer countries. Five simple measures that can help save them

23 Feb 2024

4 min read

Cross-posts Maternal and child health

A patient in the emergency ward of Srinigar's hospital in the Kashmir Himalayas. Credit: Parvaiz Bhat

In the Himalayas, climate change bites and human health suffers

23 Feb 2024

6 min read

Climate change

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), or “zombie deer disease”, is spreading in North America. Credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash

Zombie deer disease is spreading and scientists are concerned that it could jump to humans

22 Feb 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Outbreaks

A nurse preparing a syringe with pentavalent vaccine in Nigeria. Credit: GAVI/2013/Adrian Brooks

Medics in the firing line: Nigerian health workers tell stories of courage

22 Feb 2024

8 min read

Health worker heroes Conflict & humanitarian

The more knowledgeable people are about science, the more positively they tend to feel about it. Credit: Gabriella Clare Marino on Unsplash

Does knowing the science make you feel more positively about it?

22 Feb 2024

3 min read

Research summary

Studies show that social grants can help older South Africans protect their cognitive health and live longer. Credit: Pixabay on Pexels

Money and ageing: South African study shows cash grants help people live longer and have better memory function

21 Feb 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Research summary

Vaccine outreach in Gomoa East District, Ghana (Credit: Felix Adipare)

Learning across borders: boosting immunisation coverage in Ghana

21 Feb 2024

4 min read

Vaccine campaigns Health worker heroes

R. Dhaarmika supervises a midwife at a Maternal and Child Welfare Center in Colombo. Credit: Aanya Wipulasena

Sri Lanka achieves hepatitis B control: “We are on track for elimination”

21 Feb 2024

5 min read

Hepatitis

Geneticist Chris Mason (right), Evan Afshin (center), and Sofia Ahsanuddin (left) sample turnstiles in New York City’s subway system in June 2016. Their swabs pick up cells that humans, animals, and microorganisms naturally shed, leaving behind genetic fingerprints. Visual: Thos Robinson/Getty Images for Weill Cornell Medicine

The uncharted world of emerging pathogens

20 Feb 2024

15 min read

Cross-posts Disease Detectives

Child recovering from diphtheria in Kano State. Credit: Medecins Sans Frontieres

Nigeria’s diphtheria nightmare is not yet over

20 Feb 2024

6 min read

Diphtheria

The pandemic exposed and accelerated the cracks in health systems, and, as these latest figures show, this has set back progress towards safer pregnancy in the UK by decades.

Maternal death rates in the UK have increased to levels not seen for almost 20 years – experts explain why

19 Feb 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Gender equality Explainer

electron microscopic image of the 1976 isolate of Ebola virus. Credit: CDC on Unsplash

Ebola vaccine halves deaths even in people already infected

19 Feb 2024

3 min read

Ebola Research summary

Newborns with high antibody levels at birth also had greater protection against COVID-19 infection during their first six months. Credit: Rene Asmussen on Pexels

COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy protects newborns

19 Feb 2024

3 min read

COVID-19 Research summary

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