Emerging threats

News and features on the emerging threats to human health, from climate change to AMR.

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Routine immunisation has resulted in diseases like measles being drastically reduced. Laszlo Mates/shutterstock

COVID pandemic created immunisation gaps in Africa. Over half a million children are at risk

21 Sep 2022

5 min read

Lies don’t have to spread far to cause problems. numismarty/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Conspiracy theories are dangerous even if very few people believe them

19 Sep 2022

5 min read

Cross-posts Explainer Vaccine safety COVID-19

Communities affected by the floods in Pakistan are now vulnerable to various diseases. Copyright: Research and Development Foundation.

Flood-hit Pakistan faces spread of infectious diseases

12 Sep 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts Climate change Conflict & humanitarian Outbreaks

Disinformation can derail public health measures vital to controlling the spread of infectious disease. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

Misinformation is a common thread between the COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS pandemics – with deadly consequences

12 Sep 2022

6 min read

Cross-posts COVID-19 HIV

People walking in a flooded street as a result of climate change. Photo by Misbahul Aulia on Unsplash

New study suggests risk of extreme pandemics like COVID-19 could increase threefold in coming decades

5 Sep 2022

3 min read

Research summary Data Climate change Pandemic preparedness COVID-19

A dog in Paris has become the first case of a pet contracting monkeypox from its owners. Cavan Images via Getty Images

A dog has caught monkeypox from one of its owners, highlighting risk of the virus infecting pets and wild animals

2 Sep 2022

6 min read

Cross-posts Mpox

The cause of ‘tomato flu’: the coxsackievirus. CDC/ Dr. Erskine Palmer

‘Tomato flu’ outbreak in India – here’s what it really is

1 Sep 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts Outbreaks Pandemic preparedness COVID-19

Bats at the Kitaka mine in Uganda. The Marburg virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, surfaces, and material. Copyright: WHO /Christopher Black

Africa braces against Marburg virus after Ghana cases

31 Aug 2022

6 min read

Cross-posts Outbreaks Marburg

Sindhi cattle near Amazon rainforest: flexitarian diets could feed the growing world population without further encroaching onto wild habitat. Lucas Ninno via GettyImages

Eating less food from animal sources is key to reducing the risk of wildlife-origin diseases and global warming

29 Aug 2022

6 min read

Cross-posts COVID-19 HIV Ebola

Mosquitoes: there’s malaria, plus 5 other diseases they pass on to humans

24 Aug 2022

6 min read

Cross-posts Malaria Chikungunya Yellow fever

Scanning electron micrograph of monkeypox virus. Image captured at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Integrated Research Facility. Copyright: NIAID, CC BY 2.0

Monkeypox decision a shot in the arm for African health

23 Aug 2022

5 min read

Cross-posts Mpox

Over half of infectious diseases made worse by climate change

23 Aug 2022

3 min read

Climate change Outbreaks Data

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