Emerging threats

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Streptococcus pneumoniae, 3D illustration

How surveillance can detect shape-shifting bacteria to stop them evading vaccines

18 Aug 2022

4 min read

Five charts on monkeypox, past and present

16 Aug 2022

4 min read

Mpox Data

Five things you need to know about Langya virus

12 Aug 2022

3 min read

Langya Explainer Pandemic preparedness

A health worker administering polio drops to a child during nationwide door to door campaign in UC Jalala in Texila, Pakistan. Gavi/2020/Asad Zaidi

What is vaccine-derived polio?

28 Jul 2022

4 min read

Polio Outbreaks Routine immunisation

Polio is endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2022. Sarah Poser, Meredith Boyter Newlove/CDC via AP

Polio in New York – an infectious disease doctor explains this exceedingly rare occurrence

27 Jul 2022

5 min read

Cross-posts Polio

Could vaccines save us from antimicrobial resistance?

26 Jul 2022

7 min read

Antimicrobial resistance Typhoid Vaccine development

A doctor interviews a patient during a cholera outbreak in Chuadanga in Bangladesh. Copyright: CDC Global (CC BY 2.0). This image has been cropped.

Scientists urge close monitoring of cholera variants

21 Jul 2022

3 min read

Cross-posts Cholera Pandemic preparedness

Heatwaves worsen mental health conditions

13 Jul 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts Climate change

Antibiotics. A new platform will enable scientists from all over the world to access data on epidemiological, physical and genetic characteristics of organisms and their resistance to various antibiotics. Image by Robertas Riabovas from Pixabay

Pharma companies to share data on antimicrobial resistance

8 Jul 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts Antimicrobial resistance

What are zoonotic diseases - and how dangerous are they?

6 Jul 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts Pandemic preparedness Climate change

Electron microscope image of Salmonella Typhi, which causes typhoid fever. Drug-resistant typhoid is now spreading worldwide from South Asia. Copyright: Alain Grillet/Sanofi Pasteur, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

‘Global response’ needed as typhoid evades antibiotics

4 Jul 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts Antimicrobial resistance Research summary Typhoid

Polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus, 3D illustration.

UK polio outbreak: What you need to know

29 Jun 2022

3 min read

Polio Outbreaks

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