Emerging threats

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

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Cambodian health authorities have confirmed that there is no human-to-human transmission of bird flu following news of a man and his daughter getting infected. Copyright: Lorrie Graham/AusAID. (CC BY 2.0). This image has been cropped.

No ‘human-to-human infection’ of bird flu in Cambodia

6 Mar 2023

5 min read

Fertilizer exports have been hampered by the exclusion of Russian banks from the global SWIFT payments system coupled with the reluctance of insurers to cover shipments in a war zone.

This is how war in Europe is disrupting fertilizer supplies and threatening global food security

2 Mar 2023

4 min read

Cross-posts Conflict & humanitarian

Gabriela Montenegro Bethancourt is one of seven women scientists to win the 2023 Awards for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World by UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) and the Elsevier Foundation.

Q&A: Local context is key to nourishing children, says specialist

2 Mar 2023

7 min read

Cross-posts Explainer Research summary

Handing out of flour sack during free food distribution event.

Q&A: How to fix the worst malnutrition crisis in more than 40 years

2 Mar 2023

8 min read

Climate change COVID-19 Zero-dose children

Five things you need to know about Equatorial Guinea’s Marburg outbreak

21 Feb 2023

4 min read

Marburg Vaccine development Explainer

Woman with stomach pain. Credit: Vadym Pastukh/Shutterstock

Norovirus: what to know about this bug as northern hemisphere countries face outbreaks

20 Feb 2023

4 min read

Cross-posts Outbreaks

Swarming mosquitoes. Credit: Kurt Bouda from Pixabay

Climate change has pushed malaria mosquitoes to find dangerous new ground

16 Feb 2023

3 min read

Climate change Malaria

People on the ruins of collapsed buildings in Syria. Credit: Khaled Akacha on Pexels

5 ways in which earthquakes can threaten our health

14 Feb 2023

7 min read

Conflict & humanitarian Cholera

Around 15 million domestic birds have died from bird flu over the past year and a half. Credit: Joseph Sharp on Unsplash

Five things you need to know about the H5N1 bird flu outbreak

7 Feb 2023

7 min read

Bird flu Outbreaks Videos

A nurse gives gives medicine, Ivermectin, against onchocerciasis or river blindness. Credit: Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images

100 million Nigerians are at risk of neglected tropical diseases: what the country is doing about it

3 Feb 2023

6 min read

Cross-posts Outbreaks

Isolated fungal colonies in the laboratory.

The Last of Us: fungal infections really can kill – and they’re getting more dangerous

26 Jan 2023

5 min read

Cross-posts

A child taking oral cholera vaccine in Malawi. Credit: Gavi/2018

Malawi’s worst cholera epidemic in decades sparks massive demand for vaccines

19 Jan 2023

6 min read

Cholera Outbreaks

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