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Outbreaks of debilitating tropical diseases becoming Europe’s ‘new normal’ Mosquito-borne diseases like chikungunya were once confined to the tropics but climate change is allowing them to spread in Europe

Outbreaks of debilitating tropical diseases becoming Europe’s ‘new normal’, @ecdc.europa.eu‬ has warned

Mosquito-borne diseases like chikungunya were once confined to the tropics but climate change is allowing them to spread in Europe

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Baby FGM death in the Gambia ‘should shame us all’ Nimco Ali, former Home Office advisor on violence against women and female genital mutilation survivor, criticises international community

Baby FGM death in the Gambia ‘should shame us all’

Nimko Ali, former Home Office advisor on violence against women and female genital mutilation survivor, criticises international community

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Myanmar junta guilty of ‘systematic torture’ in detention centres, claim UN investigators Reports says it has collected ‘significant evidence’ of beatings, strangulation, electrocution and rape

Myanmar junta guilty of ‘systematic torture’ in detention centres, claim UN investigators

Reports says it has collected ‘significant evidence’ of beatings, strangulation, electrocution and rape

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Inside the Red Zone: Sierra Leone’s terrifying mpox outbreak More than 5,000 have tested positive – including children – and at least 47 have died in Africa’s worst outbreak of the disease

(1/7) The Telegraph gained rare access to Sierra Leone’s Red Zones – the isolation wards where mpox patients are treated – to find out how it managed to fight off the worst mpox outbreak in its history

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Inside the Red Zone: Sierra Leone’s terrifying mpox outbreak More than 5,000 have tested positive – including children – and at least 47 have died in Africa’s worst outbreak of the disease

A sobering account from Sierra Leone – and a clear warning that mpox should not be underestimated

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‘This was a beautiful place – now look at it’: The river swallowed by plastic Guatemala’s Rio Las Vacas is the most refuse-polluted river in the world, destroying the valley’s delicate ecosystem

(1/5) ‘This was a beautiful place – now look at it’: The river swallowed by plastic

Guatemala’s Rio Las Vacas is the most polluted river in the world, accounting for 2 per cent of the global total of river-derived plastic that enters the oceans

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‘Her body grows weaker day by day’: Children in Gaza starved to the brink of death Footage shared with The Telegraph shows acute malnutrition at one of the few functioning medical facilities left on the strip

‘Her body grows weaker day by day’: Children in Gaza starved to the brink of death

Footage shared with The Telegraph shows acute malnutrition at one of the few functioning medical facilities left on the strip

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Australian man dies from ‘extremely rare’ virus after bat bite The man dies several months after contracting Australian bat lyssavirus – a pathogen closely related to rabies

Australian man dies from ‘extremely rare’ virus after bat bite

The man dies several months after contracting Australian bat lyssavirus – a pathogen closely related to rabies

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Really embraced the global health nerd inside me for this story, reporting from bat caves & bird markets & rice field, to learn about how H5N1 is affecting families – and the new techniques to make it safer, faster & cheaper to track zoonotic pathogens: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

I’m a nuclear warfare expert – is this really the end of Iran’s quest for a nuclear bomb? I have researched nuclear weapons technology for a decade, and this may not be the end of things

‘I’m a nuclear warfare expert – is this really the end of Iran’s quest for a nuclear bomb?’

@mysteriousdrbex.bsky.social has researched nuclear weapons technology for a decade and warns this may not be the end of things

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Could the answer to the male fertility crisis be lurking in your cat’s litter tray? Discovery that the world’s most successful parasite can ‘decapitate’ sperm offers a new path to understanding rising infertility among men

It turns out the world’s most successful parasite can ‘decapitate’ sperm. For @telglobalhealth.bsky.social I wrote about the implications of this discovery for our understanding of the male infertility crisis. With thanks to @zahadyv.bsky.social and Bill Sullivan
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Nigerian agriculture ministry workers ‘told to fast and pray’ to end hunger crisis Around 27 million people are experiencing a severe lack of food due to a combination of entrenched insecurity, floods and economic woes

Nigerian agriculture ministry workers ‘told to fast and pray’ to end hunger crisis

Around 27 million people are experiencing a severe lack of food due to a combination of entrenched insecurity, floods and economic woes

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H5N1 bird flu ‘capable of airborne transmission’ New findings raise concerns about whether the virus could trigger a future pandemic

H5N1 bird flu ‘capable of airborne transmission’

New findings raise concerns about whether the virus could trigger a future pandemic

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Water from brine: How the Gulf states are making the desert bloom Away from war, a new oasis is emerging in the Middle East as the costs of water desalination fall

Water from brine: How the Gulf states are making the desert bloom

Away from war, a new oasis is emerging in the Middle East as the costs of water desalination fall

Reporting by Samaan Lateef
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Fifth of girls and one in seven boys sexually assaulted globally, says study Analysis published in the Lancet finds that more than half of all people who have experienced sexual violence did so before the age of 18

Fifth of girls and one in seven boys sexually assaulted globally, says study

Analysis published in the Lancet finds that more than half of all people who have experienced sexual violence did so before the age of 18

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Trump spurs global rollback on the rights of women and girls US President leads the way to a cruel new world order in which women and girls are among the first victims. Governments must push back

“Trump spurs global rollback on the rights of women and girls,” writes @heatherbarr.bsky.social

The US President is leading the way to a cruel new world order in which women and girls are among the first victims. Governments must push back

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Universal antivenom within reach thanks to man bitten over 200 times – on purpose Herpetologist exposes himself to some of the world’s most dangerous snakes. Now, his blood is the foundation for an antivenom cocktail

Scientists are closer than ever to developing a universal antivenom for snake bites after analysing the blood of a man who was bitten more than 200 times – on purpose

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Thailand reports first anthrax death in decades Health authorities race to track hundreds of people who may have been exposed to the deadly bacteria

Thailand reports first anthrax death in decades

Health authorities race to track hundreds of people who may have been exposed to the deadly bacteria

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Could a new malaria jab really finish off the disease? Researchers at GSK have high hopes Exclusive: Next-generation jab could be three times as effective as the best currently available

Could a new malaria jab really finish off the disease? Researchers at GSK have high hopes

Exclusive: Next-generation jab could be three times as effective as the best currently available

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Top secret US research lab studying SARS-CoV-2 shut amid safety concerns The high security lab at Fort Detrick has long been linked by Chinese propagandists to the outbreak of Covid-19 without evidence

Top secret US research lab studying SARS-CoV-2 shut amid safety concerns

The high security lab at Fort Detrick has long been linked by Chinese propagandists to the outbreak of Covid-19 without evidence

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Sierra Leone launches mpox vaccination drive as cases soar Health authorities confirm 763 cases of the virus, including 177 recorded in a two-day period last week

Sierra Leone launches mpox vaccination drive as cases soar

Health authorities confirm 763 cases of the virus, including 177 recorded in a two-day period last week

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Agent Orange recovery in jeopardy 50 years after the fall of Saigon Herbicidal warfare left a toxic legacy of environmental damage and severe health issues. Now, efforts to clean up contamination are at risk

Agent Orange recovery in jeopardy 50 years after the fall of Saigon

Herbicidal warfare left a toxic legacy of environmental damage and severe health issues. Now, efforts to clean up contamination are at risk

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‘No one can do what America does’: Sudanese refugees bear the brunt as US aid dries up American largesse to African nations has been vast and is the mainstay of international aid – but these days of generosity are numbered

(1/6) ‘No one can do what America does’: Sudanese refugees bear the brunt as US aid dries up

American generosity to African nations has been vast and is the bastion of international aid – but these days of generosity are numbered

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World’s only research centre for flesh-eating infection ransacked in Sudan Mycetoma Research Centre becomes yet another victim of the country’s civil war, in a ‘major blow’ for efforts to tackle the disease

World’s only research centre for flesh-eating infection ransacked in Sudan

Mycetoma Research Centre becomes yet another victim of the country’s civil war, in a ‘major blow’ for efforts to tackle the disease

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Israel under fire over aid blockade as hunger stalks Gaza The Hague is told that food storage facilities in the territory are empty and that nine out of ten people are without safe drinking water

Israel under fire over aid blockade as hunger stalks Gaza

The Hague is told that food storage facilities in the territory are empty and that nine out of ten people are without safe drinking water

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A global rice crisis looms – can technology level the (paddy) field? Drones, genetic engineering, and satellite technology are changing how we grow the staple on which 3.5 billion depend

A global rice crisis looms – can technology level the (paddy) field?

Drones, genetic engineering, and satellite technology are changing how we grow the staple on which 3.5 billion depend

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The UK’s own health security depends on continued investment in global disease research Britain has an ethical responsibility to lead on R&D – but there are widespread benefits for the country too

"The UK’s own global health security depends on continued investment in disease research," says Prof David Lalloo and Prof Liam Smeeth @lshtm.bsky.social

Britain has an ethical responsibility to lead on R&D – but there are widespread benefits for the country too
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Why ‘Fault in Our Stars’ author John Green is obsessed with tuberculosis From WWI to the Beatles, TB has shaped our past – in a new book, Green argues the disease should no longer be shaping our present

Why ‘Fault in Our Stars’ author @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social is obsessed with tuberculosis

From WWI to the Beatles, TB has shaped our past – in a new book, Green argues the disease should no longer be shaping our present

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‘I saw many die with my own eyes’: Survivors describe an unfolding genocide in Darfur As Sudan's civil war spirals, refugees recall witnessing pogroms, mass killings and barbarism

(1/4) ‘I saw many die with my own eyes’: Survivors describe an unfolding genocide in Darfur

As Sudan’s civil war spirals, refugees recall witnessing pogroms, mass killings and barbarism

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Aid cuts as disruptive as Covid pandemic for childhood vaccinations Almost 50 countries report moderate to severe disruption to immunisation programmes and supply chains after international funding is slashed

Aid cuts as disruptive as Covid pandemic for childhood vaccinations

Almost 50 countries report moderate to severe disruption to immunisation programmes and supply chains after international funding is slashed

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