South Africa declares ‘national disaster’ over spate of food poisonings
South Africa has classified a spate of poisonings as a “national disaster”, after at least 23 children have…
Science & Disease
Inside RFK Jr’s mad world of crackpots, cranks and vaccine conspiracies
Some wonder if such associates stir murmurings from his childhood. Was a second shooter present on the grassy…
What Donald Trump appointing RFK Jr means for global health
Last month he told officials at the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) to “pack your bags” in…
Number of people globally with uncontrolled diabetes exceeds 445 million, study warns
More than 445 million people living with diabetes across the world have no access to life saving medication,…
Egypt declared ‘malaria-free’ after almost a century of work to eradicate the disease
Egypt has been declared ‘malaria-free’ by the World Health Organization (WHO), in what it has called a “truly…
Western Pacific to miss target to slash early deaths from lifestyle-related diseases
Countries in the Western Pacific will miss a key UN target to slash premature deaths from lifestyle-related diseases…
People are catching avian flu from wild birds, study suggests
“Malaysian Borneo really an interesting place, because it connects a migratory route that goes across some of the…
Six possible human infections as H5N1 breaks into Californian dairy heartlands
As many as six people are believed to have caught H5N1 bird flu in California since the virus…
H5N1 could combine with seasonal flu to create a more dangerous virus strain
The risk of H5N1 combining with seasonal flu to create a more dangerous strain of the virus will…
‘I trekked pregnant through the jungle to get paracetamol’
‘I trekked pregnant through the jungle to get paracetamol’
One in three oral cancers linked to smokeless tobacco products like snus
Up to a third of all oral cancer cases worldwide are linked to chewing, sucking and sniffing tobacco…
Major mpox vaccination drive set to begin as virus spreads in DRC capital
International spread But while the virus in Kinshasa ups the stakes, clade 1b has already seeped across international…
Marburg vaccines rushed to Rwanda to protect healthcare workers battling outbreak
Marburg vaccines are set to arrive in Rwanda in the coming days to help protect healthcare workers fighting…
A boom in botched surgery is leaving women incontinent
On the ward in Dharan, Sukra’s daughter still can’t work out why better safeguards aren’t already in place.…
Bird flu kills 47 tigers, three lions and a panther at Vietnamese zoos
On a global scale, experts are especially concerned about the seemingly unstoppable outbreak of bird flu in cattle…