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| Oct 6, 2026 | Russian lab worker’s suspected plague death leaves experts puzzled | A person has died in Russia after contracting a severe lung infection in a case of suspected plague.
Experts say that key details remains unanswered, and call for transperency from Russian authorities.
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| Aug 26, 2026 | Europe Summer 2026: At Least 35,000 Dead, Spain Sets Worst Heat Year on Record | By Brandon Fisher
Published: Aug 26 2026, 11:36 AM EDT
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| Aug 24, 2026 | Leaked US Memo Rejects Plastic Treaty Production Cuts Recycling Cannot Replace | By James Whitaker
Published: Aug 24 2026, 4:33 PM EDT
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| Jul 8, 2026 | 3D Printing Pilot Targets Prosthetic Socket Production in The Gambia | British charity STAND has begun a pilot program in The Gambia that applies 3D scanning and printing to the production of prosthetic sockets, the custom-made part that joins an amputee’s residual limb to an artificial leg. The initiative, co... |
| Jun 14, 2026 | Mittelman: Efforts to contain Ebola offer hope for a viable humanitarian system | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
In recent weeks, I asked medical providers and researchers how to stop the Ebola epidemic from spreading from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and South Sudan to other parts of the world. A... |
| May 21, 2026 | Belgian expertise at the heart of a global wake-up call on climate and health | Belgian expertise at the heart of a global wake-up call on climate and health
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Three Belgians helped shape a landmark report calling on WHO and governments to treat climate change as the health... |
| May 19, 2026 | What do we know about the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus? | A rare strain of Ebola has prompted the World Health Organization to declare a public health emergency of international concern. Most of the cases have occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with more than 100 suspected deaths and ne... |
| May 17, 2026 | Climate change is a health crisis – and fixing it is a health opportunity | Climate change is a health crisis – and fixing it is a health opportunity
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Independent Commission of former heads of government, international bodies, ministers and civil society leaders delive... |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Nigeria: African Government Asked to Strengthen Health Data Systems for Better Outcomes | A professor of Global Health Education and Research Leadership at the Medical Research Council (MRC), Gambia, Prof. Assan Jaye, has urged African governments to increase domestic funding for health research and data systems to safeguard sus... |
| Jan 16, 2026 | New research bolsters evidence that Tylenol doesn’t raise the risk of autism despite Trump’s claims | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
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A new review of studies has found that taking Tylenol during pregnancy doesn’t increase the risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disabilities – adding to the growing body of research... |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Nigeria: Smart Paper Technology Is Transforming Community Health Data Capture in the Gambia | For decades, health facilities across The Gambia have relied on paper registers to record antenatal, delivery, postnatal, immunisation, and child health data. The handwritten logs, often incomplete, inconsistent, or illegible, formed the ba... |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Trump's foreign aid cuts hinder Africa’s response to disease outbreaks | Listen
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| Mar 13, 2025 | Measles cases in Europe and Central Asia doubled last year to the highest reported level since 1997 | After a drop in immunization coverage during the coronavirus pandemic, measles cases surged in 2023 and 2024, with vaccination rates in numerous countries still lower than what they were before COVID-19 hit. The U.N. said the number of meas... |
| Nov 24, 2024 | Из переносчика малярии в шприц с вакциной. Переосмысление роли комаров и биомодификация паразитов | Комары отлично справляются с распространением таких болезней, как малярия. Но исследователи показали, что можно «перепрошить роль комара» и распространять вакцины через его укусы. В испытаниях на людях эти вакцины, переносимые комарами, ока... |
| Nov 13, 2024 | The World’s Largest Environmental Award, The Food Planet Prize, Announces Longlist for 2025 Prize of $2 Million | The World’s Largest Environmental Award, The Food Planet Prize, Announces Longlist for 2025 Prize of $2 Million
Wed, Nov 13, 2024 12:18 CET Report this content
The Curt Bergfors Food Planet Prize, the world’s largest environmental award, ha... |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Philanthropy Takes Center Stage in Hong Kong Amid Global Challenges | In a world where giving often feels like a drop in the ocean, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust is making waves. The fourth Philanthropy for Better Cities (PBC) Forum kicked off on September 9, 2024, in the vibrant West Kowloon Cult... |
| Sep 9, 2024 | Jockey Club launches Philanthropy for Better Cities Forum 2024, ushering in Hong Kong Philanthropy Week | HONG KONG, Sept. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust convened its fourth Philanthropy for Better Cities (PBC) Forum 2024 at West Kowloon Cultural District today (9 September). It ushered in Hong Kong Philanthro... |
| Aug 4, 2024 | Research reveals that up to 22% of medicines in Africa are substandard or fake | A new study by researchers at Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia reveals that up to 22.6%-over one-fifth-of medicines in Africa are either fake or substandard, posing a significant risk to the continent’s fragile public health system.
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| Jul 15, 2024 | Nigeria: Pregnant Nigerian Women Need Faster Access to Hospitals - Technology Helped Us Calculate Travel Times | Nigeria contributes 28% of the 280,000 maternal deaths and about 10% of almost two million stillbirths that occur annually across the globe.
Evidence shows significantly higher odds of maternal deaths in urban Nigeria than in rural areas, e... |
| Jul 15, 2024 | Lucy Gilson and Johan Rockström awarded the Virchow Prize 2024 | Prize under High Patronage of the President of the German Bundestag endowed with 500,000 € for significant contributions towards safeguarding human and planetary health
BERLIN, GERMANY – Media OutReach Newswire – 15 July 2024 – The Virchow ... |
| Apr 29, 2024 | The “First” Systematic Review of its Kind Explores the Impact of Plant-Based Alternatives on Health & Environment | With the need for food systems and diets to align with global environmental and health goals, plant-based alternatives that mimic animal products provide a convenient option for consumers. But what are the real benefits of these alternative... |
| Jan 2, 2023 | 3 AI trends in drug discovery that stood out in 2022 | Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here.
There’s no doubt that 2022 saw a wild ride of AI innovation and use cases for business in many industries. AI has extended beyond marketing, customer satisfacti... |
| Oct 3, 2022 | New Study Shows That High R&D Costs Don’t Explain High Drug Prices | For years, defenders of pharma patents loved to claim that the reason that they needed patents and the reason they had to charge extortionate rates for drugs was because of the high cost of R&D for new drugs. The numbers keep going up. ... |
| Jan 8, 2022 | How school feeding programmes are great value for money | How school feeding programmes are great value for money: Image: Adobe stock
Hundreds of millions of children worldwide attend class every day. With such a wide reach, schools can effectively deliver a vast array of interventions such as imm... |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Johnson & Johnson : Launches Network of Global Health Discovery Centers that Aim to Speed Up Science and Tackle Pandemic Threats | NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., July 9, 2021 - Johnson & Johnson (the Company) today announced the launch of the J&J Centers for Global Health Discovery (J&J Centers), a new, global network of unique research partnerships that will leverag... |
| Jun 1, 2021 | 16 Trinity Challenge Finalists Hold Out Hope For Future Pandemic Management | We may all be suffering from media fatigue around Covid-19, but the fact remains that the last year and a half has exposed a drastic and widespread mismanagement of a crisis that is still not over. As of this writing, more than 3.5 million ... |
| May 26, 2021 | Explained: How big a role can sniffer dogs play in detection of coronavirus? | In the last one month, two groups of researchers have reported separate findings on sniffer dogs detecting coronavirus infection in humans with remarkable accuracy. The role of detection dogs has been the subject of a number of studies and ... |
| Mar 16, 2021 | People infected with the coronavirus variant found in the UK are up to 64% more likely to die than those with other strains | Medical workers bring a patient out of an ambulance outside Royal London Hospital, in London, January 15, 2021. Toby Melville/Reuters
A coronavirus variant first detected in the UK is deadlier than the original version of the virus.
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| Mar 16, 2021 | People infected with the coronavirus variant found in the UK are up to 64% more likely to die than those with other strains | Medical workers bring a patient out of an ambulance outside Royal London Hospital, in London, January 15, 2021. Toby Melville/Reuters
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A coronavirus variant first detected in the UK is deadlier than the original version of the vir... |
| Jan 14, 2021 | With Covid-19 approvals, ‘vaccine nationalism’ is a worrisome trend | Just after New Year’s Day, regulators in India granted authorization for restricted use to Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, adding another Covid-19 vaccine to the list of those that have been approved for use in various countries around the world.... |
| Aug 16, 2020 | Russia’s New Sputnik Launch Raises Risks in Dash for Vaccine
Russia’s New Sputnik Launch Raises Risks in Dash for Vaccine | (Bloomberg) --
Russia’s decision to approve a coronavirus shot before crucial tests have shown it’s safe and effective raises worries that politics will trump public health in the quest for a vaccine.
The country’s plan to start mass inocul... |
| Jul 30, 2020 | 'Test, test, test'– the importance of diagnostics in pandemic preparedness | 'Test, test, test'– the importance of diagnostics in pandemic preparedness
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While the world waits for a vaccine to be developed and approved for use against the COVID-19 virus, the best measure to identify, slow and prevent the sp... |
| Jan 28, 2020 | TB vaccines can vary greatly, study finds. But does that mean some are less protective? | It all started with a bit of bacteria swiped from the udder of a tuberculous French cow. Initially, it was just another livestock sample, a speck of virulence lounging in a Paris lab. But then it began to change. Two scientists had brought ... |
| Dec 17, 2018 | Scientists think Alabama's sewage problem has caused a tropical parasite. The state has done little about it. | LOWNDES COUNTY, Alabama — On one of the first cool days in October, Catherine Flowers parked her SUV in front of a beige-paneled mobile home with aqua window shutters. She got out and hugged its owner, 63-year-old Alabama native Walter McMe... |
| Mar 15, 2017 | David Beier Op-Ed: The World Is Completely Unprepared for a Global Pandemic | Article in Harvard Business Review
In 2003 a doctor with SARS unknowingly infected several guests while staying at a Hong Kong hotel, and overnight the virus reached across the globe. China is currently battling a bird flu that kills nearl... |
| May 19, 2016 | Your wallet and smartphone are totally covered in bacteria | Originally Published by:
If you want to avoid bacteria, you might be better off paying with plastic than dollar bills.
Earlier this month, a Kentucky store called Tobacco Road told customers that it would no longer accept money that patrons... |
