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Plastics are invading our bodies, not just our oceans

Plastics contain thousands of chemicals - many of them linked to disease. Research says they're wreaking havoc on our health.

21 Nov 2024

8 min read

Cross-posts Climate change

Workers sort through discarded plastic in Bangladesh. Credit: Mumtahina Tanni via Pexels

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A jararaca (Bothrops jararaca). Image courtesy of Mateus Serrer/Comunicação Butantan.

Why climate change means we need to rethink antivenom supply

26 Aug 2024

7 min read

Cross-posts Climate change

Mothers and children wait in Changanine community (Chibuto District), Mozambique to collect their seeds from the Red Cross. The community has been hit very hard by the current drought, many have lost their crops and locals have to walk up to five kilometres to dig for water. Image by Aurélie Marrier d’Unienville / IFRC via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

How climate change is making it more likely that the food we eat will make us sick

21 Aug 2024

6 min read

Cross-posts Climate change

More than 95% of southern elephant seal pups (Mirounga leonina) born in 2023 perished in that year from the deadly outbreak of avian influenza. Image © Antonio Alcami.

How is bird flu affecting animal populations?

12 Aug 2024

16 min read

Cross-posts Bird flu

WorldVeg and Ministry of Agriculture staff admiring a superior variety of okra in the nation of Eswatini. Photo courtesy of WorldVeg.

Resilient 'forgotten' crops in Sub-saharan Africa bring nutritional benefits

2 Aug 2024

7 min read

Cross-posts Nutrition

Alpha male chimpanzee at Kibale forest National Park. Image by Gilles Laurent via Wikimedia commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Could chimps eating bat guano lead to human epidemics?

22 Jul 2024

6 min read

Cross-posts One health

A member of a Quebequois fire crew assisting on a fire in the Plumas National Forest in northern California in 2020. Numerous countries have international agreements in place to share firefighting resources. Canada received assistance from 16 countries during the 2023 fire season. Image by Region 5 Photography via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Megafires aren't just a problem if they're on your doorstep

9 Jul 2024

14 min read

Cross-posts Climate change

A young boy rearing cattle in Metemma, northwestern Ethiopia. Higher temperatures combined with changes in land cover can make more areas suitable for the transmission of vector-borne diseases. Image ©️ Sydelle Willow Smith/DNDi.

African health experts warn of climate change & rising vector-borne diseases

17 May 2024

9 min read

Cross-posts Climate change

Having worked in communities responding to the impacts of droughts and climate shocks, Dr Sakib Burza says improved planetary health is crucial for better human health. carelbron0 from Pixabay

‘Healthy humans without a healthy planet is a logical fallacy’: Interview with Dr. Sakib Burza

12 Apr 2024

15 min read

Cross-posts Climate change

The Aedes aegypti mosquito transmits viruses like dengue, Zika and chikungunya. Photo by Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons

Zika, dengue transmission expected to rise with climate change

18 Aug 2023

6 min read

Cross-posts Climate change Dengue

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited an Indigenous hospital and the Indigenous health support house in Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima state, on Jan. 21. Credit: © Ricardo Stuckert/Palácio do Planalto/Agência Brasil.

Yanomami health disaster prompts outrage as Lula vows to tackle crisis

31 Jan 2023

7 min read

Cross-posts Conflict & humanitarian

A family of monkeys. Credit: Rajesh S Balouria on Pexels

Ebola-like African primate viruses ‘poised for spillover’ to humans, study finds

16 Jan 2023

6 min read

Cross-posts Ebola Mpox

Street in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Image by blese via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

World’s worst air pollution slashes 7 years off life expectancy in Bangladesh

24 Jun 2022

7 min read

Cross-posts Climate change Research summary

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