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Extreme heat increasing pregnancy complications - survey

A survey of more than 1,000 healthcare workers raises the alarm on heat-related pregnancy complications and harm to babies.

9 Oct 2026

4 min read

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A doctor performs a regular check up of a pregnant woman at a hospital in Attapeu province, Laos. Extreme heat is increasing the risks faced by pregnant women and their babies around the world. Copyright: ILO Asia-Pacific (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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Genomic study may help fight severe dengue disease

9 May 2023

4 min read

Cross-posts Dengue

Red Cross teams at the border areas in Egypt, Chad and Ethiopia provide basic health services to the displaced people. Credit: ICRC

Sudan conflict leaves health system in ‘total collapse’

2 May 2023

5 min read

Cross-posts Conflict & humanitarian

Administering the oral cholera vaccine in Bentiu, South Sudan. The disease is rising as global vaccine coverage plateaus. Copyright: UNMISS, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Reset vaccine progress to drive global health equity

26 Apr 2023

4 min read

Cross-posts Cholera Innovation

Woman in a lab. Credit: Michal Jarmoluk from Pixabay

Long-term funding needed to nurture African science

17 Apr 2023

4 min read

Cross-posts Innovation

Moeti believes that the best way to end preventable epidemics is for governments to engage with communities to help understand how the disease is transmitted. Credit: World Health Organization

Q&A: COVID lessons could ease cholera outbreak – Moeti

14 Apr 2023

3 min read

Cross-posts Cholera COVID-19

Tanzania confirmed the outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease early March and the country has been on high alert. Credit: World Health Organization

Tanzania on high alert after Marburg outbreak

4 Apr 2023

5 min read

Cross-posts Marburg Outbreaks

Doctor looking at an x-ray picture of lungs. Credit: Anna Shvets on Pexels

Algorithm could hold key to child TB diagnosis

28 Mar 2023

4 min read

Cross-posts Tuberculosis Innovation

A man returning home with his family's allocation of long lasting insecticide treated mosquito nets. The World Health Organization has updated its malaria policy guidelines, recommending the use of nets treated with a combination of insecticides. Credit: Debbie Gueye, USAID on Pixnio

WHO clears combination malaria nets to dodge resistance

23 Mar 2023

4 min read

Cross-posts Malaria

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

Cross-posts Bird flu Pandemic preparedness

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

A plastic surgery student being observed by a lecturer in Brazil. According to Mexican physicist Ana María Cetto, the Latin American region should rise up and support initiatives that make science and its results accessible to the general public. Copyright: ReSurge International, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Q&A: Science is a public good, not a business

14 Feb 2023

5 min read

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An obstetrician performs a mock vaginal examination on a fetal skull model in the lab using the smart glove, worn under a surgical glove. Credit: Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences (WEISS)

Saving babies with a US$1 smart glove

8 Feb 2023

5 min read

Cross-posts Innovation

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