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El Niño early action urged as extreme weather looms

Forecasters warn rapidly intensifying El Niño could be among strongest yet as regions worldwide brace for impacts.

20 Jul 2026

12 min read

Cross-posts Climate change

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned of hotter-than-average temperatures around the globe in July and August. Copyright: Courtesy of WMO

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A scientist working in the design and development lab of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative in 2011. Clinical trials for an mRNA vaccine against HIV have started Copyright: AIDSVaccine, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Cautious optimism for trials of mRNA-based HIV vaccine

31 Mar 2022

6 min read

Cross-posts HIV Vaccine development

A new study reports that a four-month-long childhood tuberculosis treatment works just as well as a six-month course. Copyright: J P Davidson (CC BY 2.0). This image has been cropped.

Childhood TB course can be cut to four months

24 Mar 2022

4 min read

Tuberculosis

Women working in the advanced animal health laboratories of ILRI, in Nairobi, Kenya. Copyright: ILRI/David White, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Q&A: Science ‘needs to listen to African voices’

24 Feb 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts COVID-19

COVID healthcare costs ‘catastrophic’ for poorest

7 Jan 2022

4 min read

COVID-19 Cross-posts

COVID-19 boosted excess sale of antibiotics in India

2 Sep 2021

4 min read

COVID-19 Explainer Cross-posts

Handwashing ‘impossible’ for one in three amid COVID-19

8 Jul 2021

4 min read

COVID-19 Cross-posts Explainer

Africa ‘tech hub’ aims to fill COVID-19 vaccine gap

6 Jul 2021

4 min read

COVID-19 Cross-posts Innovation

Why sharing bioimaging tech is crucial to global health

1 Jul 2021

6 min read

Innovation Cross-posts Explainer

Guinea declares Ebola epidemic over

29 Jun 2021

4 min read

Ebola Cross-posts Country stories

Weather forecasts a ‘life-saving tool against meningitis’

7 May 2021

4 min read

Meningitis Cross-posts

COVID-19 ‘led to rise in stillbirths, maternal deaths’

15 Apr 2021

5 min read

COVID-19 Gender equality Cross-posts

We must better protect wildlife to prevent future pandemics

26 Mar 2021

5 min read

Educational COVID-19 Cross-posts Pandemic preparedness

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