Wastewater samples from Benin and Burkina Faso suggest the exchange of antimicrobial resistance genes between bacteria in hospital drains could present a serious and emerging health threat.

Mallory Smith died at 25 with cystic fibrosis, of an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection. Amid rising rates of AMR, the elegiac sadness of her memoir-in-film feels like a warning.

Despite decades of progress increasing access to immunisation in lower-income countries, at least 12.4 million children still go without basic, routine vaccines every year. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is now focusing on reaching these zero-dose…