Emerging threats

News and features on the emerging threats to human health, from climate change to AMR.

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Teachers and students at a school wear masks during classroom activities to reduce exposure to the haze from forest and land fires that have blanketed Banjar regency, South Kalimantan. Image by Riyad Dafhi Rizki/Mongabay Indonesia.

El Niño intensifies Indonesia wildfires, putting health at risk

17 Sep 2026

5 min read

Cross-posts Climate change

Too hot to learn: how climate change hurts children’s chances from birth

9 Sep 2026

4 min read

Cross-posts Climate change

A mosquito that can transmit Zika has bred in London – but that doesn’t mean the virus is spreading in people there

7 Sep 2026

4 min read

Cross-posts Zika

Can malaria-carrying mosquitoes really hitch a ride on planes?

28 Aug 2026

5 min read

Malaria

Drug resistance could be behind twice as many Asian hospital deaths as we thought

27 Aug 2026

5 min read

Research summary Antimicrobial resistance

Photo by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on Unsplash

AI‑designed viruses are a test of whether biosecurity can keep pace

17 Aug 2026

5 min read

Cross-posts AI Outbreaks

Street trees shading an asphalt road in Málaga, Spain. While trees are the obvious go-to cooling solution, their upkeep can be expensive. Image by Ari Dinar via Unsplash (Free to use).

Why tropical cities are often hotter if they're poorer

13 Aug 2026

12 min read

Cross-posts Climate change

Wildfire smoke. Photo by Malachi Brooks on Unsplash

Fire-breathing dragon clouds: when the smoke in wildfires is more dangerous than flames

7 Aug 2026

6 min read

Climate change Research summary

Conflicts can spread infectious diseases while making outbreaks harder to detect

30 Jul 2026

5 min read

Cross-posts Conflict & humanitarian Outbreaks

Grace Chyuwei pours water on Joe Chyuwei to help with the heat in Death Valley National Park, California, in 2025. Image by AP Photo/John Locher, File

More than two-thirds of humanity now faces at least 90 days of extreme heat every year

28 Jul 2026

3 min read

Cross-posts Climate change Research summary

Young Community Volunteers leading the fight against Ebola

27 Jul 2026

5 min read

Cross-posts Ebola

Climate refugees Rabeya Khatoon, right, and Moriom Bibi, who lost their homes to cyclone Aila, work at a brick field on the outskirts of Dhaka in the heat, 2009. Image by AP Photo/Pavel Rahman.

The impact of extreme heat on Bangladesh’s informal workers

22 Jul 2026

6 min read

Cross-posts Climate change

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