Emerging threats

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

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Just over 1,000 mountain gorillas remained in DRC’s Virunga National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park as of 2018. If just one of them contracted Ebola, it could “decimate the population,” with less than 20% projected to survive at 100 days post-infection. Image by Cai Tjeenk Willink via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Are gorillas in the DRC at risk amid the human Ebola outbreak?

18 Jun 2026

9 min read

Why Ebola outbreaks trigger extraordinary control measures

16 Jun 2026

6 min read

Ebola Outbreaks

Medics test residents’ blood pressure at a housing project in Mumbai, India. CREDIT: LAURA SPINNEY

Slums are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis – and devising solutions

11 Jun 2026

10 min read

Cross-posts Climate change

Health worker checking patient's vitals. Photo by Nappy on Unsplash

Ebola: vaccines alone won’t stop an outbreak – here’s what else is needed

8 Jun 2026

4 min read

Cross-posts Ebola Outbreaks

A strong El Niño is coming: could it lead to more disease outbreaks?

4 Jun 2026

9 min read

Climate change Outbreaks

UNICEF WASH Officer Ciza Nyalundja explains Ebola prevention measures to pupils at Epo‑Ville Primary School in Bunia, Ituri Province, DR Congo, on 22 May 2026. © UNICEF/UNI997637/Carmel Ndomb

Just how deadly is Ebola?

1 Jun 2026

6 min read

Ebola Outbreaks

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Quarantine Stations participate in public health preparedness exercises at US international airports, and work with visiting partners from other countries, during public health training exercises. Photo by CDC on Unsplash

Planes, trains and pandemics: Lessons from COVID‑19 about travel risks posed by hantavirus and Ebola

28 May 2026

5 min read

Cross-posts Pandemic preparedness Ebola Hantavirus

False color scanning electron micrograph of Vibrio vulnificus bacteria. Credit: CDC/James Gathany

A deadly flesh-eating bacterium is spreading in Europe. Is climate change to blame?

27 May 2026

4 min read

Climate change

Health workers conduct interviews as part of Ebola eradication efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak. Credit: Gavi/2019/Frederique Tissandier.

Bundibugyo, the rare virus causing a deadly new Ebola outbreak, has no vaccine yet. Here’s what we know

22 May 2026

7 min read

Ebola

A nurse takes the temperature of a patient. Photo by Nappy on Unsplash

Ebola survivors struggle to return to normal lives: what I found out in Sierra Leone and Liberia

19 May 2026

5 min read

Cross-posts Ebola Outbreaks

Passengers on the the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius watch epidemiologists board the boat in Praia, Cape Verde, on May 6, 2026. AP Photo/Uncredited

From medieval plague ships to hantavirus: How outbreaks at sea helped to shape the international public health system

18 May 2026

6 min read

Cross-posts Hantavirus Outbreaks

Hantavirus, COVID, norovirus, legionnaires’: why are cruise ships so prone to disease outbreaks?

5 May 2026

5 min read

Cross-posts Hantavirus Outbreaks

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