Emerging threats

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

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Two boys walking at destroyed school in the Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr after a Russian ballistic missile hit.

The devastating impact of war on antimicrobial resistance

19 Sep 2024

7 min read

A mother and child awaiting the malaria vaccine in Côte d'Ivoire. Credit: Gavi/2024/Miléquêm Diarassouba

Drug-resistant superbugs set to kill 39 million people by 2050, Lancet study warns

18 Sep 2024

4 min read

Antimicrobial resistance Spotlight on AMR

A red howler monkey in Trinidad, Casanare, a town in Colombia. Oropouche virus was first isolated from a febrile forest worker in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad in 1955. During the course of this event, neutralising antibodies to the virus were found in local capuchin and howler monkey populations. Credit: Adam Rainoff/Flickr

Unravelling the history and mystery of Oropouche virus

16 Sep 2024

9 min read

People wade through a flooded street amid heavy rains brought by Typhoon Gaemi, in Manila, Philippines, July 24, 2024. Climate change is expected to take a huge toll on global health. Credit: REUTERS/Lisa Marie David

3 key priorities to avert a climate-driven health catastrophe by 2050

13 Sep 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Climate change

Antimicrobial resistance kills over a million people a year. Image: Unsplash/CDC

New research reveals urban birds as carriers of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Here's what to know

3 Sep 2024

6 min read

Cross-posts Antimicrobial resistance

Although H5N1 typically infects wild birds, the virus has spilled over into domesticated animal populations, like dairy cows. Peter Cade/Stone via Getty Images

Avian flu has infected dairy cows in more than a dozen US states – a microbiologist explains how the virus is spreading

29 Aug 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Bird flu

More than 95% of southern elephant seal pups (Mirounga leonina) born in 2023 perished in that year from the deadly outbreak of avian influenza. Image © Antonio Alcami.

How is bird flu affecting animal populations?

12 Aug 2024

16 min read

Cross-posts Bird flu

Babies born with colistin-resistant bacteria may have a higher chance of acquiring future drug-resistant infections. Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto

Babies in Nigeria are being born with antibiotic resistant bacteria

8 Aug 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Antimicrobial resistance

A dairy farmer with a herd of cows outside a farm. Credit: JENOCHE

Should we be worried about bird flu?

7 Aug 2024

5 min read

Bird flu

Culicoides paraensis, main vector of the Oropouche virus. Copyright: NACER356-12 Lateral/The International Barcode of Life Consortium (2024)/GBIF.org, Creative Commons CC BY 4.0

First deaths as mutated virus spreads from Amazon

5 Aug 2024

5 min read

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Nipah Virus Particles Colorized transmission electron micrograph of mature extracellular Nipah virus particles (gold) near the periphery of an infected VERO cell (green). Credit: NIAID/Unsplash

What is Nipah virus, and why is it spreading again?

31 Jul 2024

4 min read

Nipah

Alpha male chimpanzee at Kibale forest National Park. Image by Gilles Laurent via Wikimedia commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Could chimps eating bat guano lead to human epidemics?

22 Jul 2024

6 min read

Cross-posts One health

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