Emerging threats

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

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Deep Sankar Dasgupta with daughter Deepanwita Dasgupta, when she was 3 years old. Deepanwita was later diagnosed with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE, a rare but debilitating complication from a prior measles infection.(Anindita Dasgupta)

US doctors warn of a deadly complication from measles outbreaks

25 Mar 2026

8 min read

Staff and students queue to receive antibiotics at the University of Kent, UK, after a deadly outbreak of bacterial meningitis. Carl Court/Getty Images

Bacterial meningitis is deadly, but can also have life‑altering long‑term effects – new study

23 Mar 2026

4 min read

Cross-posts Meningitis Outbreaks

Peru's Maras Salt Mines. Scientists have estimated that extreme rainfall was responsible for over 20,000 infections during Peru’s 2023 dengue outbreak. Photo by Zach Kirby on Unsplash

How much does climate change fuel dengue outbreaks?

19 Mar 2026

5 min read

Dengue Climate change Outbreaks

Two people have died from bacterial meningitis in the UK. An expert answers your questions

17 Mar 2026

4 min read

Cross-posts Meningitis Outbreaks

Melting ice cave. Photo by Jonatan Pie on Unsplash

5,000-year-old bacteria could lead to new antibiotics against superbugs

13 Mar 2026

3 min read

Antimicrobial resistance Spotlight on AMR

A young boy receiving his dose of liquid antibiotic. Previous research shows antimicrobial resistance contributes to more than four million deaths each year. Copyright: © Raul Vasquez (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Few new antibiotics for children, report warns

11 Mar 2026

5 min read

Cross-posts Antimicrobial resistance

A yard submerged with flood water from the Limpopo river on 5 February 2026 in Xai Xai, Mozambique. Zinyange Auntony/Getty Images

When floods hit, the risk of malaria follows: how disaster systems can prepare better

3 Mar 2026

5 min read

Cross-posts Malaria Conflict & humanitarian

Marburg virus particles colourised. Photo by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on Unsplash

Six major health threats that could shape 2026: here’s what experts are watching

19 Feb 2026

12 min read

Outbreaks Pandemic preparedness Conflict & humanitarian

Photo by Anastasiia Chepinska on Unsplash

Have we already forgotten the lessons of COVID-19? We asked an expert in anticipating crises

17 Feb 2026

8 min read

Bird flu COVID-19 Pandemic preparedness

Viruses know no borders. mammuth/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Viral outbreaks are always on the horizon – here are the viruses an infectious disease expert is watching in 2026

8 Jan 2026

5 min read

Cross-posts Outbreaks

Health worker places a plaster on a patient’s arm after vaccination. Credit: CDC via Unsplash

“Superflu” or same old flu? How subclade K influenza is playing out worldwide

19 Dec 2025

6 min read

Influenza

A micrograph of mpox virus particles (gold and orange) found within an infected cell (purple). Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

A new mpox variant has been identified in the UK. Should we be worried?

9 Dec 2025

5 min read

Mpox

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