Emerging threats

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

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Colourised transmission electron micrograph (TEM) depicting a salivary gland that had been extracted from a mosquito, infected by the Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus. Credit: Fred Murphy and Sylvia Whitfield, CDC Public Library

A rare but deadly brain infection is gaining ground in North America

9 Jul 2025

4 min read

Lyssavirus is rare, but deadly. What should you do if a bat bites you?

9 Jul 2025

4 min read

Cross-posts

Virus particles. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Six things you need to know about how vaccines fight antimicrobial resistance

1 Jul 2025

6 min read

Antimicrobial resistance

Preventing the next pandemic: One Health researcher calls for urgent action

4 Jun 2025

5 min read

Cross-posts Pandemic preparedness One health

Mosquito sitting on a page. Credit: Methyl Girish

Is dengue becoming endemic in Europe?

3 Jun 2025

2 min read

Dengue Climate change Research summary

Mosquitos. Credit: Unsplash, Wolfgang Hasselmann

West Nile virus reaches the UK: should you be worried?

22 May 2025

4 min read

Climate change Outbreaks Explainer

Nobel geese walking with herd of goats in the background. Credit: Freepik

Prepare for a bird flu pandemic now, virologists urge

9 May 2025

3 min read

Bird flu Pandemic preparedness

Wild meat is eaten by millions, but puts billions at risk – how to manage the trade

11 Apr 2025

5 min read

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A nurse carefully adjusts an intravenous drip for a dengue patient at a hospital in Peshawar. Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall and prolonged monsoon seasons have created ideal breeding grounds for dengue-carrying mosquitoes..

New climate report in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa warns of grave health impacts by 2050

1 Apr 2025

6 min read

Climate change Spotlight on climate change

Rohingya refugees relocating because of flooding and landslides in the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh in 2019. A new study indicates that in some situations, vulnerable populations are simply unable to leave, even if they want to. Credit: UN Women/Allison Joyce

‘Trapped populations’ need help to escape climate risks

1 Apr 2025

3 min read

Cross-posts Climate change

People on a Sydney beach on a hot summer day. Image by Neerav Bhatt via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Hotter weather threatens heart health, Australian study warns

28 Mar 2025

3 min read

Cross-posts Climate change

Japanese encephalitis has claimed a second life in NSW and been detected in Brisbane. What is it?

17 Mar 2025

4 min read

Cross-posts Japanese encephalitis

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