Emerging threats

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

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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

Cross-posts

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

Naegleria fowleri lifecycle stages. Credit: CDC

Everything you need to know about the brain-eating amoeba that’s killed three children in Kerala

18 Jul 2024

5 min read

Climate change

Extreme heat impacts the vulnerable the most – a One Health approach is needed. Image: Unsplash/Ibrahim Rifath

How One Health can help ease climate-driven health crises

16 Jul 2024

6 min read

Cross-posts Climate change One health

Harmattan fog on the hills of coal camp, Nigeria. Credit: OgbuefiPascal/CC BY-SA 4.0

Nigerian 'sickle cell warriors' face new foe: climate change

10 Jul 2024

7 min read

Climate change

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