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HIV cases more than double in Middle East and North Africa
Experts warn of impending crisis as report reveals sharp rise in cases that defies global trends
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Smog, traffic and luxury tower blocks: The Indian city suffering development growing pains
The country’s rapid urban growth means it is suffering from numerous teething problems – how did authorities get it so wrong?
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How South Africa lost control of its crisis of violence against women
The country’s rates of gender based violence were once likened to a second pandemic – despite some progress, femicide is on the rise again
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Flagship Gavi vaccine projects face axe if US funding stops, CEO warns
Exclusive: The decision to end funding for the partnership could have ramifications felt well beyond its frontline vaccine programmes
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‘We should have been hammered a long time ago’: African countries thank Trump for aid wake-up call
Just as European countries have grouped together on defence, African leaders want to take back control too
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These Ukrainian women survived Putin’s prisons – now they’re taking revenge
Former POWs use their suffering as fuel to throw themselves back into the fight against Russia with more determination than ever
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Mosquitoes beware – your next meal could be your last
A drug used to slow the effects of a rare genetic illness has been found to have an unexpected side effect
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New modelling predicts up to 10 million additional HIV infections following aid cuts
Overall new infections and deaths could match numbers last seen in the early 2000s, according to peer-reviewed study
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US to stop funding Gavi vaccine alliance
Trump’s administration also plans to dramatically scale back support for work to combat malaria – but will continue to fund other grants
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H5N1 is greatest pandemic threat to Britain, says health watchdog
The ‘relatively small’ infections detected in Britain so far is the ‘tip of a potential iceberg’, UKHSA’s annual conference is told
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Scientists use alpaca antibodies to make new pandemic flu drug
Trial could ‘usher in a new era’ of affordable antibody therapies to protect against dangerous infectious diseases like Mers, Ebola and mpox
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Isolation, violence and electrocution: Inside the brutal scam centres of southeast Asia
Forced labour camps run by human traffickers are defrauding billions from unsuspecting victims across the globe
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Vaccines rushed to French island amid major Chikungunya outbreak
Thousands have been infected and two have been killed by the debilitating, mosquito-borne virus in the space of a few weeks
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‘We’re losing ground’: Britain sees worrying rise in infectious disease since pandemic, report shows
Pathogens like measles, whooping cough, and tuberculosis cost taxpayers £6 billion in 2024 alone
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Thousands of women and girls in the West Bank exposed to gender based violence
War has exacerbated domestic and economic abuse, forcing some women into begging and survival sex to meet basic needs, UN report finds
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UKHSA unveils Britain’s first priority pathogens list
New database identifies 24 viral, bacterial and fungal diseases that leave Britain vulnerable to future outbreaks
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Children caught in crossfire of rebel assault overwhelm Goma hospital
City’s only functioning paediatric surgery unit inundated with patients wounded by gunfire and shrapnel, DRC doctors say
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Why MI5 will be checking very carefully for Putin’s fingerprints on the Heathrow fire
Analysis: While we do not yet know what caused the blaze, it bears all the hallmarks of Russian state-sponsored terrorism
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A world of pain: How a ‘safe’ painkiller unleashed a new wave of opioid addiction
Prescriptions of the lesser-known drug surged after being marketed as safer alternative to classic opioids
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‘It feels like my body has fallen off a cliff’: The patients still living with long Covid
While much of the world has moved on from the pandemic, many continue to battle health problems
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Bitten by a snake? There may soon be a pill for that
Medicine used to combat mercury and arsenic poisoning could be repurposed to tackle snakebites, trials show
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War is Netanyahu’s only option – and the carnage won’t stop until he’s gone
Analysis: The continuation of war enables his political survival against the will of the majority of Israelis
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Toxic ‘sea foam’ kills animals and leaves surfers with breathing problems and blurred vision
Beaches in south Australia close as yellowish foam spanning hundreds of metres emerges following an extended period of hot weather
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‘Measles is back’: cases in the EU have jumped by a factor of ten
Cases of the Victorian-era disease in Europe rise from 3,973 in 2023 to 32,265 in 2024
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All creatures great and culled: inside the global bird flu poultry slaughter
Culling has become the main method of controlling H5N1 and preventing spread to humans, but it costs farms – and taxpayers – dearly
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The missionary doctor in Sudan covering an area the size of Austria
The Mother of Mercy hospital in the country’s remote Nuba mountains has become a vital lifeline for refugees fleeing war and famine
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‘Justice for my son’: Families of drug war victims celebrate as ‘punisher’ Duterte sent to ICC
Former Philippines president faces charges of ‘murder as a crime against humanity’ for overseeing death squads in an anti-drugs crackdown
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‘We lost our limbs fighting for Ukraine – now we make prosthetics for other war amputees’
A specialist facility gives maimed soldiers the chance to carry on contributing to the country’s war effort
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Team behind immunity breakthrough plan to unleash ‘natural antibacterials’ on AMR superbugs
Discovery in Israel raises hopes that major obstacle to developing new treatments for drug-resistant infections has been overcome
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Thousands risk crocodile-infested river to escape Rwanda’s savage M23 militia
As the barbaric rebel group advances in the Democratic Republic of Congo, families make a desperate dash for the border with Burundi
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‘Miracle’ Aids drug ‘may give protection for a year’
Breakthrough injection is even more effective at blocking the HIV virus than previously thought, peer-reviewed study reveals
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On board with the Top Gun pilots fighting pollution from the air
Thailand’s Royal Rainmakers take to the skies in a bid to release Bangkok from a toxic chokehold
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