8 h. ago Experts worried after 'killer' fungus superbug is becoming more 'infectious' and spreading across the world

Candida auris was first detected in 2009 and has since spread across the globe as an alarming rate as experts warn this 'killer' fungus could cause an outbreak

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13 h. ago Killer fungus can 'outsmart' treatments as scientists warn of 'global threat'

Scientists have warned that a drug-resistant strain of a common fungus poses a serious threat to vulnerable patients in healthcare settings

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14 h. ago Killer fungus can be 'impossible to treat' as scientists warn of 'global health threat'

A drug-resistant variety of the common fungus Candida auris can cause severe illness and spread easily among very sick patients in healthcare facilities

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19 h. ago Scientists warn of 'global health threat' posed by infectious killer virus

Candida auris can cause severe illness and spread easily among sick patients

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21 h. ago Psychic predicts terrifying pandemic and where it will start within five years

Psychic medium Selina Avalon has shared her chilling vision of a potential global health crisis emerging from Africa in the near future

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40 h. ago The Amazon is shifting into a 'hypertropical state' not seen for MILLIONS of years, scientists warn

This new, hotter climate could be commonplace by 2100, and will see the rainforest experience more frequent and intense droughts.

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49 h. ago Killer fungus becoming more infectious and spreading worldwide

Study says fungus uses proactive ways to evade drugs and human immune response

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8 d. ago Meet Dr Happi. With $100m and a steely determination could he save the world from the next pandemic?

The Cameroonian professor made the Time most influential list in 2025 and saw the project he co-founded receive $100m for its virus detection work. Now he is on a mission to transform Africa’s genomics capabilityWinning the world’s health lottery is a lonely business in the current climate. “It’s like being an orphan in a space where there used to be many kids playing – suddenly everybody’s gone and you’re just there with a ball,” says Dr Christian Happi.The Cameroonian distinguished professor of molecular biology and genomics has just won $100m for his work – at a time when global health funding is being viciously slashed as part of wider aid cuts. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Five big global health wins in 2025 that will save millions of lives

From HIV to TB, scientists and doctors made breakthroughs in treatment and prevention of some of the world’s deadliest diseasesWith humanitarian funding slashed by the US and other countries, including the UK, this year’s global health headlines have made grim reading. But good things have still been happening in vaccine research and the development of new and improved treatments for some of the most intractable illnesses. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis

Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerableHow climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril – in maps and chartsThe destruction of food supplies by crop pests is being supercharged by the climate crisis, with losses expected to surge, an analysis has concluded.Researchers said the world was lucky to have so far avoided a major shock and was living on borrowed time, with action needed to diversify crops and boost natural predators of pests. Continue reading...

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1 week ago How bird flu could spark human pandemic as scientists warn of 'genuine threat'

Dozens of outbreaks bird flu have been detected in wild birds and commercial poultry across the UK

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2 w. ago A Harvard scholar’s ouster exposes a crisis of institutional integrity | Eric Reinhart

The dismissal of a a renowned health leader who refused to ignore Palestine highlights false claims of universality in human rights, global health and academiaLast Tuesday afternoon, Dean Andrea Baccarelli at the Harvard School of Public Health sent out a brief message announcing that one of the country’s most experienced and accomplished public health leaders, Dr Mary T Bassett, would “step down” as director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights. The email struck a polite, bureaucratic tone, thanking her for her service and offering an upbeat rationale for a new “focus on children’s health”.It omitted the fact that, according to a Harvard Crimson source, Bassett had been asked to resign just two hours earlier and instructed to vacate her office by the end of the year. The decision was not a routine administrative transition. It was the culmination of a year of escalating pressure on the Center for Health and Human Rights for its work on the health and hu...

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2 w. ago Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’

Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts sayThe Arctic endured a year of record heat and shrunken sea ice as the world’s northern latitudes continue a rapid shift to becoming rainier and less ice-bound due to the climate crisis, scientists have reported.From October 2024 to September 2025, temperatures across the entire Arctic region were the hottest in 125 years of modern record keeping, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) said, with the last 10 years being the 10 warmest on record in the Arctic. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Five key moments in the assault on the rights of women and girls in 2025

Since Trump’s second term began in January, global healthcare, especially for sexual and reproductive health, has been under constant attackThis time last year, women’s rights organisations were bracing themselves for a second Trump term. Few were prepared for the chaos that would be unleashed in January. The volume and speed of executive orders coming out of the White House were seen as a deliberate tactic to overwhelm and create panic. In many ways it worked – there was confusion, anger and exhaustion as organisations scrambled to fill the gap left by the USAID freeze. But that was just the beginning.The US administration has been the key driver, supported by intense advocacy work by ultra-conservative groups using the moment to strengthen global ties with political allies. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Bird flu virus is adapting to infect cows, Scots scientists warn

Researchers have warned that the disease can infect cow cells and tissues more effectively than older strains.

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2 w. ago ‘It’s a timebomb’: Ghana grapples with mass exodus of nurses as thousands head to the west

An estimated 6,000 nurses left in 2024 for roles in countries including the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. Three nurses explain what made them decide to leave or stayWhen Bright Ansah, a nursing officer in Accra, goes searching for colleagues who have failed to show up for a shift at the overstretched hospital where he works, he knows where to look. “When you see ‘In God we trust’ on their WhatsApp status, that’s when you know they’re already in the US,” he says.The motto of the US has been co-opted by Ghanaian medical professionals who are leaving the west African nation in droves. Many believe their faith has finally been rewarded when, after years of planning, they reach the promised land of the well-equipped, well-resourced hospitals of the US. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The common sleep disorder that could have grave consequences if left untreated

Chronic stress from condition can alter heart’s structure and function, scientists warn

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3 w. ago Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds

Scientists issue urgent warning about chemicals, found to cause cancer and infertility as well as harming environmentScientists have issued an urgent warning that some of the synthetic chemicals that help underpin the current food system are driving increased rates of cancer, neurodevelopmental conditions and infertility, while degrading the foundations of global agriculture.The health burden from phthalates, bisphenols, pesticides and Pfas “forever chemicals” amounts to up to $2.2tn a year – roughly as much as the profits of the world’s 100 largest publicly listed companies, according to the report published on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 2025 is set to be in the top three hottest years on record, scientists warn

This year will also likely round out the first three-year period in which the average global temperature exceeded 1.5C

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3 w. ago The global health challenge that you might not have even heard of

Antimicrobial resistance is projected to cause up to 10 million deaths each year by 2050

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