A malaria test used across Asia & South America “is not fit for purpose”, researchers have claimed – raising concerns treatment could be delayed for patients with a potentially deadly disease, while malaria elimination may be undermined by undetected transmission www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

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New Covid virus found in wild Brazilian bats

The discovery of a ‘furin cleavage site’ suggests the mutation which helps the virus adapt to humans is naturally occurring

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Now, in a first for Asia, researchers travelling by motorbike, boat and foot in Bangaldesh's eastern highlands are deploying a countermeasure that may allow them to eliminate malaria for good: the R21 vaccine. Latest for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

(2/5) Why? Because technicians can pivot rapidly from one vaccine technology or disease target to another – whether that’s research into a next-generation Ebola vaccine, or responding to a new pandemic threat

One million people are at risk of starving to death in Yemen amid a renewed surge in fighting, the United Nations has warned - @liliasebouai.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telegraphnews.bsky.social

Really interesting to spend some time in Singapore's 'biosecure ballroom' at Hilleman Laboratories. Read my latest for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social here - a trip which featured some high fashion... www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

🇹🇭 'Since moving to Bangkok I’ve never been cat-called or followed, and can leave my laptop in a cafe while I go to the loo' | @sneweyy.bsky.social

Now, scientists are trying to untangle a critical question: are these double whammy outbreaks really becoming more common and ferocious, or are we simply getting better at diagnosing them? Latest for @telegraphnews.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Cases have jumped again since we published this story, from 58 to 68. I spoke to people in Bulape and Kinshasa to get a sense of how the Ebola outbreak is unfolding – from spread to treatments and vaccines: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s long-awaited plan to take on America’s “industrial food complex” landed on Tuesday – heavy on rhetoric but light on specifics. @maevecullinan.bsky.social explains: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social

At least 3 soldiers from Akhmat Battalion, a unit better known for its staged combat videos than battlefield achievements, have fallen sick with hantavirus, a rodent-borne disease known as “mouse fever” www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social @telglobalhealth.bsky.social

Obesity has overtaken hunger as the biggest cause of malnutrition in children, according to a major @unicef.org report taking aim at the “aggressive” marketing tactics used to promote processed foods www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

The US will make an investment in the new HIV prevention drug called lenacapavir that's been hailed as a "breakthrough" and a "game changer" by the medical community: www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Why the medical community is thrilled by U.S. support for a 'breakthrough' HIV drug

Lenacapavir has the potential to end the HIV epidemic, researchers say. The Trump administration says backing this kind of effort will be a model for how it does global health work in the future.

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🚨 A new outbreak of Ebola virus has been declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths. Find out more: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @benfarmerdt.bsky.social @telglobalhealth.bsky.social

A new bat-borne pathogen dubbed Salt Gully virus has been uncovered in flying-foxes Down Under. While there are no signs of human spillover, it is a relative of Nipah & Hendra – diseases considered ‘priority pathogens’ by WHO www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social

Here are seven common tropes the famine deniers are parroting – and why they’re wrong. Great piece by @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

"He was saving people and they killed him. My heart aches" Great piece here on what really happened with Israel’s double-tap strike on Gaza hospital www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

What really happened with Israel’s ‘double-tap’ strike on Gaza hospital?

Press camera on building’s roof, which IDF claims was used by Hamas, appears to be target of tank strike on Nasser Hospital

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A really powerful piece: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

'Starvation is everywhere': Virtual tours of Gaza clinics expose the scale of the horror

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Hundreds of thousands of children will be at risk of dying from starvation in northeast Nigeria after a network of nutrition clinics closes next month, the UN has warned. @liliasebouai.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social

Hundreds of thousands of children ‘facing starvation’ as last Nigeria aid points set to close

The UN’s World Food Programme is grappling with a 40 per cent decline in funding, threatening its feeding programmes

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This is a very cool story by @maevecullinan.bsky.social & @meikeeijsberg.bsky.social – and here's the data explains why. The British flat pack washing machines transforming lives: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social

Just 2 years ago, Fiji reported 245 new HIV cases. But by 2024, that figure jumped to 1,583, earning it a grim new title: after decades of minimal spread, the tropical paradise has the world’s fastest growing epidemic Here's why: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social

Why a tropical paradise has the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic

An ‘explosive’ jump in cases is linked to a boom in methamphetamines and dangerous drug practices

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(1/4) Why a tropical paradise has the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic An ‘explosive’ jump in cases is linked to a boom in methamphetamines and dangerous drug practices @sneweyy.bsky.social has the latest www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Why a tropical paradise has the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic

An ‘explosive’ jump in cases is linked to a boom in methamphetamines and dangerous drug practices

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I keep thinking about the poignant, devastating conclusion of @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social's latest piece on mpox in Sierra Leone. Make sure to read the full piece, with photos by @simontownsley.bsky.social for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

A sobering account from Sierra Leone – and a clear warning that mpox should not be underestimated Important report by @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social, with photographs from @simontownsley.bsky.social for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Inside the Red Zone: Sierra Leone’s terrifying mpox outbreak

More than 5,000 have tested positive – including children – and at least 47 have died in Africa’s worst outbreak of the disease

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China deploys ‘cannibal’ mosquitoes and killer fish to fight chikungunya www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social

China deploys ‘cannibal’ mosquitoes and killer fish to fight chikungunya

More than 7,000 cases of the debilitating mosquito-borne disease have been reported in an unprecedented outbreak

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This is outrageous www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

Israel’s security cabinet approves plan to fully occupy Gaza

Prime minister says it is the only way to ensure Israel’s security and finally wipe out Hamas

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“I’ve seen tourniquets that have been left on for days, often for injuries that could have been stopped by other methods. Then their limb amputated because the tissue has died.” A great read from @maevecullinan.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social

‘Cult’ of tourniquets causing thousands of unnecessary amputations and deaths in Ukraine, say surgeons

The strong bands are used to stop catastrophic bleeding – but if left on for too long they can cause tissue death

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Over the last week, Reuters journalists spent five days in Nasser Medical Complex – while the agency was there, 53 cases of acutely malnourished children were admitted. "There is total loss of muscles. It's only skin on top of bones." www.reuters.com/business/hea...

On Gaza malnutrition ward, a child’s arm is as wide as mother’s thumb

Over the last week, Reuters journalists spent five days in Nasser Medical Complex, one of only four centres left in Gaza able to treat the most dangerously hungry children.

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Russia’s armed forces have suffered a surge of HIV infections during the war in Ukraine, which has been attributed to fatalistic soldiers having unprotected sex and using drugs – interesting piece by Liz Cookman in the Times: www.thetimes.com/world/russia...

Why HIV rates among Russian soldiers are soaring

Since the invasion of Ukraine there has been a 20-fold rise in diagnoses in the army, showing ‘HIV is not just passed on in war through wounds and treatment’

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