Exclusive: The British-made wearable tech poised to transform dengue treatment Low-cost, AI-powered device being trialled in Vietnam could help doctors spot severe dengue early @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social has the latest 👇 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

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

Outbreaks of debilitating tropical diseases becoming Europe’s ‘new normal’, @ecdc.europa.eu‬ has warned Mosquito-borne diseases like chikungunya were once confined to the tropics but climate change is allowing them to spread in Europe Link here🔗 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...

Dispatch by @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social and @simontownsley.bsky.social Full story here - free to read 🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

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...

Properly gruesome dispatch from @parrytom.bsky.social and @simontownsley.bsky.social on the horrific screw worm resurgence in Central America www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

It turns out the world’s most successful parasite can ‘decapitate’ sperm. For @telglobalhealth.bsky.social I wrote about the implications of this discovery for our understanding of the male infertility crisis. With thanks to @zahadyv.bsky.social and Bill Sullivan www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Spent a week in Kazakhstan with @simontownsley.bsky.social meeting victims of Soviet nuclear testing. Mutations are being passed from one generation to the next in an ongoing health crisis. Dispatch for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social Free to read 🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

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. @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social reports. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

"We wanted to see Hayes electrical substation which is famous not just in Europe, but in the whole world"

And now the White House has killed the Corporate Transparency Act, which was itself a tiny first step in the marathon journey of stopping US companies from being the most egregiously opaque shell structures on the planet. God, this is grim.

I travelled to Sudan's remote Nuba mountains with @simontownsley.bsky.social We found that millions are already on the brink of starvation, but the worst of the famine is yet to come. First in a series of dispatches for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

🚨 Ohio reports its first probable human case of influenza A(H5). An adult male farm worker, exposed to deceased poultry—but no details on clinical status or virus sequencing. With bird flu spreading, this is a terrible time to defund public health and halt research. odh.ohio.gov/media-center...

A trial at Oxford is just one of the dozens across the world grinding to a halt after the USAID funding freeze. The study is testing a cutting-edge malaria vaccine - the RH5.2-VLP - for the first time. At least 40 people had been injected with the new jab before the freeze, it is understood.

"Around 90 percent of the SS who worked at Auschwitz during the war escaped all forms of prosecution." —Laurence Rees, author of 'Auschwitz: A New History,' in a 2005 interview www.npr.org/2020/01/24/7...

In the wake of repeated incidents involving the sharing of classified military information on the War Thunder game forums, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed its commitment to preventing such leaks. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=56134

Excellent reporting here on the proliferation of wildfires and the increasing danger they pose. Thanks for the help and inspiration @johnvaillant.bsky.social Fire weather: How extreme wildfires became the rule – not the exception www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Large fires in urban areas are de facto CBRN/Hazmat incidents because of the materials involved in the fires.

Tried to get to the bottom of how unusual this year’s annual winter illness season really is. The short answer is that it’s not - for the most part!

Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls

The Louisiana man who caught H5N1 has now died, health authorities have confirmed @maevecullinan.bsky.social for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Extraordinary dispatch from @sneweyy.bsky.social on the Dickensian conditions in Pakistan’s coal mines and brick kilns www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Rats, pigeons and water buffaloes massacred in world’s largest animal sacrifice. At least 200,000 animals were sacrificed at Gadhimai, dubbed the ‘world’s bloodiest festival.’ ✍️ Gaurav Pokharel and @sneweyy.bsky.social report. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Into the unknown: Crack WHO team journeys deep into the Congo to identify mystery killer. Their urgent mission is to find out what is killing swathes of people in one of the most remote parts of the world. Free to read 🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

(1/2) UK may be unable to produce enough vaccines in next pandemic, government told. Britain is falling behind other countries that are better prepared for future threats, Baroness Brown has warned. @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social - free to read 🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

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The UK has begun stockpiling bird flu vaccines to prepare for a possible H5N1 pandemic @maevecullinan.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Great visual investigation of Russia's aviation buildup in North Africa from @sophiayan.bsky.social

Went to Idles at Ally Pally on Friday night and it’s safe to say my review rubbed (some of) the Telegraph readers up the wrong way… www.telegraph.co.uk/music/concer...

Simeon and I looked at how the horrifying new world screw worm is making a comeback in Central America. I have to say, I find the arguments for wiping it out altogether quite compelling! My latest for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

One of the first things that I noticed when I arrived in Pakistan in the middle of the pollution season a few years ago was the acrid tang in the air. Now it’s even worse - and children under five are most at risk

Notably, there are several drone manufacturers listed. It's clear what kind of support bothers Moscow.

Trump has vowed to crack down on universities involved in misinformation research, or what he dubs the "censorship cartel" - e.g. by curbing funds to those that have "flagged content for removal”, or legal threats “I'm pretty fucking scared," one professor tells me. www.ft.com/content/bfb4...

RFK accused the FDA of “suppressing” raw milk on X last month. “FDA’s war on public health is about to end,” he said. All this as H5N1 continues to boom in California (402 herds infected) - the US's largest dairy producer... www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Let’s kick off with @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social’s attempt to assassinate our boss with a drone: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Ukraine needs more help to beat ‘superbugs’, says chief doctor. Soaring cases of drug-resistant bacterial infections in Ukraine have caused alarm among public health officials. @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social has the latest. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...