Iran faces food shortages if shipping disruption continues, analysts warn As maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz comes to a standstill, vessels carrying corn, wheat and soybeans are among those held up @liliasebouai.bsky.social has the latest ⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Major UK charities turn to corporate donors to offset aid cuts One source from a major aid charity told the Telegraph the unprecedented cuts has forced it to diversify @parrytom.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

'Vaccine sovereignty is not a luxury – it is a national security imperative,' writes Prof Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, a former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England More below - free to read⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Child soldiers of Sudan’s civil war go viral on TikTok A @bellingcat.com investigation found that the platform is being used to turn young fighters into online personalities celebrated as ‘lion cubs’ Free to read🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Chikungunya re-emerging across the Americas, PAHO warns The mosquito-borne disease is spreading in areas that have not reported cases for years, as immunity wanes and cities expand @liliasebouai.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

(1/2) Stunning bat cave footage captures spillover risk for first time The discovery of so many animals feeding on the bats may be a ‘Rosetta Stone’ for understanding how diseases spread between animals

South Africa caught sleeping by devastating foot and mouth outbreak A failure to maintain investment in vaccines has allowed a resurgence of the disease which has swept through the country’s livestock @benfarmerdt.bsky.social has the latest www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

British Antarctic team dig deep for ancient pathogens in penguin poo Scientists hope sediment preserved under the region’s lakes will help them build the first historic archive of avian pathogens @sneweyy.bsky.social reports⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

(1/2) “We are at a dangerous tipping point with drug-resistant infections – global insecurity makes it worse,” writes Manica Balasegaram in our latest op-ed More below 👇 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Botswana health crisis deepens as diamond trade drains the country’s finances💎 Six months after the nation declared a public health emergency due to low supplies, a watchdog report paints a bleak picture @benfarmerdt.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

(1/5) New podcast episode: One year since Donald Trump axed USAID Nearly a year after the US president shuttered USAID, the world is still reckoning with the consequences But what really happened next? Watch the full episode here⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW3Y...

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...

MPs on @commonshealth.bsky.social urge Streeting to reinstate Britain's vaccine targets WHO recommendations were quietly removed from a planning document circulated to local health authorities early in 2025 ✍️ @maevecullinan.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Why scientists are so excited about a nasal spray vaccine for bird flu The spray, administered in each nostril, generated a ‘strong immune response’ in rodents during an early-stage trial @maevecullinan.bsky.social has the latest 👇 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

(1/5) The catch-22 in polio eradication Reporting by @maevecullinan.bsky.social Follow below for more ⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Asian countries tighten borders over Nipah outbreak in India Nepal, Thailand, Taiwan and Sri Lanka ramp up surveillance and introduce health screenings Free to read🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

(1/5) New podcast episode: Gaza has entered the next phase of the peace process but is the ceasefire actually bringing peace? Watch the full episode here or listen wherever you get your podcasts www.youtube.com/watch?v=466T...

🚨Worst floods in a generation spark cholera fears in Mozambique Torrential rains have killed more than 100 people and destroyed thousands of homes across the region @benfarmerdt.bsky.social has the latest www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Why testosterone supplements might do more harm than good Far from boosting masculinity, excess testosterone can lead to ‘testicular shrinkage’, blood clots and addiction Free to read🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Maga-backed researchers call for WHO to be ‘reformed or replaced’ on eve of US withdrawal Research originally commissioned by Nigel Farage takes aim at another UN institution @maevecullinan.bsky.social has the latest - free to read ⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Cholera is surging in Africa. A new generation of vaccines could slow it Experts say the three jabs have the potential to make protection faster, more accessible, and more equitable than ever Free to read 🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

(1/2) After five years of brutal civil war, Myanmar’s ruling military is holding an election that many say is a sham. But it has a major backer: China. So why is Beijing suddenly interested in democracy in this conflict-stricken country?

Napkins for bandages: How 11 doctors survived the siege of El Fasher Medics describe horrendous conditions during one of the Sudan war’s darkest chapters, which culminated in the massacre of at least 60,000 @liliasebouai.bsky.social reports - free to read🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Mpox may be spreading asymptomatically, greatly increasing its threat, finds new study Researchers say the findings are important because it may alter the way in which the virus is monitored in future More below⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

(1/2) The activists taking on Brazil’s femicide crisis – via social media A new tide of misogyny is fuelling the country’s problem with gender-based murder and sexual violence Free to read🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Baby wraps treated with insecticide could help slash malaria cases, say researchers The mosquito-borne disease kills around 610,000 people each year – the vast majority of them children under five across the continent @maevecullinan.bsky.social has the latest⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Boiled pangolin for lunch? The rampant trade that could spark a new pandemic Laos has become a key destination for international wildlife traffickers. Experts warn it could unleash a new pathogen @sneweyy.bsky.social dispatch - free to read🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Israel ‘undermined’ health of women and babies in Gaza, researchers say Restrictions on food and medical supplies have devastated women’s ability to safely conceive, carry, and give birth to children, says report @liliasebouai.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

(1/2) Iran ‘shooting to kill’: doctors fight back as Trump weighs intervention In this episode of Battle Lines: Global Health Security, @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social and Venetia Rainey examine Iran’s overwhelmed healthcare system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPtp...

Amazon healthcare delves deep into the jungle’s ‘medicine cabinet’ Long dismissed as superstitious mumbo-jumbo, attitudes are changing about the medical efficacy of indigenous healing practices Free to read🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

We’re under attack from winter bugs – here’s how to protect yourself Contaminated surfaces remain one of the mostly likely places to harbour germs – even the airborne ones Free to read🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Shrubs, shamans and love stones: why the WHO has gone Goopy for traditional medicine Global health body says it is sifting the wheat from the chaff in order to save lives – but critics fear it is pandering to India and China ✍️ @maevecullinan.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Superbug fears as new drug-resistant strains of typhoid emerge in Asia Scientists discover a gene capable of breaking down carbapenems, a class of powerful antibiotics seen as a drug of last resort More below ⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

How to deal with Trump, China and debt: the African country getting it right. Venetia Rainey and @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social speak to Africa correspondent @benfarmerdt.bsky.social about one of the Telegraph's top 5 World Leaders of 2025, Hakainde Hichilema. youtu.be/HcPfvTZtxVk

Dozens dead in South Africa circumcision initiation rite At least 41 young men die following highly-secretive, coming-of-age initiations, in which tens of thousands of teenagers participate @benfarmerdt.bsky.social has the latest www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Sphere of influence: Why China is forcing Myanmar’s brutal junta to stage a pantomime election Beijing concludes it cannot afford to have an unstable criminal state on its doorstep – but the current elections are neither free nor fair More below👇 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

‘We couldn’t find her’: Mothers abandon their children in refugee camp Charities have blamed an explosion of practically orphaned children on the biggest global aid cuts in a generation Free to read🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Major milestone in development of Nipah-virus vaccine The bat-borne virus is extremely lethal to humans and inspired the film ‘Contagion’ @sneweyy.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Dozens of women and children raped fleeing Sudan massacre Aid groups report gang-rapes with some women being held over days after fleeing El Fasher, in which at least 60,000 are thought killed in weeks @liliasebouai.bsky.social has the latest www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

How I learned to live with type 5 diabetes The condition has only just been officially recognised and is linked to malnutrition – so how did I get it growing up in the UK? Free to read🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

World’s first single-dose dengue vaccine approved for use in Brazil The vaccine will be particularly useful for hard-to-reach groups living in the Amazon rainforest, experts say @maevecullinan.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

🚨New hybrid mpox strain identified in England Experts say the key concern now is whether events like this will alter the virus’s transmissibility or virulence @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

UK to end flagship anti-FGM programme Britain has long been regarded as a global leader in efforts to end FGM and activists say the cuts will put women’s lives at risk @maevecullinan.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Schools locked down again in secret pandemic drills Exclusive: Exercise Pegasus imagined a virus deadly to children spreading around the world from an in south east Asia ✍️ @paulnuki.bsky.social @sneweyy.bsky.social @maevecullinan.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Famine returns to northern Nigeria amid deepening security collapse Extremist violence and mass kidnappings push hunger to starvation levels, the @wfp.org warns @liliasebouai.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Guyana’s oil bonanza: Will the vast wealth it is generating ever trickle down? Black gold promises to transform the sleepy backwater into the new Qatar. Yet, so far, it has brought more hardship to its poorest people ✍️ @parrytom.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

🚨Marburg outbreak worsens in Ethiopia as death toll rises Experts warn that the outbreak’s proximity to borders with Kenya and South Sudan means that – if not contained – it could spread rapidly @benfarmerdt.bsky.social has the latest www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Fightback: scientists score series of wins in battle against superbugs Recent scientific breakthroughs fuel optimism that the pace of drug discovery is picking up again @sneweyy.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Fundraising summit for Aids, TB and malaria expected to fall billions of pounds short Global health campaigners fear the shortfall will deflect efforts to prevent increasing infections and weaken momentum in cutting deaths ✍️ @benfarmerdt.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Cases of mutant mpox ‘drastically’ increase in Europe At least 46 cases of the more dangerous mpox strain clade 1b have been detected across the continent since August Link here🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...