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...

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...

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...

Baby FGM death in the Gambia ‘should shame us all’ Nimko Ali, former Home Office advisor on violence against women and female genital mutilation survivor, criticises international community Link here🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Myanmar junta guilty of ‘systematic torture’ in detention centres, claim UN investigators Reports says it has collected ‘significant evidence’ of beatings, strangulation, electrocution and rape More info below ⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

(1/7) The Telegraph gained rare access to Sierra Leone’s Red Zones – the isolation wards where mpox patients are treated – to find out how it managed to fight off the worst mpox outbreak in its history 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...

(1/5) ‘This was a beautiful place – now look at it’: The river swallowed by plastic Guatemala’s Rio Las Vacas is the most polluted river in the world, accounting for 2 per cent of the global total of river-derived plastic that enters the oceans More⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

‘Her body grows weaker day by day’: Children in Gaza starved to the brink of death Footage shared with The Telegraph shows acute malnutrition at one of the few functioning medical facilities left on the strip Link here - free to read 🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Australian man dies from ‘extremely rare’ virus after bat bite The man dies several months after contracting Australian bat lyssavirus – a pathogen closely related to rabies @sneweyy reports ⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Really embraced the global health nerd inside me for this story, reporting from bat caves & bird markets & rice field, to learn about how H5N1 is affecting families – and the new techniques to make it safer, faster & cheaper to track zoonotic pathogens: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

‘I’m a nuclear warfare expert – is this really the end of Iran’s quest for a nuclear bomb?’ @mysteriousdrbex.bsky.social has researched nuclear weapons technology for a decade and warns this may not be the end of things Free to read🔓 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...

Nigerian agriculture ministry workers ‘told to fast and pray’ to end hunger crisis Around 27 million people are experiencing a severe lack of food due to a combination of entrenched insecurity, floods and economic woes @benfarmerdt.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

H5N1 bird flu ‘capable of airborne transmission’ New findings raise concerns about whether the virus could trigger a future pandemic Full story below ⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Water from brine: How the Gulf states are making the desert bloom Away from war, a new oasis is emerging in the Middle East as the costs of water desalination fall Reporting by Samaan Lateef Photos by @simontownsley.bsky.social - free to read 🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Fifth of girls and one in seven boys sexually assaulted globally, says study Analysis published in the Lancet finds that more than half of all people who have experienced sexual violence did so before the age of 18 Link here🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

“Trump spurs global rollback on the rights of women and girls,” writes @heatherbarr.bsky.social The US President is leading the way to a cruel new world order in which women and girls are among the first victims. Governments must push back Link to op-ed here 🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Scientists are closer than ever to developing a universal antivenom for snake bites after analysing the blood of a man who was bitten more than 200 times – on purpose Find out more: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social

Thailand reports first anthrax death in decades Health authorities race to track hundreds of people who may have been exposed to the deadly bacteria @benfarmerdt.bsky.social has the latest www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Could a new malaria jab really finish off the disease? Researchers at GSK have high hopes Exclusive: Next-generation jab could be three times as effective as the best currently available @maevecullinan.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Top secret US research lab studying SARS-CoV-2 shut amid safety concerns The high security lab at Fort Detrick has long been linked by Chinese propagandists to the outbreak of Covid-19 without evidence @sneweyy.bsky.social has the latest⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Sierra Leone launches mpox vaccination drive as cases soar Health authorities confirm 763 cases of the virus, including 177 recorded in a two-day period last week Link here 🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Agent Orange recovery in jeopardy 50 years after the fall of Saigon Herbicidal warfare left a toxic legacy of environmental damage and severe health issues. Now, efforts to clean up contamination are at risk @sneweyy.bsky.social reports - free to read🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

(1/6) ‘No one can do what America does’: Sudanese refugees bear the brunt as US aid dries up American generosity to African nations has been vast and is the bastion of international aid – but these days of generosity are numbered Follow below for more⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

World’s only research centre for flesh-eating infection ransacked in Sudan Mycetoma Research Centre becomes yet another victim of the country’s civil war, in a ‘major blow’ for efforts to tackle the disease @sneweyy.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Israel under fire over aid blockade as hunger stalks Gaza The Hague is told that food storage facilities in the territory are empty and that nine out of ten people are without safe drinking water @liliasebouai.bsky.social has the latest www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

A global rice crisis looms – can technology level the (paddy) field? Drones, genetic engineering, and satellite technology are changing how we grow the staple on which 3.5 billion depend Link here🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

"The UK’s own global health security depends on continued investment in disease research," says Prof David Lalloo and Prof Liam Smeeth @lshtm.bsky.social Britain has an ethical responsibility to lead on R&D – but there are widespread benefits for the country too www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Why ‘Fault in Our Stars’ author @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social is obsessed with tuberculosis From WWI to the Beatles, TB has shaped our past – in a new book, Green argues the disease should no longer be shaping our present Interview by @sneweyy.bsky.social ⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

(1/4) ‘I saw many die with my own eyes’: Survivors describe an unfolding genocide in Darfur As Sudan’s civil war spirals, refugees recall witnessing pogroms, mass killings and barbarism @benfarmerdt.bsky.social and @simontownsley.bsky.social - follow below⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Aid cuts as disruptive as Covid pandemic for childhood vaccinations Almost 50 countries report moderate to severe disruption to immunisation programmes and supply chains after international funding is slashed @sneweyy.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

‘I learned of my mother’s death on Facebook’: Traumatised orphans pay the price for Putin’s war The invasion has ripped thousands of children from their homes and families – and left them with profound psychological obstacles Dispatch from Kyiv - free to read 🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

With America gone, WHO pandemic accord is finally agreed The deal – a legally binding pact to strengthen global defences against pandemics – is settled following three years of negotiations @maevecullinan.bsky.social has the latest www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Nitrogen fertilisers linked to hay fever symptoms, new study reveals Discovery has concerning implications for the UK, where an estimated 1m tonnes of nitrogen fertiliser is used on farmland each year Link here 🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Oropouche virus ‘massively underdiagnosed’ in Latin America, new study suggests Antibodies to the virus linked to still births and defects found at high levels in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Peru @maevecullinan.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

A story of sudden displacement: Sudan’s war through the eyes of a child Illustration series depicts the horrors of conflict from the perspective of a Sudanese girl forced to flee home with her family View the full story here🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

(1/7) Two years into Sudan’s civil war, thousands continue to flee genocide, rape and famine Powerful dispatch from Ben and Simon in neighbouring Adré, Chad Follow below for more ⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Exclusive: WHO tests pandemic response with Arctic ‘mammothpox’ outbreak Exercise Polaris, run from Geneva, tested 15 countries on their response to a deadly outbreak – with some laissez-faire results Link here 🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Big Apple in crisis over soaring egg prices. ‘Egg-flation’ is now impinging on affluent Manhattan, prompting uproar among the Central Park brunch set. ✍️ @maevecullinan.bsky.social - free to read. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Farm workers avoiding bird flu testing because of deportation threat, officials fear The threat of immigration raises concerns that cases of H5N1 are potentially being missed @sophieosullivan.bsky.social reports ✍️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

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

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...

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. Dispatch from Krematorsk - free to read 🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...