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Making food safer and sustainable

Greater investments in science, technology and innovative practices can transform food systems, and ensure steady supplies, nutrition, and access

Environmental carcinogens threaten our wellbeing

The increase in cancer rates globally has been linked to prolonged exposure to environmental contaminants.

Gaza: A year of escalation

The Israel-Gaza conflict has spiralled out of control.

Would eradicating smallpox be possible today?

The World Health Organization declared smallpox eradicated in 1980. But would a similar eradication of the disease be possible today?

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Computer modelling to aid search for HIV vaccine

The search continues at a brisk pace thanks to rapid developments in generating more potent computing power.

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Special Report: Changing climate, changing diseases

For World Zoonoses Day on July 6 we cover the growing links between climate change and animal diseases which spread to humans.

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Dangerous ticks are increasingly coming in contact with people

Blood-feeding arthropods, like mosquitoes, insects and ticks are increasingly sharing their environments with humans due to the climate, with chronic results.

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Fungi could be the source of our next pandemic

A focus on viruses as our next pandemic source may divert attention from other serious microbial threats.

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Could climate change lead to the next black plague?

Rodents are well known reservoirs of disease, and our lives will increasingly intersect as our shared environment warms.

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Streamlining Indonesia’s pandemic warnings

Indonesia’s health systems work well at local level but cannot provide adequate nationwide pandemic warnings. For those, a new system is needed.

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Pandemic warning systems

Can we predict emerging diseases like we predict the weather?

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Finding the right tool to predict when hospitals need resourcing

Knowing when the hospital system could be overwhelmed is key to managing a pandemic. Finding the right predictor can save lives.

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Designing infectious disease warnings that work

Most infectious disease warning systems have been set up to fail as they focus on science, not people.

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Using artificial intelligence to red-flag emerging pandemics

AI filtering and analysis of open-source data could stop future epidemics from becoming global pandemics.

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Making food safer and sustainable

Environmental carcinogens threaten our wellbeing

Gaza: A year of escalation

Would eradicating smallpox be possible today?

Computer modelling to aid search for HIV vaccine

Special Report: Changing climate, changing diseases

Dangerous ticks are increasingly coming in contact with people

Fungi could be the source of our next pandemic

Could climate change lead to the next black plague?

Streamlining Indonesia’s pandemic warnings

Pandemic warning systems

Finding the right tool to predict when hospitals need resourcing

Designing infectious disease warnings that work

Using artificial intelligence to red-flag emerging pandemics

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