Climate change and the growing population in tropical and subtropical regions are accelerating the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, posing urgent public health challenges worldwide.
The world has talked at great lengths about how climate change is an environmental crisis. But what about the human health effects that come from it?
Scientists have utilised AI to predict T cell receptors, advancing personalised medicine, and boosting immunotherapy and vaccine development.
Improved hospital cleaning practices can dramatically combat the incidence of healthcare-associated infections, with a new trial showing a 35% reduction.
Low awareness of the link between heat and eco-anxiety in Indonesia requires a more comprehensive strategy in the campaign.
As more cases of the virus emerge outside Africa, there are significant concerns about its potential to escalate, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region.
The field of RNA therapeutics has expanded incredibly in the past 30 years, and mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines were just the start.
Historically cut out from climate leadership, calls for more women at the table stands to benefit everyone fighting the climate crisis.
Clinical trials of an mRNA vaccine have begun, and researchers expect broadly positive outcomes in the fight against the widespread illness.
Researchers are conducting the first clinical trial to examine how selective estrogen receptor modulators’ (SERMs) may help both men and women suffering from schizophrenia.
Medical faculties globally have been slow to recognise the training needs of the next generation of doctors regarding the health consequences of a heating planet.
Antibiotics have been around for less than a century. But as resistant bacteria become increasingly difficult to treat, we risk a greater number of deaths from infections.
Given its remit and membership, the inquiry is unlikely to break new ground – and has met fierce opposition even before starting its work.
Despite the often-divisive discussions leading up to this state election, the next state parliament should focus on developing community cohesion in public health.
The virus is related to Hendra and Nipah viruses. But we don’t know whether it spreads from human to human.
Could a combination of phage therapy and antibiotics be the key to unlocking the antimicrobial-resistant superbug crisis?
As the situation evolves, the World Health Organisation expects still more cases of monkeypox will be identified as surveillance expands in non-endemic countries.
Malaysia’s shrimp industry is big business, but unapproved antibiotic use has led to export bans and negative perceptions of the country's aquaculture industry. Can bioprospecting turn things around?
An interdisciplinary “One Health” approach and strong decision-making are our best defences against the next zoonotic-disease outbreak.
The pandemic stretched our healthcare system to breaking point, but it also proved how new and positive models of screening and care can quickly be created in adversity.
Just because we’re in a period of social change doesn’t mean we have to lose momentum on sustainability. There are six things we can do right now to offset our daily waste from disposable masks.
The new phase of the pandemic will come with a period of uncertainty as we adjust to “living with the virus” and a see-sawing of some restrictions.
The rapidly-mutating SARS-CoV-2 virus is testing the resilience of the world’s responses, with some variants evolving to become more infectious, and threatening a third wave.
Unless vaccination rates pick up, Victoria’s snap five-day lockdown is unlikely to be enough to get on top of the infectious Delta variant.
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