As bird flu is confirmed in 33 cattle herds across eight US states, Ian Sample talks to virologist Dr Ed Hutchinson of Glasgow University about…
View More From birds, to cattle, to … us? Could bird flu be the next pandemic? – podcastTag: World Health Organization
Only seven countries meet WHO air quality standard, research finds
Only seven countries are meeting an international air quality standard, with deadly air pollution worsening in places due to a rebound in economic activity and…
View More Only seven countries meet WHO air quality standard, research findsEU cuts toxic air limits but still falls short of WHO guidelines
The European Union has agreed to set stricter limits on the toxic particles and dangerous gas that dirty its air, but will not aim for…
View More EU cuts toxic air limits but still falls short of WHO guidelines‘Forever chemical’ in English tap water samples carcinogenic, WHO rules
A substance found in hundreds of drinking water samples across England has been categorised as carcinogenic by the World Health Organization (WHO). The move will…
View More ‘Forever chemical’ in English tap water samples carcinogenic, WHO rulesToxic air killed more than 500,000 people in EU in 2021, data shows
Dirty air killed more than half a million people in the EU in 2021, estimates show, and about half of the deaths could have been…
View More Toxic air killed more than 500,000 people in EU in 2021, data shows‘A growing threat to human health’: we are ill-equipped for the dangers of fungal infections
The year is 2003, and a species of Cordyceps fungus has made the leap from ants to humans, transforming its hosts into frenzied, bloodthirsty zombies…
View More ‘A growing threat to human health’: we are ill-equipped for the dangers of fungal infectionsFungal disease spiked during Covid pandemic and pathogens spreading due to climate crisis, WHO says
Health-threatening fungi are spreading in geographic range due to climate change, while some fungal diseases spiked during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to authors of a…
View More Fungal disease spiked during Covid pandemic and pathogens spreading due to climate crisis, WHO saysHealth groups call for global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty
The World Health Organization (WHO) and almost 200 other health associations have made an unprecedented call for a global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. A call…
View More Health groups call for global fossil fuel non-proliferation treatyMonkeypox declared global health emergency by WHO as cases surge
The global monkeypox outbreak has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) – the strongest call to…
View More Monkeypox declared global health emergency by WHO as cases surgeGhana reports first cases of deadly Ebola-like Marburg virus
Two cases of the deadly Marburg virus have been identified in Ghana, the first time the Ebola-like disease has been found in the west African…
View More Ghana reports first cases of deadly Ebola-like Marburg virus