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Will climate change lead to more drug-resistant infections?

Climate change and antimicrobial resistance – when drugs designed to kill microbes become ineffective –…

Is the dark really making me sad?

How do Scandinavians deal with long, dark winters? And what might this teach us about…

How Rwanda could be the first country to wipe out cervical cancer

By Sophie Cousins The East African country’s campaign to end cervical cancer through the HPV vaccine…

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These cities are trying to save their residents from climate change

Chlöe Choppen, Wellcome Cities are one of the biggest drivers of climate change. They could…

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Global leaders must understand that climate change is a health crisis

Julia Gillard, Wellcome The damaging effects of a warming planet are not limited to the…

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Is the world running out of freshwater?

Simge Eva Dogan, Wellcome As the climate crisis intensifies, it shrinks and contaminates the water…