16.04.25
Global Health
Its a huge exporter of generic drugs – but are are they safe? And what could Trump’s tariffs mean for the ‘pharmacy of the world’?
10.04.25
It’s an invasive practice that has been tackled by court rulings and government action. So why is it still going on?
21.02.25
Country that ‘achieved the impossible’ in reducing deaths to zero now faces closure of key treatment centre
13.02.25
Sub-Saharan Africa has access to just 2.5% of the snake antivenom treatments it needs
5.4 million people are bitten by snakes each year – and of these, 80,000 to 140,000 people die
In sub-Saharan Africa patients face a “Wild West” where treatments for snake bites cost the earth or don’t work
The first snake antivenom was made in the 1890s and the method to make them hasn’t changed much since
05.02.25
By gutting government records, the president is obscuring information about life-and-death issues
09.01.25
Global Superbugs
Sweeping antibiotic use in the US means a once innocuous condition now leaves some suffering for years
03.12.24
Figures close to new president have already been making moves to influence reproductive services around the world
20.11.24
Big Tobacco
Project has sold credits to EasyJet, British American Tobacco and Ernst & Young
British American Tobacco’s Vuse brand got its green status via ineffective forestry project
19.11.24
Israeli blockades and bombings have left doctors without basic medicines to treat infections
05.11.24
Key documents relating to Valerie Huber’s Protego project are being kept away from the public eye
27.09.24
Signatories have agreed to secure clean water in medical facilities and cut antibiotic pollution in the environment
24.09.24
The vast majority of people around the world who get sick from typhoid are now infected by a drug-resistant strain. Options are limited and death rates are higher.
16.09.24
A study in The Lancet has forecast that without action 39 million people will die of drug resistant diseases over the next 25 years
05.09.24
Trans+ Voices
Taking stock of our community-led project investigating issues faced by trans and non-binary people
04.09.24
Deaths from drug-resistant infections are projected to soar – and everyone is at risk
09.08.24
Drug-resistant infections are a growing threat worldwide. Here’s the science behind it – and how we can tackle the issue
