Science & Health

New Vaccine Shows 89% Efficacy Against Leading Cause of Child Diarrheal Deaths

A trial vaccine against Shigella, one of the leading bacterial causes of deadly diarrheal disease in children, showed 89% efficacy in a rigorous human...

DRC’s Ebola Outbreak Becomes the Country’s Largest Ever

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has become the country's largest on record, with infections continuing to accelerate across five provinces...

Heat-Related Deaths in Europe Reached 62,000 in a Single Year, Report Finds

An estimated 62,000 people died from heat-related causes across Europe in 2024, according to a major climate and health...

UNAIDS Warns Funding Cuts Could Fuel a Resurgence of HIV

Global funding to fight HIV fell by 18% in 2025, its steepest single-year decline in nearly two decades, according...

New York Just Became the First State to Ban New AI Data Centres — Here Is What That Means for the $5 Trillion AI...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order on Tuesday imposing a one-year moratorium on permitting and construction...

80% of New Ebola Cases in Congo Are From Unknown Sources — the Outbreak Has Passed 2,000 Cases

The World Health Organisation's emergencies chief confirmed on Tuesday that eight in ten new Ebola cases in eastern Democratic...

Russia Has Just Had Its Hottest 12 Months Ever Recorded — Even as Its Economy Bleeds From Fuel Shortages

The global heatwave of 2026 — which has broken records across Europe, the United States and Asia — has...

2026 Is Already the Hottest Year Ever Recorded — and Scientists Are Alarmed by the Pace

The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service has confirmed that the first six months of 2026 — January through...