Sarah Newey
@sneweyy.bsky.social
Global health security correspondent @telglobalhealth.bsky.social, based in Bangkok, formerly London.
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Contact me: [email protected]. Or find me elsewhere - @sneweyy
My work: https://sneweyy.squarespace.com/ / https://linktr.ee/neweysnews
A malaria test used across Asia & South America “is not fit for purpose”, researchers have claimed – raising concerns treatment could be delayed for patients with a potentially deadly disease, while malaria elimination may be undermined by undetected transmission www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
November 4, 2025 at 6:39 AM
A malaria test used across Asia & South America “is not fit for purpose”, researchers have claimed – raising concerns treatment could be delayed for patients with a potentially deadly disease, while malaria elimination may be undermined by undetected transmission www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
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New #COVID #virus found in wild Brazilian #bats ...
| #SARSCoV2 | #coronavirus | #COVID19 | #pathogen | By @sneweyy.bsky.social via @telegraphnews.bsky.social
| #SARSCoV2 | #coronavirus | #COVID19 | #pathogen | By @sneweyy.bsky.social via @telegraphnews.bsky.social
New Covid virus found in wild Brazilian bats
The discovery of a ‘furin cleavage site’ suggests the mutation which helps the virus adapt to humans is naturally occurring
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November 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
New #COVID #virus found in wild Brazilian #bats ...
| #SARSCoV2 | #coronavirus | #COVID19 | #pathogen | By @sneweyy.bsky.social via @telegraphnews.bsky.social
| #SARSCoV2 | #coronavirus | #COVID19 | #pathogen | By @sneweyy.bsky.social via @telegraphnews.bsky.social
Now, in a first for Asia, researchers travelling by motorbike, boat and foot in Bangaldesh's eastern highlands are deploying a countermeasure that may allow them to eliminate malaria for good: the R21 vaccine.
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September 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Now, in a first for Asia, researchers travelling by motorbike, boat and foot in Bangaldesh's eastern highlands are deploying a countermeasure that may allow them to eliminate malaria for good: the R21 vaccine.
Latest for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Latest for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
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(2/5) Why? Because technicians can pivot rapidly from one vaccine technology or disease target to another – whether that’s research into a next-generation Ebola vaccine, or responding to a new pandemic threat
September 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
(2/5) Why? Because technicians can pivot rapidly from one vaccine technology or disease target to another – whether that’s research into a next-generation Ebola vaccine, or responding to a new pandemic threat
One million people are at risk of starving to death in Yemen amid a renewed surge in fighting, the United Nations has warned - @liliasebouai.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telegraphnews.bsky.social
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September 23, 2025 at 1:54 AM
One million people are at risk of starving to death in Yemen amid a renewed surge in fighting, the United Nations has warned - @liliasebouai.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telegraphnews.bsky.social
Really interesting to spend some time in Singapore's 'biosecure ballroom' at Hilleman Laboratories. Read my latest for
@telglobalhealth.bsky.social here - a trip which featured some high fashion...
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@telglobalhealth.bsky.social here - a trip which featured some high fashion...
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September 22, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Really interesting to spend some time in Singapore's 'biosecure ballroom' at Hilleman Laboratories. Read my latest for
@telglobalhealth.bsky.social here - a trip which featured some high fashion...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
@telglobalhealth.bsky.social here - a trip which featured some high fashion...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
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🇹🇭 'Since moving to Bangkok I’ve never been cat-called or followed, and can leave my laptop in a cafe while I go to the loo' | @sneweyy.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🇹🇭 'Since moving to Bangkok I’ve never been cat-called or followed, and can leave my laptop in a cafe while I go to the loo' | @sneweyy.bsky.social
Now, scientists are trying to untangle a critical question: are these double whammy outbreaks really becoming more common and ferocious, or are we simply getting better at diagnosing them?
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September 16, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Now, scientists are trying to untangle a critical question: are these double whammy outbreaks really becoming more common and ferocious, or are we simply getting better at diagnosing them?
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Cases have jumped again since we published this story, from 58 to 68. I spoke to people in Bulape and Kinshasa to get a sense of how the Ebola outbreak is unfolding – from spread to treatments and vaccines: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Cases have jumped again since we published this story, from 58 to 68. I spoke to people in Bulape and Kinshasa to get a sense of how the Ebola outbreak is unfolding – from spread to treatments and vaccines: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s long-awaited plan to take on America’s “industrial food complex” landed on Tuesday – heavy on rhetoric but light on specifics. @maevecullinan.bsky.social explains: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s long-awaited plan to take on America’s “industrial food complex” landed on Tuesday – heavy on rhetoric but light on specifics. @maevecullinan.bsky.social explains: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
At least 3 soldiers from Akhmat Battalion, a unit better known for its staged combat videos than battlefield achievements, have fallen sick with hantavirus, a rodent-borne disease known as “mouse fever” www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
At least 3 soldiers from Akhmat Battalion, a unit better known for its staged combat videos than battlefield achievements, have fallen sick with hantavirus, a rodent-borne disease known as “mouse fever” www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
Obesity has overtaken hunger as the biggest cause of malnutrition in children, according to a major
@unicef.org report taking aim at the “aggressive” marketing tactics used to promote processed foods www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
@unicef.org report taking aim at the “aggressive” marketing tactics used to promote processed foods www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
September 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Obesity has overtaken hunger as the biggest cause of malnutrition in children, according to a major
@unicef.org report taking aim at the “aggressive” marketing tactics used to promote processed foods www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
@unicef.org report taking aim at the “aggressive” marketing tactics used to promote processed foods www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
The US will make an investment in the new HIV prevention drug called lenacapavir that's been hailed as a "breakthrough" and a "game changer" by the medical community: www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Why the medical community is thrilled by U.S. support for a 'breakthrough' HIV drug
Lenacapavir has the potential to end the HIV epidemic, researchers say. The Trump administration says backing this kind of effort will be a model for how it does global health work in the future.
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September 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The US will make an investment in the new HIV prevention drug called lenacapavir that's been hailed as a "breakthrough" and a "game changer" by the medical community: www.npr.org/sections/goa...
🚨 A new outbreak of Ebola virus has been declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths. Find out more: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @benfarmerdt.bsky.social @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
🚨 A new outbreak of Ebola virus has been declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths. Find out more: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @benfarmerdt.bsky.social @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
A new bat-borne pathogen dubbed Salt Gully virus has been uncovered in flying-foxes Down Under. While there are no signs of human spillover, it is a relative of Nipah & Hendra – diseases considered ‘priority pathogens’ by WHO
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September 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
A new bat-borne pathogen dubbed Salt Gully virus has been uncovered in flying-foxes Down Under. While there are no signs of human spillover, it is a relative of Nipah & Hendra – diseases considered ‘priority pathogens’ by WHO
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
Here are seven common tropes the famine deniers are parroting – and why they’re wrong.
Great piece by @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
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Great piece by @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
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August 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Here are seven common tropes the famine deniers are parroting – and why they’re wrong.
Great piece by @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
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Great piece by @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
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"He was saving people and they killed him. My heart aches"
Great piece here on what really happened with Israel’s double-tap strike on Gaza hospital www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Great piece here on what really happened with Israel’s double-tap strike on Gaza hospital www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
What really happened with Israel’s ‘double-tap’ strike on Gaza hospital?
Press camera on building’s roof, which IDF claims was used by Hamas, appears to be target of tank strike on Nasser Hospital
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August 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM
"He was saving people and they killed him. My heart aches"
Great piece here on what really happened with Israel’s double-tap strike on Gaza hospital www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Great piece here on what really happened with Israel’s double-tap strike on Gaza hospital www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
A really powerful piece: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
'Starvation is everywhere': Virtual tours of Gaza clinics expose the scale of the horror
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August 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
A really powerful piece: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Hundreds of thousands of children will be at risk of dying from starvation in northeast Nigeria after a network of nutrition clinics closes next month, the UN has warned.
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Hundreds of thousands of children ‘facing starvation’ as last Nigeria aid points set to close
The UN’s World Food Programme is grappling with a 40 per cent decline in funding, threatening its feeding programmes
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August 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Hundreds of thousands of children will be at risk of dying from starvation in northeast Nigeria after a network of nutrition clinics closes next month, the UN has warned.
@liliasebouai.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
@liliasebouai.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
This is a very cool story by @maevecullinan.bsky.social & @meikeeijsberg.bsky.social – and here's the data explains why.
The British flat pack washing machines transforming lives: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
The British flat pack washing machines transforming lives: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 6:56 AM
This is a very cool story by @maevecullinan.bsky.social & @meikeeijsberg.bsky.social – and here's the data explains why.
The British flat pack washing machines transforming lives: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
The British flat pack washing machines transforming lives: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
Just 2 years ago, Fiji reported 245 new HIV cases. But by 2024, that figure jumped to 1,583, earning it a grim new title: after decades of minimal spread, the tropical paradise has the world’s fastest growing epidemic
Here's why: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
Here's why: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
Why a tropical paradise has the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic
An ‘explosive’ jump in cases is linked to a boom in methamphetamines and dangerous drug practices
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August 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Just 2 years ago, Fiji reported 245 new HIV cases. But by 2024, that figure jumped to 1,583, earning it a grim new title: after decades of minimal spread, the tropical paradise has the world’s fastest growing epidemic
Here's why: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
Here's why: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
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(1/4) Why a tropical paradise has the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic
An ‘explosive’ jump in cases is linked to a boom in methamphetamines and dangerous drug practices
@sneweyy.bsky.social has the latest
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An ‘explosive’ jump in cases is linked to a boom in methamphetamines and dangerous drug practices
@sneweyy.bsky.social has the latest
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Why a tropical paradise has the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic
An ‘explosive’ jump in cases is linked to a boom in methamphetamines and dangerous drug practices
www.telegraph.co.uk
August 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
(1/4) Why a tropical paradise has the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic
An ‘explosive’ jump in cases is linked to a boom in methamphetamines and dangerous drug practices
@sneweyy.bsky.social has the latest
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
An ‘explosive’ jump in cases is linked to a boom in methamphetamines and dangerous drug practices
@sneweyy.bsky.social has the latest
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
I keep thinking about the poignant, devastating conclusion of
@arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social's latest piece on mpox in Sierra Leone.
Make sure to read the full piece, with photos by @simontownsley.bsky.social for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
@arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social's latest piece on mpox in Sierra Leone.
Make sure to read the full piece, with photos by @simontownsley.bsky.social for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
August 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I keep thinking about the poignant, devastating conclusion of
@arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social's latest piece on mpox in Sierra Leone.
Make sure to read the full piece, with photos by @simontownsley.bsky.social for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
@arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social's latest piece on mpox in Sierra Leone.
Make sure to read the full piece, with photos by @simontownsley.bsky.social for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
A sobering account from Sierra Leone – and a clear warning that mpox should not be underestimated
Important report by @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social, with photographs from @simontownsley.bsky.social for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Important report by @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social, with photographs from @simontownsley.bsky.social for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Inside the Red Zone: Sierra Leone’s terrifying mpox outbreak
More than 5,000 have tested positive – including children – and at least 47 have died in Africa’s worst outbreak of the disease
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August 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
A sobering account from Sierra Leone – and a clear warning that mpox should not be underestimated
Important report by @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social, with photographs from @simontownsley.bsky.social for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Important report by @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social, with photographs from @simontownsley.bsky.social for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...