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Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · 9d

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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Telegraph Global Health Security @telglobalhealth.bsky.social · 15d

(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

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Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · 16d

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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Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · 17d

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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The Telegraph @telegraphnews.bsky.social · 20d

🇹🇭 '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

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Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · 23d

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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Katiesaurus @katiesaurusseven.bsky.social · 27d

"...the vaccine, produced by Merck (also known as MSD) to target the Zaire Ebola strain circulating now, requires an ultra-cold chain – making it hard to roll out in a region with poor infrastructure.

'We need a -80C fridge, and we need stable electricity,' said Dr Kabeogo."

Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · 27d

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

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Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · 27d

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

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Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · 28d

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

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Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · 28d

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

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Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · 29d

“There has been no collective collapse of willpower in the world,” Dr Harriet Torlesse, a nutrition specialist at Unicef and lead author of the report, told @telglobalhealth.bsky.social. “What has changed? The industry. We’re surrounded by unhealthy food environments.”

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Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · 29d

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...

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Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · Sep 9

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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Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨 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

Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · Sep 3

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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Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · Aug 28

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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Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · Aug 27

"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...

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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Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · Aug 25

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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Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · Aug 19

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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Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · Aug 15

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

A chart showing how washing machines use correlates to the proportion of women in the workforce

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Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · Aug 13

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

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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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Telegraph Global Health Security @telglobalhealth.bsky.social · Aug 12

(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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