The award-winning Vital Lessons series is back for Season 2, kicking off with a timely conversation about how climate change is affecting our health, schools and communities. From extreme heat and wil...

Canadian Blood Services says people from ethnically diverse backgrounds are less likely to find a matching donor due to underrepresentation

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the central role of public health institutions in managing large-scale emergencies, while exposing tensions between scienti...

There are social tipping points when the seemingly impossible suddenly becomes inevitable. Good journalism plays an essential role in helping drive these shifts and shows us how real change can happen

A new rapid analysis has found that human-induced climate change has made wildfire in the Northwest Territories and Ontario about twice as likely to occur, and it warns that the world must step away f...

The malaria-carrying mosquito is resistant to all insecticides. Scientists are scrambling to find ways to blunt the risk.

UNSW International Centre for Future Health Systems Ian Webster Oration

Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable

Herders and experts tell the BBC how Africa's camels are suffering because of extreme heat.

Argentina's passion was an asset but too often in this World Cup it has spilled over into distasteful aggression

US, top carbon emitter in history, has ‘a lot of responsibility’ for causing ‘substantial’ harm globally, scientist says

Across the world, political uncertainty is being exploited to fan the flames of hatred. Now, the very principles that make South Africa great are at risk, says Zanele Mji, an investigative journalist based in Johannesburg

British-born, older men among those most likely to have disease found only postmortem, say researchers One person a week dies with undiagnosed and therefore untreated tuberculosis in England, a study has found. British-born, older men were among those most likely to have TB diagnosed only after death, researchers said, suggesting healthcare workers could be overlooking the possibility of the disease in these patients. Continue reading...

For decades, malaria has been one of Africa's most persistent health challenges. In Ghana, it was once the leading cause of death for children under five. Bed

Your head is pounding, your muscles are cramping, and your heart is racing. Then you get dizzy and the vomiting starts. Heatstroke kills thousands of people every year. This is what it feels like—and ...

Focusing on avoiding panic over avoiding pandemics is a recipe for disaster. How can public health communicate transmission risk better?