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‘Super mosquito’ driving malaria surge in Africa, study confirms
Scientists tracking an outbreak in Ethiopia found the ‘strongest evidence yet’ that the Anopheles stephensi is behind rising cases
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Singapore launches fish farm in a shipping container to bolster food security
There are hopes the urban 'innovative' scheme will help the city-state hit an ambitious target to produce a third of its food domestically
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‘Tragic milestone’ hit as 1,000 attacks against doctors and hospitals recorded in Myanmar
Medics accuse the junta of ‘using communicable disease as a weapon’ by curtailing access to health resources
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‘Huge leap forward’ as world’s first vaccine for chikungunya virus is approved
FDA green lights single-dose shot developed by European firm, for those at heightened risk from the mosquito-borne disease
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Jail for Indonesian drug manufacturers over cough syrup linked to 200 child deaths
Company’s chief executive and three other senior employees given two-year prison sentences and fined £52,000
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How Sydney beat back HIV – and what other cities can learn
Thirty years after it became the epicentre of Australia’s Aids crisis, transmission of the virus has been ‘virtually eliminated’
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Rampant mistrust leaves the world more vulnerable to pandemics, experts warn
Deteriorating international relations and increasing polarisation has created a ‘fragmented and broken world’, says new report
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‘Dark, chaotic, scary events’: Australia braces for a ‘horror’ wildfire season
A hot, dry season – driven by the El Niño weather phenomenon – leaves a country on edge
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How Australia’s shameful legacy is still blighting Aboriginal futures
As the country goes to the polls over Indigenous rights, assimilation policies from its colonial past still plague First Nation communities
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Lancet launches major ‘spillover’ investigation as two die of bird flu, including a toddler
Two-year-old girl is second human to die of H5N1 within a week – the same strain that has already killed millions of birds and mammals
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Relatives plead for safe return of Thai worker held hostage by Hamas as Asia repatriates citizens
Farmhand among scores kidnapped during assault on southern Israel
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From rotting legs to ruptured spleens, the ‘air ambulance’ serving Timor-Leste’s only hospital
In a country where most people live in remote hillside communities, tiny planes navigate mountain peaks in response to its worst emergencies
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Children among the dead in artillery strike on Myanmar refugee camp
Military junta denies responsibility for the attack, which killed 29 people
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Australia’s ‘metropolitan elite’ headed for defeat in country’s ‘Brexit moment’
The controversial referendum for Aboriginal rights splits the nation in bitter debate
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Watch: Giant albino rat and baby otter cause chaos on flight
Foot-long mammal and giant albino rat escaped from luggage on Bangkok to Taiwan route
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WHO sets scene for ‘battle royale’ over malaria vaccines
World Health Organization recommends Oxford’s jab for use in children, almost a year after GSK’s version was given the green light
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