Syria needs a climate-proof reconstruction plan – one that will make its deserts bloom www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Harry Johnstone · Janani Vivekananda 25 August 2026 at 13:14 Like post-war Germany and Japan, Syria has a blank slate on which to build. It must harness green technology if it is to prosper long term
This summer’s wildfire epidemic is one of the worst in decades – so why are deaths so low? www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Maeve Cullinan 24 August 2026 at 18:19 As the risk of ‘fire weather’ increases, humans are learning to adapt to an ominous new normal
Swine flu outbreak in Delhi swamps clinics and hospitals www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Samaan Lateef 24 August 2026 at 17:31 Indian health authorities step up surveillance and hospital preparedness as cases of H1N1 surge
Officials selling yellow fever certificates to unvaccinated travellers www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Henry Mhango 21 August 2026 at 15:37 Undercover investigation finds passengers are being sold official documents and allowed to board flights to risk zones without needing jabs
Congo gambles on ‘old’ vaccine as new Ebola virus spirals www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Ben Farmer 21 August 2026 at 14:21 The outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo species of Ebola could become the biggest in history
Top British scientist steps down from WHO www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Sarah Newey · Paul Nuki · Arthur Scott-Geddes 18 August 2026 at 10:23 Exclusive: Sir Jeremy Farrar, who advised the government on Covid, resigns after helping to implement job cuts at global body
Rabies deaths are rising. What is going wrong? www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Arthur Scott-Geddes · Tom Parry 17 August 2026 at 08:00 After decades of progress, infections are increasing – and almost all cases coincide with large populations of stray dogs
Ebola doctors ‘step back’ from WHO in drug trial ethics row www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Sarah Newey 14 August 2026 at 16:21 The debate highlights the difficulties involved in designing and running trials during a medical emergency
Wildfire watch: Inside London’s fire control centre on the hottest day of the year www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Maeve Cullinan 14 August 2026 at 16:17 A summer of record-breaking heatwaves has turned the capital into a tinderbox
Inside the biggest collection of venomous snakes in Latin America www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Lilia Sebouai 14 August 2026 at 11:10 After a century of perfecting antivenom, Brazil’s Butantan Institute is sharing its life-saving snake research with the world
Inside the biggest collection of venomous snakes in Latin America www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Lilia Sebouai 14 August 2026 at 10:38 After a century of perfecting antivenom, Brazil’s Butantan Institute is sharing its life-saving snake research with the world
H5N1 sparks a very Australian epidemic www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Maeve Cullinan 13 August 2026 at 14:10 Tasmanian devils, platypus and dingoes all at risk of contracting the highly contagious bird flu as the country battles growing case numbers
Ebola outbreak ‘doubling every 20 days’, warns UN chief www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Ben Farmer · Maeve Cullinan 12 August 2026 at 19:07 Congo’s current epidemic is on track to eclipse the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014 to 2016
Madagascar forced to divide and share mpox vaccine as epidemic takes off www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Maeve Cullinan 11 August 2026 at 15:29 The African island is currently battling its largest-ever outbreak of the virus formerly known as monkeypox
Sudan exodus threatens humanitarian catastrophe in Chad www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Gordon Cole-Schmidt 11 August 2026 at 12:52 Hundreds of thousands fleeing the war in Sudan fight for food and water in eastern Chad, where conditions have moved beyond breaking point
Israel’s mental health time bomb www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Paul Nuki 9 August 2026 at 11:00 Post-traumatic stress disorder in the general population has increased by 70 per cent following the October 7 attacks
Suspected Ebola case on packed Congo river boat sparks testing rush www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Ben Farmer 6 August 2026 at 20:37 More than 200 people headed for DRC’s capital Kinshasa are detained following the death of a passenger who had already disembarked
El Nino could cause explosion of rabid seals, animal health experts warn www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Ben Farmer 6 August 2026 at 14:55 Changing patterns in fish stocks may drive uninfected migrating seals into rabid populations
Ebola outbreak outpacing containment effort, WHO chief warns www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Maeve Cullinan · Ben Farmer · Sarah Newey 5 August 2026 at 21:06 New cases have doubled in some hotspots over the past week, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns
The underground lab where ‘princess mosquitoes’ are treated like royalty www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Arthur Scott-Geddes · Simon Townsley 5 August 2026 at 08:00 Beneath the streets of London, native British mosquitoes are being bred for the first time to help scientists get ahead of disease threats