Heat stress. Lung damage from wildfire smoke. These are just a few of the ways that public health has been impacted and compounded by climate change - a focus for the first time at COP28.
The ornithine decarboxylase inhibitor α-difluoromethylornithine, used to treat African sleeping sickness and unwanted hair growth, may also protect β cells of people with new-onset type 1 diabetes.
Rising temperatures and a longer monsoon in Bangladesh because of climate change are providing ideal breeding conditions for the dengue-spreading mosquito, experts said, as the country grapples with its worst-ever outbreak of the viral disease.
The mosquito-borne virus has emerged as a global threat, with a new vaccine evaluated in two large clinical trials in North America. The new shot is a single-dose injection to the muscle.
A scientist whose work was key to identifying, studying, and finding treatments for this life-threatening virus discusses the scientific journey and challenges that persist.