Pandemic

Friday 29 May 2026 1:07 pm  |   Updated:  Friday 29 May 2026 8:46 am Burberry pushed its net zero goal back by 10 years Burberry has pushed back its net zero target by a decade, becoming the latest blue-chip business to water down ambitious climate goals set in the wake…

Nigeria’s healthtech ecosystem added 65 startups between 2020 and 2025, according to the State of Healthtech in Nigeria 2026 report, curated by TechCabal Insights, Digital Health Nigeria, and the Clinton Health Access Initiative.  The figure represents more than half of the 103 startups launched in the 15 years before the…

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 22, June 2026.

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo — African financial institutions demonstrated notable resilience in the years following the Covid-19 pandemic, but the continent’s trade finance gap remains stubbornly wide, according to a new report released by the African Development Bank, AfDB. The fifth edition of the AfDB’s Trade Finance Report, covering the…

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International trade has benefited food security and biodiversity by leveraging the comparative advantages of countries (1), but the role of international trade stability in safeguarding ecosystems is often overlooked. Volatile food trade policies such as trade bans in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (2), export restrictions related to the Russia’s…

In a social media post, Ethiopia-headquartered Africa CDC said the consignment, donated by India, was received in Uganda by its Eastern Africa Regional Coordinating Centre. Photo: X/@AfricaCDC India has sent emergency pharmaceutical supplies to support efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in Congo, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and…

Closed since 2014, the site was briefly brought back into use as a lorry park during the Covid-19 pandemic, but the reopening plans have hit a snag after the local council raised concerns about the project Manston Airport hasn't been a working airport since 2014 (Image: Getty) An abandoned airport…

The Trump administration’s shake-up of the United States’ public health apparatus in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has public health experts concerned about the country’s ability to respond to emerging disease outbreaks like hantavirus and Ebola. Whether that’s a concern for Congress, however, often depends on the member’s party…

HEALTH / JULY/AUGUST 2026 The Next Pandemic May Already Be Brewing Bird flu has crossed into cows, infected humans, and spread across continents. Experts are deeply uneasy BY RENÉE PELLERIN ILLUSTRATION BY JEANNIE PHAN Published 6:30, MAY 25, 2026 I t began on her thirteenth birthday. The red, sore, itchy…