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Global Health
Fears plastic can make cancer more aggressive
By
Stuart Butler
Apr 30, 2024
New research suggests that microplastics can play an important role in the speed and aggressiveness of cancers in humans.
Only seven countries in the world had healthy air quality in 2023
By
Stuart Butler
Mar 27, 2024
New report claims only seven countries had healthy air quality that met World Health Organisation guidelines for PM 2.5 values in 2023.
Volunteers wanted to help fight tuberculosis
By
Stuart Butler
Jan 22, 2024
A new medical trial seeks to understand whether a second BCG vaccine will help fight off tuberculosis - and volunteers are needed.
A simple solution to protecting tea pickers’ eyesight in Bangladesh
By
Geographical Staff
Jan 12, 2024
Eye care charity Orbis are working to prevent avoidable blindness among workers in the Bangladeshi tea-growing region of Sylhet
Tobacco industry interference in public health policy is growing
By
Bryony Cottam
Nov 17, 2023
Tobacco industry interference in government tobacco control policies has increased in 43 countries over the past two years
Podcast: The legacy of Covid-19
By
Geographical Staff
Jan 26, 2021
In the first episode of The Geographical Podcast, we ask whether Covid-19’s legacy aid the fight against other, more neglected diseases?
The toxic impact of microplastics in the human body
By
Geographical Contributor
Oct 3, 2019
Scientists at the Plastic Health Summit warn research on nano- and microplastics suggests a potentially deadly effects on human immune cells.
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