Antibodies raise vaccine hopes for a bug that kills 500,000 a year. Scientists have for the first time identified specific antibodies that protect against Strep A. @benfarmerDT - link here🔗.

China deploys ‘cannibal’ mosquitoes and killer fish to fight chikungunya. More than 7,000 cases of the debilitating mosquito-borne disease have been reported in an unprecedented outbreak. @sneweyy has the latest.

Exclusive: US rejection of mRNA vaccines shows ‘lack of respect for science,’ says Nobel laureate. Katalin Karikó, who received the 2023 Nobel Prize for her work on messenger RNA, described the decision as ‘devastating’. @maeve_cullinan has the latest.

US-Israeli aid distribution points become sites of ‘orchestrated killing’ in Gaza. International medical charity @MSF said its staff had seen an ‘unmistakable’ pattern of injuries at clinics located near aid sites. @liliasebouai reports.

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@Jeremy_Hunt (4/4) AMR is now fuelling a ‘silent pandemic’, warns Dr Ayoade Alakija @yodifiji. Since 1990, at least one million people have died from AMR every year. In the next 25 years, it could cause the deaths of almost 40 million people, she writes. More below ⬇️.

(3/4) Sir @Jeremy_Hunt, the former health secretary, warns the move puts our national security at risk. “Antibiotics are the infrastructure of modern medicine,” he writes, adding that “global health and the global economy are defenceless” without them.

(2/4) Now, Lord Jim O'Neill, architect of the government’s superbugs strategy, tells The Telegraph he is “disillusioned” over the government’s move to axe the Fund, adding that the UK is no longer a “reliable partner” in the global fight against AMR.

(1/4) Last month, The Telegraph revealed that the Fleming Fund, a £265 million British programme tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the developing world, was forced shut by the government’s aid cuts.

(3/3) The successful use of the device in wars where rapid evacs were possible has led to a “cult-like” dependence on a tool that should be used much more sparingly . In Ukraine, it has left “a generation of men traumatised by unnecessary amputations,” one senior officer warned.

RT @maeve_cullinan: (1/3) I spoke to top Ukrainian military surgeons who are sounding the alarm over the misuse of tourniquets on the battl….

(2/3) Estimates say that of the roughly 100,000 amputations performed on Ukrainian soldiers since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, as many as 75,000 were caused by improper use of tourniquets.

(1/3) ‘Cult’ of tourniquets causing thousands of unnecessary amputations and deaths in Ukraine, say surgeons. The strong bands are used to stop catastrophic bleeding – but if left on for too long they can cause tissue death. Free to read 🔓.

Sexual violence surges in Haiti as gangs use rape to control population. At least 628 victims reported sexual attacks in the capital and central Haiti between April and June – up from 333 victims in the first three months of the year. ✍️@Harrietmbarber .

(3/3) In 2021, dozens of villagers in Western Afghanistan near the Iranian border revealed they were selling their organs for transplant at a private hospital in Herat. The Telegraph visited one poor Herat suburb, where donors showed off their surgical scars and said they had.

(2/3) Globally, one-in-10 transplanted organs have been trafficked, estimates suggest. Two years ago, a Telegraph investigation revealed that one of the world’s biggest private hospital groups was embroiled in a ‘cash for kidneys’ racket. Desperate villagers from Myanmar were.

(1/3) Kenya may have become an organ trafficking hub, government taskforce admits. Investigation is latest to spotlight an international black market matching those desperate enough to sell organs with wealthy recipients. ✍️ @benfarmerDT and David Ochami.

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@LSHTM @WHO (6/7) “Pasta Won't Help. Gaza Is on the Brink of an Exponential Surge in Starvation Deaths,” said Alex de Waal, expert on famine and humanitarian response. “All the evidence points us to being at a threshold where this is going to get exponentially worse. Every day that it goes.

@LSHTM (5/7) Seven children died of hunger on Wednesday, bringing the total number of malnutrition deaths to 154, the Gaza health authority said. “Dying of starvation is slow and painful,” the @WHO said on Thursday. “A starving child, among the most vulnerable, might cry constantly.