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These rats could be the next heroes in the fight against deadly diseases

These rats could be the next heroes in the fight against deadly diseases

Harnessing their superlative sense of smell, a Tanzania-based organisation has trained the much-maligned rodents to detect TB and landmines
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Gender inequality is driving a new wave of HIV infections in Uganda

Gender inequality is driving a new wave of HIV infections in Uganda

Young women in Africa are up to 14 times more likely to contract HIV than boys of the same age. Here’s why
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Children are the latest victims of Pakistan’s mysterious HIV outbreak

Children are the latest victims of Pakistan’s mysterious HIV outbreak

More than 800 children in Pakistan face a potential death sentence after being infected with HIV. Now families are demanding answers
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Nuclear wasteland: Inside the ghost towns of Fukushima

Nuclear wasteland: Inside the ghost towns of Fukushima

Eight years on from the nuclear meltdown, are the radiation fears stopping people returning to Fukushima misplaced?
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When daylight kills: meet the children allergic to the sun

When daylight kills: meet the children allergic to the sun

Up to one in 370 Indians suffers from XP, a genetic condition which causes skin to burn and take on a blistering, scaly appearance.
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Don’t Die of Ignorance: how an establishment figure helped avert the UK’s HIV crisis

Don’t Die of Ignorance: how an establishment figure helped avert the UK’s HIV crisis

During the 1980s AIDS crisis, misinformation and hysteria were rife. But one campaign cut through the noise, saving lives in the process
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Replacing cocaine barons with cattle ranchers is destroying the Amazon

Replacing cocaine barons with cattle ranchers is destroying the Amazon

Colombia’s great Amazon rainforest — a ‘vital lung’ of the planet — is being cleared for grazing cattle by an area bigger than Los Angeles…
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