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Plastic pollution and drug-resistant infections are usually regarded as separate global crises. But emerging research suggests links between them: Microplastic particles in the environment are colonised by bacteria, and those bacteria develop antibiotic resistance at an unprecedented rate.

Sri Lanka has recorded more than 56,422 dengue cases from January to July, adding pressure to the country’s healthcare system as the caseload continues to increase.

Scarred by the devastating 2025 floods, people with HIV are increasingly vulnerable.

Besides adaptation, the South Asian country is now embarking on mitigation to reduce carbon emissions and air pollution that kill hundreds of thousands of people every year.

Oleh Shalinee Kumari

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Oleh Hans Nicholas Jong

Oleh Siva Selan

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The rise of electric SUVs is challenging the idea of green transport, with experts warning that heavier vehicles could undermine climate, health and equity goals. Oleh Keyvan Hosseini dan Dawn-Marie Walker

Hepatitis C treatment is no longer prohibitively expensive in the Global South because Malaysia, Thailand, Egypt and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative developed ravidasvir – a low-cost antiviral. Such breakthroughs are possible for other neglected diseases if low- and middle-income countries agree to act collectively. Oleh Timothy Radcliffe