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Devi Sridhar

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Bird flu, brain rot and booze – the health issues you’ll be hearing more about in 2025

Blink and another year goes by: but 2025 brings a chance for a fresh start, and some reflection on where we have got to and what is to come. I...

01.01.2025 8

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Devi Sridhar

Bird flu is a real pandemic threat. Are we prepared for the worst?

As usual, I’m back with cheery topics to get us through the dark, cold winter months. No, I’m not talking about the studies on how dark...

16.12.2024 40

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Devi Sridhar

What is the real toll of natural and climate disasters? Science has staggering new answers

The devastation of hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis or tornadoes is often conveyed by how many people have been injured or killed. And based on...

06.12.2024 9

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Devi Sridhar

The appointment of Robert F Kennedy has horrified public health experts. Here are his three most dangerous ideas

The announcement that Donald Trump has appointed Robert F Kennedy as the US secretary of health and human services has sent shock waves through the...

17.11.2024 40

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Devi Sridhar

Britain is closing its eyes to long Covid. That’s not how to stop it ravaging lives and livelihoods

Trust me, no one, even in public health or medicine, wants to talk or think about Covid-19. The trauma of those pandemic years is burnt into our...

30.10.2024 50

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Devi Sridhar

Deadly food allergies are on the rise among children. The cause isn’t what you might think

In February 2023, 13-year-old Hannah Jacobs died from a severe allergic reaction after drinking a hot chocolate from Costa Coffee. Hannah suffered...

30.09.2024 40

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Devi Sridhar

The right calls it the ‘nanny state’ – I call it standing up to rich corporations and protecting people’s health

The UK government’s plans to restrict junk food ads, ban energy drink sales to children and phase out smoking have been met with a predictable...

23.09.2024 4

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Devi Sridhar

Scientists are closing in on the true, horrifying scale of death and disease in Gaza

In August, a 10-month-old baby in Gaza was partly paralysed from polio, the first confirmed case there in 25 years. The paralysis is probably...

05.09.2024 100

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Devi Sridhar

Sorry, red wine drinkers: alcohol is only ever bad for your health

To say yes to that glass of wine or beer, or just get a juice? That’s the question many people face when they’re at after-work drinks, relaxing on...

20.08.2024 100

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Devi Sridhar

Ozempic or Wegovy can be a godsend, but their non-medical use is alarming

Since anti-obesity drugs such as semaglutide (branded as Ozempic or Wegovy) have been approved, they have gone from being niche medicines...

31.07.2024 4

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Devi Sridhar

The Covid inquiry report makes it clear: Britain was completely and fatally unprepared

In 2002, Sars, a dangerous coronavirus, spread across the world with a fatality rate of around 10%. Although it was contained relatively quickly,...

18.07.2024 2

The Guardian

Devi Sridhar