<p>The World Health Organization has warned that mosquito-borne diseases like dengue fever are spreading to new regions. One reason is that warmer temperatures are allowing disease-carrying mosquitos to push into new areas. And wetter monsoons are giving them more time to reproduce in countries like India.
According to the WHO, the number of reported cases ... Show More
Nov 21
The ancient origins of kissing
<p>Scientists at Oxford University in the UK now think that kissing evolved more than 21 million years ago, and it wasn’t humans that started it.</p><p>As a behaviour, it has no obvious survival or reproductive benefits but it’s seen across the world, in humans and animals alike. ... Show More
11m 34s
Jun 2022
How Worried Should We Be About Monkeypox?
<p>Cases of the monkeypox virus are spreading in many countries where it has rarely, if ever, been seen before, including in the United States.</p><p>Although there are a lot of unknowns about the illness, the rapidly rising number of infections has caused alarm bells to sound am ... Show More
22m 54s
Nov 2022
How can Ethiopia respond to a new malaria threat?
Earlier this year, cases of malaria began to rapidly increase in the Ethiopian city of Dire Dawa.
There were ten times the number of cases in the first half of the year, than the whole of 2019.
And unlike usual, the spike was happening outside the rainy season which allows the di ... Show More
13m 47s
May 2021
Can the most vaccinated nation stop Covid?
Covid-19 is, once again, spreading in the Seychelles. In just a few months, the country has managed to vaccinate most of its people against the virus. But a recent rise in the number of cases has many scratching their heads. What went wrong – if anything at all?Host: Victoria Uwo ... Show More
15m 31s