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Kerry McQueeney
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Production journalist for The Telegraph’s Global Health Security desk.

Covering infectious disease, conflict, food security, reproductive rights, climate crises (+ much more): @telglobalhealth.bsky.social

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Outbreaks of debilitating tropical diseases becoming Europe’s ‘new normal’, @ecdc.europa.eu‬ has warned

Mosquito-borne diseases like chikungunya were once confined to the tropics but climate change is allowing them to spread in Europe

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Outbreaks of debilitating tropical diseases becoming Europe’s ‘new normal’
Mosquito-borne diseases like chikungunya were once confined to the tropics but climate change is allowing them to spread in Europe
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August 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Baby FGM death in the Gambia ‘should shame us all’

Nimko Ali, former Home Office advisor on violence against women and female genital mutilation survivor, criticises international community

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Baby FGM death in the Gambia ‘should shame us all’
Nimco Ali, former Home Office advisor on violence against women and female genital mutilation survivor, criticises international community
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August 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Myanmar junta guilty of ‘systematic torture’ in detention centres, claim UN investigators

Reports says it has collected ‘significant evidence’ of beatings, strangulation, electrocution and rape

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Myanmar junta guilty of ‘systematic torture’ in detention centres, claim UN investigators
Reports says it has collected ‘significant evidence’ of beatings, strangulation, electrocution and rape
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August 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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(1/7) The Telegraph gained rare access to Sierra Leone’s Red Zones – the isolation wards where mpox patients are treated – to find out how it managed to fight off the worst mpox outbreak in its history

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Inside the Red Zone: Sierra Leone’s terrifying mpox outbreak
More than 5,000 have tested positive – including children – and at least 47 have died in Africa’s worst outbreak of the disease
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August 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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A sobering account from Sierra Leone – and a clear warning that mpox should not be underestimated

Important report by @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social, with photographs from @simontownsley.bsky.social for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Inside the Red Zone: Sierra Leone’s terrifying mpox outbreak
More than 5,000 have tested positive – including children – and at least 47 have died in Africa’s worst outbreak of the disease
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August 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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(1/5) ‘This was a beautiful place – now look at it’: The river swallowed by plastic

Guatemala’s Rio Las Vacas is the most polluted river in the world, accounting for 2 per cent of the global total of river-derived plastic that enters the oceans

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‘This was a beautiful place – now look at it’: The river swallowed by plastic
Guatemala’s Rio Las Vacas is the most refuse-polluted river in the world, destroying the valley’s delicate ecosystem
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July 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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‘Her body grows weaker day by day’: Children in Gaza starved to the brink of death

Footage shared with The Telegraph shows acute malnutrition at one of the few functioning medical facilities left on the strip

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‘Her body grows weaker day by day’: Children in Gaza starved to the brink of death
Footage shared with The Telegraph shows acute malnutrition at one of the few functioning medical facilities left on the strip
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July 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Australian man dies from ‘extremely rare’ virus after bat bite

The man dies several months after contracting Australian bat lyssavirus – a pathogen closely related to rabies

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Australian man dies from ‘extremely rare’ virus after bat bite
The man dies several months after contracting Australian bat lyssavirus – a pathogen closely related to rabies
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July 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Really embraced the global health nerd inside me for this story, reporting from bat caves & bird markets & rice field, to learn about how H5N1 is affecting families – and the new techniques to make it safer, faster & cheaper to track zoonotic pathogens: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
July 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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‘I’m a nuclear warfare expert – is this really the end of Iran’s quest for a nuclear bomb?’

@mysteriousdrbex.bsky.social has researched nuclear weapons technology for a decade and warns this may not be the end of things

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I’m a nuclear warfare expert – is this really the end of Iran’s quest for a nuclear bomb?
I have researched nuclear weapons technology for a decade, and this may not be the end of things
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June 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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It turns out the world’s most successful parasite can ‘decapitate’ sperm. For @telglobalhealth.bsky.social I wrote about the implications of this discovery for our understanding of the male infertility crisis. With thanks to @zahadyv.bsky.social and Bill Sullivan
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Could the answer to the male fertility crisis be lurking in your cat’s litter tray?
Discovery that the world’s most successful parasite can ‘decapitate’ sperm offers a new path to understanding rising infertility among men
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June 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Nigerian agriculture ministry workers ‘told to fast and pray’ to end hunger crisis

Around 27 million people are experiencing a severe lack of food due to a combination of entrenched insecurity, floods and economic woes

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Nigerian agriculture ministry workers ‘told to fast and pray’ to end hunger crisis
Around 27 million people are experiencing a severe lack of food due to a combination of entrenched insecurity, floods and economic woes
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June 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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H5N1 bird flu ‘capable of airborne transmission’

New findings raise concerns about whether the virus could trigger a future pandemic

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H5N1 bird flu ‘capable of airborne transmission’
New findings raise concerns about whether the virus could trigger a future pandemic
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June 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Water from brine: How the Gulf states are making the desert bloom

Away from war, a new oasis is emerging in the Middle East as the costs of water desalination fall

Reporting by Samaan Lateef
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Water from brine: How the Gulf states are making the desert bloom
Away from war, a new oasis is emerging in the Middle East as the costs of water desalination fall
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May 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Fifth of girls and one in seven boys sexually assaulted globally, says study

Analysis published in the Lancet finds that more than half of all people who have experienced sexual violence did so before the age of 18

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Fifth of girls and one in seven boys sexually assaulted globally, says study
Analysis published in the Lancet finds that more than half of all people who have experienced sexual violence did so before the age of 18
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May 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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“Trump spurs global rollback on the rights of women and girls,” writes @heatherbarr.bsky.social

The US President is leading the way to a cruel new world order in which women and girls are among the first victims. Governments must push back

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Trump spurs global rollback on the rights of women and girls
US President leads the way to a cruel new world order in which women and girls are among the first victims. Governments must push back
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May 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Scientists are closer than ever to developing a universal antivenom for snake bites after analysing the blood of a man who was bitten more than 200 times – on purpose

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Universal antivenom within reach thanks to man bitten over 200 times – on purpose
Herpetologist exposes himself to some of the world’s most dangerous snakes. Now, his blood is the foundation for an antivenom cocktail
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May 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Thailand reports first anthrax death in decades

Health authorities race to track hundreds of people who may have been exposed to the deadly bacteria

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Thailand reports first anthrax death in decades
Health authorities race to track hundreds of people who may have been exposed to the deadly bacteria
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May 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Could a new malaria jab really finish off the disease? Researchers at GSK have high hopes

Exclusive: Next-generation jab could be three times as effective as the best currently available

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Could a new malaria jab really finish off the disease? Researchers at GSK have high hopes
Exclusive: Next-generation jab could be three times as effective as the best currently available
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May 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Top secret US research lab studying SARS-CoV-2 shut amid safety concerns

The high security lab at Fort Detrick has long been linked by Chinese propagandists to the outbreak of Covid-19 without evidence

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Top secret US research lab studying SARS-CoV-2 shut amid safety concerns
The high security lab at Fort Detrick has long been linked by Chinese propagandists to the outbreak of Covid-19 without evidence
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May 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Sierra Leone launches mpox vaccination drive as cases soar

Health authorities confirm 763 cases of the virus, including 177 recorded in a two-day period last week

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Sierra Leone launches mpox vaccination drive as cases soar
Health authorities confirm 763 cases of the virus, including 177 recorded in a two-day period last week
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May 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Agent Orange recovery in jeopardy 50 years after the fall of Saigon

Herbicidal warfare left a toxic legacy of environmental damage and severe health issues. Now, efforts to clean up contamination are at risk

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Agent Orange recovery in jeopardy 50 years after the fall of Saigon
Herbicidal warfare left a toxic legacy of environmental damage and severe health issues. Now, efforts to clean up contamination are at risk
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May 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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(1/6) ‘No one can do what America does’: Sudanese refugees bear the brunt as US aid dries up

American generosity to African nations has been vast and is the bastion of international aid – but these days of generosity are numbered

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‘No one can do what America does’: Sudanese refugees bear the brunt as US aid dries up
American largesse to African nations has been vast and is the mainstay of international aid – but these days of generosity are numbered
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April 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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World’s only research centre for flesh-eating infection ransacked in Sudan

Mycetoma Research Centre becomes yet another victim of the country’s civil war, in a ‘major blow’ for efforts to tackle the disease

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World’s only research centre for flesh-eating infection ransacked in Sudan
Mycetoma Research Centre becomes yet another victim of the country’s civil war, in a ‘major blow’ for efforts to tackle the disease
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April 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Israel under fire over aid blockade as hunger stalks Gaza

The Hague is told that food storage facilities in the territory are empty and that nine out of ten people are without safe drinking water

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Israel under fire over aid blockade as hunger stalks Gaza
The Hague is told that food storage facilities in the territory are empty and that nine out of ten people are without safe drinking water
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April 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM