As the recent surge in cases of dengue fever continues across Latin America and the Caribbean, Puerto Rico declares a public health emergency.
Claudia Hammond is joined by Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology at Boston University, Matt Fox, to hear how warmer temperatures have lead to outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease around the world, with millions of cases reported so far this year.
We speak to the artist Jason Wilsher-Mills at his latest exhibition inspired by his childhood experiences of disability, and hear the role it played in his journey into the arts.
Claudia and Matt discuss the spread of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with cases reported in all but 3 of the country’s 26 provinces.
We hear from Uganda about the project hoping to help provide essential equipment for safe anaesthesia in children’s surgery.
And the study that says just two nights of broken sleep are enough to make us feel years older.
Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Dan Welsh
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The psychology of courage and bravery
Impact of wildfires
Twisties and sporting mental health
Covid vaccination in prisons
Could the flu vaccine protect against severe Covid-19?
Mental health recovery stories
Lambda variant of Sars-Cov-2
Mixing Covid vaccines
Tanzania joins Covax
New treatment for Covid
FDA approves new Alzheimer’s drug
Black Fungus epidemic in India
Is kindness contagious?
When to have your second vaccine dose?
Is BMI an outdated risk measure?
Tanzania's new Covid prevention measures
India’s Covid-19 surge
Medical mysteries with neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan
Chile’s vaccine roll out
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