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In 2015 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) caused 3.2m deaths and asthma 0.4m deaths worldwide.

Two major new projects providing an alternative approach to address the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to public health have each received £1.7 million grants under the Cross Research Council Tackling AMR Initiative.

Prof Paul Wilkinson comments on research suggesting that deaths from extreme weather in Europe could increase 50-fold by 2100 if no action is taken to cut greenhouse gas emissions or to reduce the impact on humans.

An effective vaccine protecting against all nine strains of African Horse Sickness Virus is a step closer, according to new research published in the journal Vaccine.

The LLIN, Interceptor® G2, is based on chlorfenapyr, a class of insecticide new to public health which kills resistant mosquitoes which survive exposure to standard pyrethroid treated nets.