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Heat map representing estimated deaths across Europe during the heatwave between 23 June and 2 July 2025. Figures in bold represent deaths attributable to climate change, versus non-climate deaths. Credit: Imperial College London Grantham Institute.

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First analysis to estimate number of heatwave deaths linked to climate change

Wednesday 9 July 2025

"This approval allows for safe and appropriate malaria treatment for babies for the first time." Prof Umberto D'Alessandro, Unit Director, MRCG at LSHTM

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Expert Comment: First malaria medicine for babies approved

Tuesday 8 July 2025

"Social connection is not a luxury. It is a health imperative that must be embedded in all levels of policy, care and community life." Shereen Hussein, Professor of Health and Social Care Policy, LSHTM

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Expert Comment: Loneliness impacting 1 in 6 people, WHO report finds

Monday 30 June 2025

$“Every fraction of a degree of warming will cause more hospital admissions and heat deaths, putting more strain on the NHS.” Professor Antonio Gasparrini, lead of the EHM-Lab, LSHTM$

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Nearly 600 heat-related deaths expected in UK heatwave, researchers estimate

Saturday 21 June 2025

Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza on 9 November 2023 amid Israel's bombardment and siege of the enclave, and intense fighting between the Israeli military and Hamas fighters in the north. Credit: Mohammed Zaanoun/TNH

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LSHTM's Director writes to UK Government about Gaza public health catastrophe

Friday 20 June 2025

Viyaasan Mahalingasivam: It’s reassuring that we did not find evidence to suggest that mild COVID-19 infection causes long-term damage to kidney function

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Largest study to assess long-term impact of COVID-19 on kidneys

Thursday 19 June 2025

Liam Smeeth: This is truly an honour for the whole of LSHTM, reflecting the great work done by the people here over many years.

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LSHTM Director Liam Smeeth awarded CBE in King’s Birthday Honours

Saturday 14 June 2025

"Gaps in cancer care reflect a wider failure of the health system to convert innovation into widespread and equitable impact." Bernard Rachet, Professor of Cancer Epidemiology, LSHTM

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Expert Comment: UK sees 20% drop in cancer mortality but diagnoses still rising

Wednesday 4 June 2025

"These results are an important step in understanding how environmental risks affect childhood eczema and how we might develop ways to prevent it." Sinead Langan, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, LSHTM

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New study finds interactions between genetic risk of eczema and household environment

Wednesday 4 June 2025

"It's wrong that some tragedies, such as infant and child malnutrition, continue to be largely silent, forgotten and ignored." Marko Kerac, Clinical Associate Professor, LSHTM

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One in six children under six months old clinically underweight across LMICs

Friday 30 May 2025

"This shows just how important funding health and disease research is, and why surveillance is our best tool against vector-borne viruses." Martin Hibberd, Professor of Emerging Infectious Disease, LSHTM

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Expert Comment: West Nile Virus detected in UK mosquitoes for first time

Friday 23 May 2025

Professor Moffat Nyirenda, Director of the MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit

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Moffat Nyirenda made Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences

Thursday 22 May 2025