2026 September - 7 articles
Chronic diseases rank among the major challenges for global public health, and interactions between environmental exposures, biological susceptibility, and developmental processes increasingly shape their severity. Evidence indicates that exposure to...
Indoor environments are increasingly recognized as key determinants of human microbial exposure and skin health. Microbiome-aware interventions, including probiotic and prebiotic formulations, have been proposed to complement conventional environment...
In 2024, the annual global surface temperature rose more than 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels for the first time. This single-year figure is not the same as the long-term warming limit set by the Paris Agreement, but it signals a rising heat-r...
The African esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) corridor extends from Ethiopia to the Eastern Cape and contains some of the highest age-standardized ESCC incidence rates reported anywhere, with five-year survival below 5%. The corridor’s...
Human health is increasingly shaped by the environments in which people live, work, learn, receive care and age [...]
Understanding indoor and outdoor airborne organic mixtures, including semi-volatile organic compounds (sVOCs), remains challenging as quantitative monitoring is often costly and difficult to scale across buildings and individuals. Here we present a l...
Climate change is significantly altering the distribution, seasonality, and transmission dynamics of vector-borne diseases, posing an increasing public health concern, particularly in regions previously considered at low risk. Key climatic variables,...
