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FT Health: Communicable Diseases

Tuberculosis rethink; fears for HIV progress; AI potential against resistant bacteria; UK boosts wastewater tests; rebuilding immunity to superbugs; insect-borne diseases threat; Chagas disease explainer

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Rethink on tuberculosis programmes forced by foreign aid gaps
Focus switches to domestic funding and innovation after global donors pull out
Fears for HIV programmes’ future sparked by funding retreat
Governments have kept treatments going since the demise of USAID, but resources for prevention are scarce
AI shows potential against resistant bacteria
Machine learning can speed up antibiotic design, but developers struggle to attract investors
UK boosts wastewater tests to raise resilience to germs
An expanded system to track dangerous pathogens shows promise with knowledge gained from Covid-19 pandemic
The world is losing immunity to superbugs, but we can rebuild it
The evidence base for reversing drug resistance is there: measure results, learn from failures and stay the course
Insect-borne diseases expand threat despite research
Climate change and funding cuts are risks to progress on interventions

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Explainer: Chagas disease spreads to richer countries
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