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From smallpox to Covid-19, we have played an essential role in vaccination campaigns to prevent diseases and improve public health. Smallpox was a highly infectious and deadly disease that was endemic ...

Nigeria is facing multiple humanitarian crises. Millions of people are going hungry and living in poverty. In April 2025, the Nigerian government declared a state of emergency on food security. Over 5 ...

Explore the effects of heavy rain and flooding while taking part in a science experiment to monitor the weather patterns in your area.

The frequency and intensity of severe weather events in the UK are increasing. Our new report, Water's Edge, shows that the ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from flooding is not ...

Trained Afghan Red Crescent volunteers undertook search and rescue missions following a devastating earthquake late on 31 August 2025. The 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck near the city of Jalalabad, ...

Temperatures are predicted to rise into the low 30ºC, according to the Met Office. The UK Health Security Agency issued an amber heat health alert on 11 August 2025. The Met Office have said it’s ...

Several parts of Europe including Greece, Italy, the Canary Islands, Spain, Turkey and Cyprus are dealing with unusually hot weather and heatwaves with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees. Level 3 heat ...

More than 50,000 refugees could be made homeless by the end of the year if the Government doesn’t take urgent steps to support them as it clears the asylum backlog, the British Red Cross warns. The ...

On 8 September 2023, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Morocco, causing widespread destruction. Thousands of people lost their lives and many more lost livelihoods, homes and loved ones. Moroccan Red ...

On 28 March 2025, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar at approximately 1:10pm local time, its epicentre located 17 kilometres southeast of Mandalay. The Sagaing and Mandalay regions were ...

A new report from the British Red Cross, Seen and heard: Understanding frequent attendance at A&E, has found people who frequently attended A&E in Dorset were 72 per cent more likely to live in an ...