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Polyphonic, global and surprising: Re-examining history from new perspectives.

But can we really describe loneliness as a disease? And could this deeply human feeling be contagious?

The Black Death was a catastrophe, killing half of the population of the continent. But was it the worst pandemic ever? 

The Democratic Republic of Congo is struggling to contain Mpox with a new and deadly variant causing havoc.

Almost 60% of the Brazilian population is now food insecure and around 20 million Brazilians suffer from hunger.

Addiction to prescription drugs affects around 1.8 million people in Germany, a more widespread problem than alcoholism.

Due to climate change, mosquitoes carrying tropical diseases are becoming prolific in Spain.

In Malawi, the cholera outbreak is the deadliest in the country’s history.

 In the mid-west state of South Dakota the teenage suicide rate is so high they call it an epidemic.