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2025’s global health polycrisis: Climate, contagion and the limits of our defences
Published on: Dec. 31, 2025, 9:53 p.m. | Source: Firstpost
One of the defining public health stories of 2025 was the return of diseases once thought to be under control. As the world moved beyond the immediate trauma of COVID-19, it found itself facing a “polycrisis” of resurgent pathogens, climate-driven emergencies and a deepening mental health burden.
