Sanket Jain

Sanket Jain

Journalist

Sanket Jain is an independent journalist and documentary photographer based in Western India’s Maharashtra state. Sanket’s work has been featured in over 35 publications, including MIT Technology Review, Devex, Wired, Telegraph, Thomson Reuters Foundation, The Nation, British Medical Journal, Verge, USA Today, Progressive Magazine and others. He was the winner of the 2025 Eric and Wendy Schmidt Award for Excellence in Science Communications.

Latest articles by Sanket Jain

Scientists are unraveling the link between pollution and psoriasis

By Sanket Jain published

Researchers are uncovering how air pollution can trigger and worsen psoriasis, a chronic skin disease affecting millions worldwide.

Health

A dangerous condition that can cause seizures, coma and death could rise dramatically as the climate warms

By Sanket Jain published

Researchers are uncovering a link between rising temperatures and hyponatremia, a condition caused by a dangerous decline in sodium in the body.

Health

Heat waves may accelerate the aging process

By Sanket Jain, Yale Climate Connections published

Recent studies have found that prolonged exposure to elevated temperatures can be harmful to health – and might even influence aging.

Ageing

Climate change is spoiling food faster, making hundreds of millions of people sick around the world

By Sanket Jain, Yale Climate Connections published

The World Health Organization estimates 600 million people a year already suffer from foodborne illnesses.

Viruses, Infections & Disease