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Suang Sreang, 27, who is pregnant and due to give birth within days, waits to receive supplies at Wat Por Sovannaram refugee camp, in Ou Chrov district, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia, on December 13, 2025.

Cost-Effective Reforms to Save Mothers' Lives in Cambodia

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An OB-GYN and health administrator recounts how practical, inexpensive strategies improved maternal care at his rural hospital

An empty classroom at CIS 303: Leadership and Community Service Academy in the Bronx borough of New York City, U.S., on October 8, 2024.

New U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule Creates Legal Peril

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A law professor weighs the legal protections for pediatricians and states following the rescheduling of certain childhood vaccines

Zero-Dose Children and Vaccine Gaps in Cameroon

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Exploring why some children remain unvaccinated in Cameroon and what distinguishes hard-to-reach from historically unreached groups

A nurse administers a malaria vaccine to an infant at the health center in Datcheka, Cameroon January 22, 2024. REUTERS/Desire Danga Essigue

How Ozempic and GLP-1s Are Changing Childhood and Teen Weight Management

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As GLP-1 drugs surge in popularity, more research is needed to establish guidelines for use among young people

Micah Peterson, 15, and his mother talk with Marilyn Day, director of a child and teen weight management program, during a counseling session at The Children's Hospital, in Aurora, Colorado, on July 8, 2010.

Online Learning's Health Burden in Low-Resource Countries

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Once hailed as a great equalizer, online learning has deepened health divides in vulnerable student populations

Kesieana Onoge and her daughter Naomi Onoge, 6, struggle to navigate the online learning system from their home, in Lagos, Nigeria, on April 23, 2020.

Tracking Vaccination Coverage Shortfalls

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A new study on global immunization coverage shows declining uptake for key vaccines

Tracking Vaccination Coverage Shortfalls

Visualizing Nutrition Deficits After USAID's Overhaul

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A new computer simulation illustrates the impact of alternative funding scenarios for child nutrition programs in LMICs

Visualizing Nutrition Deficits After USAID's Overhaul

How Innovations in Gut Health Can Help Treat Global Hunger

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Advancements in gut microbiome research could strengthen existing hunger treatments and prevent malnutrition relapse

How Innovations in Gut Health Can Help Treat Global Hunger

Anemia and School Attendance in India

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More than half of adolescent girls and nearly one-third of boys suffer from anemia, weakening India's education system

Anemia and School Attendance in India

How Gender and Sex Shape Disease

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New research exposes why health systems should tailor responses to the needs of men and women starting at a young age

How Gender and Sex Shape Disease

A Longer Life Begins in the Classroom

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A new study measures how much extra life comes from being educated

A Longer Life Begins in the Classroom

Breaking Barriers, Building Leaders

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Youth-driven change in Jharkhand's health system

Breaking Barriers, Building Leaders