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Women wait in line to be seen at a UNICEF supported mobile health clinic, in the village of Rubkuai, Unity State, South Sudan, on February 16, 2017.

How Self-Care Can Fill Gaps in Cervical Cancer Screening

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Tools that allow self-sampling for HPV testing can help overcome barriers to screenings such as transportation, cost, and fear of pain

Cancer patients sit in a chemotherapy while receiving treatment at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, in Accra, Ghana, on April 24, 2012.

Singapore to Africa: AI Diagnostics for a Healthier Future

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Singapore's strengths can support Africa's push for faster, more equitable, and ultimately sovereign health systems

Two Hundred Thousand and (Not) Counting

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The U.S. failure to collect social and community data hampers efforts to control COVID-19 and to address health inequity

They are informally honored—but are they officially counted? Activists stand at sunrise to memorialize victims of the coronavirus, near the Washington Monument in Washington, DC on August 27, 2020. The photo shows the monument in the thin morning lite with a silhouette line of people standing in the foreground. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Afraid to Die, Afraid to Go to the Clinic

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Amplifying tuberculosis survivor perspectives to encourage men to seek care for COVID-19 in South Africa and elsewhere

Goodman Makanda, who's involved in efforts to make tuberculosis and COVID-19 testing more acceptable and accessible for South African men, in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa, on March 24th 2019. The photo shows a man sitting in a clinic with various monitors and equipment. An eye exam is visible on the wall. MSF/Jelle Krings

Children of Immigrants and Their Mental Health Needs

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We should create more comprehensive, accessible, and culturally sensitive initiatives for U.S. children of immigrants

Amy, a two-year-old migrant from Honduras seeking asylum with her parents, crawls on a dirt road after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States in Penitas, Texas, on April 1, 2019. The photo shows a small child craling on the ground near a giant border fence. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

COVID-19 This Week—The Looming Question: Internal Travel Restrictions

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To reduce risk, we must close bars and other indoor spaces, reduce crowds, mask up, wash hands, and increase distancing

Each state's progress towards reduction in symptoms and cases, health system readiness, and increased testing. The image shows a map of the united states with four colors according to outbreak status. SOURCE: Covid Exit Strategy

Patent Pools and the Pandemic—A Renewed Debate

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In light of COVID-19 we need to revisit patent pools and their potential for pro-competitive and anticompetitive effects

The "Fearless Girl" statue is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange following first trading session since its March coronavirus lockdown in the Manhattan borough of New York City on May 26, 2020. The photo shows the statue with a huge American flag in the background. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Vaccine Dreams and Russian Reality

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Putin's gamble on an untested cure has high stakes—it could pay off if it actually works but will cost lives if it fails

Is this the stuff vaccines are made of? This publicity photo shows two samples of a vaccine against COVID-19, capped in Russian colors, at the Gamaleya Research Institute in Moscow on August 6, 2020. Picture shows two vials, one with a red cap and one with a blue. REUTERS/Russian Direct Investment Fund

What Happens When COVID-19 Ends?

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The pandemic has exposed cracks in our health-care systems, shortsightedness of human interests, and poor public policy

A man drives an auto-rickshaw depicting the coronavirus to create awareness about staying at home during a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19—in Chennai, India, on April 23, 2020. The image shows a vehicle painted red and covered with crown spikes reminiscent of the virus, which appear to be made of paper mache. REUTERS/P. Ravikumar

Coronavirus in Zimbabwe

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The country is facing an unprecedented public health catastrophe—and action is required to prevent more needless deaths

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa gives a speech at the Heroes' Day Commemoration in Harare, Zimbabwe, amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on August 10, 2020. GETTY IMAGES/Wanda/Xinhua

COVID-19 This Week: The Tide Is Beginning to Turn, But Is Still Very High

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The better we understand coronavirus, our risk, and our response with real-time intelligence, the better we can fight it

Share of COVID-19 tests that are positive globally. The image is a graph. CC-BY/Our World in Data

COVID-19 This Week: On the Brink

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The United States is a global outlier—a long way from vaccines or containment, even as we consider reopening schools

Chairs are pictured on top of tables in a classroom at Watlington Primary School during the last day of school, amid the coronavirus outbreak in Watlington, Britain, on July 17, 2020. The photo shows a number of tables with chairs stacked upon them. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh