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Delegates attend the 79th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization, in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 18, 2026.

WHO Elections: Reform Without Reckoning

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The organization cannot be reshaped without confronting its internal structure, partnership rules, and expanding operational role

A Fast and Fair Response: Reflections on Pandemic Preparedness

A Fast and Fair Response: Reflections on Pandemic Preparedness

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Access to medicines expert Suerie Moon shares her perspective on the world's ability to respond to health emergencies, from COVID-19 to Ebola

The Race to Develop an Ebola Bundibugyo Vaccine

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Nicole Lurie, U.S. director for the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, explores the science behind the five Ebola Bundibugyo vaccine candidates in the pipeline and the hurdles they face

The Race to Develop an Ebola Bundibugyo Vaccine

How Religious Leaders Can Bolster the Ebola Response

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Religious actors can help reduce the fear and mistrust surrounding the Ebola outbreak, and deliver health-care services directly

Muslim faithful leave after attending prayers marking the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, as authorities intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, at the Central Mosque in Bunia town, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 27, 2026.

Amid ACA Subsidy Fight, Access Broadens for Catastrophic Health Plans

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U.S. adults over the age of 30 can now purchase catastrophic health plans on exchange marketplaces

An ambulance is pictured as firefighters clean and restock medical supplies in ambulances and other emergency vehicles and equipment, Eagle Pass, Texas, on July 09, 2023.

The Monkeypox Public Health Emergency

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Health law expert Lindsay Wiley outlines the legal tools the U.S. government has to respond to monkeypox

The Monkeypox Public Health Emergency

An Overlooked Need In Global Emergencies

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Amplified in crises, period poverty is often overlooked in government responses

A woman walks amid a tent city set up by Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) after an earthquake in the Aegean port city of Izmir, Turkey, November 1, 2020.

The Thousand and One Natural Shocks of COVID-19

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Assessing psychological impacts of coronavirus—the second in a two-part series on the mental health burden of COVID-19

The story title comes from Shakespeare: " The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks / That flesh is heir to"—photo is of British actor Kenneth Branaugh holding a skull in the film Hamlet (1996). The photo shows the actor bathed in orange light and dressed in period garb holding a skull in a contemplative pose. GETTY IMAGES/Mondadori

We Must Let a Million Flowers Bloom

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For India to thrive, the voluntary, non-governmental organization sector must survive

A million blooming flowers—and then some! Here a woman works inside her mustard field on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, on March 26, 2015. The photo shows a woman bending over in a field of bright yellow blossoms. REU-TERS/Danish Ismail

The Double Threat of COVID-19 in Africa

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Deaths from health-care disruptions due to COVID-19 are almost certain to outnumber deaths from the coronavirus itself

Education in Africa is being disrupted along with everything else—chickens here in a classroom converted into a poultry house because of COVID-19 in the town of Wang'uru, Kenya, on August 28, 2020. Picture shows a large gaggle of chickens inside a classroom, clucking around. One stands atop an overturned bucket. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

COVID-19 Has a Strong Chance of Winning on November 3

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Surging infection numbers suggest coronavirus cases will continue to increase in every state until the U.S. election

Estimated incidence per 100,000 people on November 3. Projections are based on no change in social distancing or mask use. The image shows a map of the United States colored according to each state's estimated incidence. IHME/Chris Troeger

Britain's Moral Bankruptcy Over COVID-19 Vaccines

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Why a study set to deliberately infect people with coronavirus is unethical, unnecessary, and likely to be uninformative

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reflected in a woman's eye as she watches his address to the nation following the outbreak of coronavirus in Manchester, England, on September 22, 2020. The photo shows a macro lens image of an eye with the image of the PM reflected in it. REUTERS/Phil Noble