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Cancer patient Deborah Charles is seen through the tube of a magnetic resonance imaging scanner as she prepares to enter the MRI machine for an examination at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington May 23, 2007.

Cancer Doesn't Stop For You, Millennial

by Ariana Tantillo

So don't skip out on your annual wellness exam, a young cancer survivor warns

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A patient suffering from COVID-19 and diabetes, is pictured inside a capsule as Red Cross paramedics transfer him from a hospital to another in Mexico City, Mexico, on June 8, 2020

Noncommunicable Diseases Kill Slowly in Normal Times and Quickly in COVID-19 Times

by Thomas J. Bollyky, Serena Tohme, Samantha Kiernan

Why addressing chronic diseases is crucial for future pandemic preparedness

A girl carries a bucket with laundry on her head while heading home as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Yoff neighbourhood, Dakar, Senegal on January 26, 2021.
Governance

To Decolonize Global Health, We Must Examine the Global Political Economy

by Pooja Yerramilli

We cannot talk about decolonizing without discussing colonialism's most fundamental legacy in global health

Cigarette butts are seen in front of exhibited skulls during the Day of Skulls celebrations in La Paz, Bolivia November 8, 2019. The photo shows two human skulls laid out with flowers in a ceremonial way with a number of burned cigarettes in the foreground. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Governance

COVID-19 and Tobacco: Unmasking the Smoke Screen

by José Luis Castro, Dina Mired 

World No Tobacco Day 2020 exposes the false dichotomy between public health and the economy when it comes to Big Tobacco