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A man walks on a trail during a 27 days long heat wave with temperatures over 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius), in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 26, 2023.

As Temperatures Climb, So Do Overdose Risks

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From Chicago to Phoenix, heat waves and other extreme weather events are worsening drug harms in the United States

Petrochemicals and Pills: How the Iran War Exposed Medicines' Oil Vulnerability

Petrochemicals and Pills: How the Iran War Exposed Medicines' Oil Vulnerability

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A new analysis shows how the Iran War disrupted upstream inputs for pharmaceutical supply chains, as the United States and Iran move toward a deal

High Blood Sugar, Hearing Loss Among Top Dementia Risks in the United States

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A study found that controlling blood sugar, getting hearing aids, and earning an education could reduce the likelihood of developing dementia

Memory care patients visit during the music hour at the Ave Maria Home, an assisted living center for seniors, in Bartlett, Tennessee, on September 19, 2023.

Reforming WHO: Five Considerations for the Next Director General

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The World Health Organization's next chapter could become more focused, technically authoritative, and strategically disciplined through strategic reforms

The World Health Organization headquarters is seen in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 28, 2025.

Heat Stress and Air Pollution Fuel Dementia in Ghana

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Ghana's aging population faces worsening cognitive health, including increased dementia risk, from pollution and high temperature

A woman cooks palm nuts to make oil on the road that connects Obuasi to Cape Coast, in Ghana, on July 26, 2019.

Genomic Medicine: A New Frontier for Health Care in Africa

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Building Africa's capacity for human genomic sequencing could improve cancer care, product development, and precision medicine

Seynabou Diop works at a station in a laboratory where the hantavirus genome was sequenced at Institut Pasteur, in Dakar, Senegal, on May 19, 2026.

A Roadmap to Effective Gun Violence Policy

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Countries like Australia and Colombia show paths to reducing preventable gun-violence homicides and suicides

Guns that will be destroyed are displayed during an event for the International Day for the Destruction of Firearms, at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Mexico City, Mexico, on July 9, 2025.

How Indonesia's Food System Can Weather Supply-Chain Shocks

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Promoting diverse and affordable diets will keep Indonesia healthy through natural disasters, conflict, and disease outbreaks

Workers prepare meals to be distributed free for students, during the free nutritious meals program trial, at a pilot kitchen in Sukabumi, West Java province, Indonesia, September 25, 2024.

Trump's Faith-Based Push Threatens Standard Addiction Treatment

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Experts say the U.S. government's backing of religious and spiritual drug treatment ignores well-established evidence

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order for the "Great American Recovery Initiative" to coordinate a federal government response to drug addiction and substance abuse, in Washington, DC, on January 29, 2026.

Will the UK's Generational Tobacco Ban Survive?

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Britain's ban on tobacco sales for people born after 2008 could spell the end of smoking—if regulators can figure out enforcement

A shopkeeper reaches for a packet of cigarettes, in London, England, on November 28, 2013.

Cuba's Health Care Buckles Under Fuel Blockade

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A professor of Latin American public health details how the 2026 fuel blockade has affected every domain of Cuba's health system

Two women cook dinner after Cuba's national electric grid collapsed for the second time in a week, amid the U.S.-imposed oil blockade, in Havana, Cuba, on March 21, 2026.

Busting 10 Myths About Health Taxes

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Ahead of the World Health Assembly, Resolve to Save Lives CEO Tom Frieden discusses how health taxes can raise money and improve physical well-being

A street vendor selects cigarettes for a customer, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on May 27, 2024.