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A technician loads a robotic DNA sample automation machine, at a Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. Laboratory, in Tarrytown, New York, on March 24, 2015.

The United States Risks Losing Its Edge in Life Sciences Innovation

by Snehal A. Patel

China's life sciences sector benefits from streamlined regulations, proactive government policies, and strategic focus

Environment
A split depiction of futuristic climate scenarios created by generative artificial intelligence.

Reimagining the Future of Climate Health With AI

by Rachel Dungan

Harnessing the power of generative AI for health promotion and climate action

Entrepreneurs work on their projects at Nailab, a Kenyan firm that supports technology startups.
Governance

Using AI to Decolonize Health Care in Africa

by Elaine O. Nsoesie

How artificial intelligence can help empower communities to create their own solutions

Gunasekar Udayakumar uses the Nervotec app to scan his face and check his vital signs as part of a daily checkup for employees, at a construction site, in central Singapore, on February 19 2021.
Aging

AI and Facial Recognition Dive Into Global Health Care

by Nahid Widaatalla

How artificial intelligence is used to diagnose diseases and understand behavior

in a slum Mumbai, India, July 23, 2020
Governance

How India Can Achieve Universal Health Coverage

by Parth Sharma, Preethi John

Empowering community health workers with digital tools will bridge health-care gaps

A mother in a blue shirt and orange head wrap breastfeeds her newborn as she sits next to her partner, who wears a white collared shirt as he fawns over the child. The two sit in front of a window with green metalwork in a well-lit white hospital room.
Food

How AI Is Transforming Maternal Health Care in Vietnam

by Linh Nguyen

Southeast Asia is harnessing technology to equip parents with better information about childhood nutrition

people use computers at an internet cafe after internet services were restored following a four-day outage
Governance

Global Health and the Declaration for the Future of the Internet

by David P. Fidler

The declaration takes geopolitical and ideological stands that raise questions for global health

Singer-songwriter Neil Young performs on stage wearing a fringed jacket and black hat.
Trade

Spotify's COVID-19 Controversy

by Lillian Posner

How artists Neil Young and Joni Mitchell took a stand against COVID-19 disinformation

A man works in a laboratory of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech, developing an experimental coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a government-organized media tour in Beijing, China, September 24, 2020.
Governance

The Bioeconomy Revolution Can End the Panic-and-Neglect Cycle in Health Security

by Ryan Morhard

Progress in biotechnology will advance pandemic defenses even more in coming decades

A slum dweller woman carries drinking water in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Urbanization

Bridging Health Gaps With Inclusive Urbanization

by Jessie Pinchoff, Thoai D. Ngo 

To tackle health disparities, the global health community must promote inclusive urbanization

People at a coronavirus testing center on July 2, 2020 in Mugda Medical College in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where half of the medical equipment in public health facilities goes unused according to the authors. The photo shows a crowd of people wearing masks waiting on line in chairs while a health worker in full protective gear walks beside them. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Poverty

Who Gets What and Why?

by Héctor Castro

Countries need informed decision-making through health technology assessment to allocate resources during the pandemic

The remote-controlled robot built by Egyptian mechanical engineer Mahmoud El komy to test people for coronavirus by running PCR tests, limiting exposure to suspected cases, is pictured in Cairo, Egypt, on June 12, 2020. Picture shows the robot and inventor eye-to-eye. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Governance

COVID-19 as a Digital Pandemic

by Steve Davis, Precious Matsoso

The tech sector is booming with health monitoring apps—but to realize their public benefit we need new ways to vet them

Virtual shoppers: mannequins are pictured in the middle of a corridor at a closed shopping mall amid the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jakarta, Indonesia March 31, 2020. This is a powerful photo of an intriguing subject matter—a bunch of mannequins stacked up in the middle of a corridor. REUTERS/Fransiska Nangoy
Trade

Global Health Surveillance in an Internet Age

by Rohini Rajgopal

Let's come up with a sophisticated surveillance system for predicting local disease outbreaks based on consumer behavior

This is a striking photo of the torsos, waists and thighs of two women wearing brilliant red dresses standing at attention.
Environment

Setting Expectations for the Return to "Normal"

by Christopher Thomas

As the China epicenter slowly returns to new normal, it's a world of facemasks, location scanning apps and travel rules