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Brazil Reported One of the Highest COVID Death Tolls in the World
A severe drought has also gripped the country, the worst in at least 91 years
The Delta Variant Adds a Speed Bump to the Pandemic Escape Route
The fast-spreading version of the virus first detected in India is changing the rules of the game as the world tries to exit the pandemic
COVID-19 Cases Falling in India, but Disrupted Health System Still Causing Deaths
Coronavirus patients are not the only ones suffering from a COVID-fragile health system
G7 Leaders Pledge 870 Million Vaccines to Low-Income Countries
Vaccine donations come as WHO chief warns many countries face COVID surges
An Open Letter from Women in Global Health to the Leaders of the G7
It’s time to lead with humility, vaccinate the world, and invest in women who deliver health and social care
Biden Administration to Buy 500 Million Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine Doses to Donate to the World
The doses will be distributed by COVAX, and are targeted for low- and middle-income countries
U.S. Report Found it Plausible Covid-19 Leaked from Wuhan Lab
The assessment is said to have been among the first U.S. government efforts to seriously explore the hypothesis that the virus leaked.
A Pandemic Anniversary: 40 Years of HIV/AIDS
32 million lives have been lost to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, which is still expanding in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa
The Remains of 215 Indigenous Children Found at a Former School in Canada
Chief Rosanne Casimir confirms an unthinkable loss
These Sisters With Sickle Cell Had Devastating, and Preventable, Strokes
Kyra and Kami's story exemplifies the failure to care for people with the disease, most of whom are Black
FDA Appears Poised to Authorize Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine for Adolescents by Next Week
The Food and Drug Administration is expected by next week to authorize Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for children a young as 12
What's Next in the Brawl Over Vaccine Patents
The Biden administration's announcement that it will support waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines was a stunner