Tests for Ebola don’t detect this strain, so it took the WHO extra time to confirm the cause of the outbreak.
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This condition’s prevalence is rising worldwide, and it is very treatable, but disparities in access to care remain.
Disease outbreaks can make women and girls especially vulnerable to violence, but health surveillance systems do a poor job tracking these trends.
Scientists are learning to spot pandemic threats without touching dangerous pathogens.
In the wake of the WHO’s One Health summit, a new atlas explores the interdependency between environmental, health and food security issues, and strategies for supporting sustainability and the welfare of all life forms.
As sea levels rise, increasing amounts of salt water are leaking into freshwater supplies worldwide.
Exposure to lead remains one of the leading environmental risk factors for early death and poor health globally.
Public health campaigns had made significant strides toward eradicating diseases like elephantitis and river blindness. But this progress has since unraveled with the second Trump administration.
At least 1.2 million scorpion stings are recorded each year – and around 3,000 people, mainly children, die from them.
Public health scholars worry that the resurgence of measles may signal a coming wave of other vaccine-preventable diseases.
After decades of stalled progress, new vaccines, treatments and genetic tools are helping scientists protect children and save lives worldwide.
As the U.S. withdraws from the World Health Organization, it cedes influence over global health programs. A more immediate concern is disruption of disease surveillance and emerging health threats.
A mix of domestic revenue generation, efficiency gains and strategic partnerships is essential to sustain and expand HIV programmes despite declining external aid.
Decreased vaccination rates have led to measles outbreaks in Canada and other countries.
The America First Global Health Strategy aims to secure US interests but may instead undermine it by design.
The main causes of youth deaths were shown to be injury, violence, suicide, road traffic accidents and substance abuse.
The outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has claimed 28 lives, including four health workers. Here’s what it means for those in the region and beyond.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a key institution when it comes to public health in the US, but it’s also instrumental in global health.
To achieve global health for the future, the leadership must come not only from the US.
Is the cost of research aimed at curing HIV worth it, when HIV can be effectively managed and prevented by existing drugs?
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Professor of Philosophy, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of Health Studies, University of Richmond
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Associate Professor and Chief Health Officer - COVID and Health Emergencies, Burnet Institute
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Canada Research Chair of Epidemiology & Global Health, McGill University
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Professor of Public Health, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Fellow at Nossal Institute for Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Assistant Professor of Resource Economics, UMass Amherst
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Assistant Professor of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University
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Bachelor of Medical Science (Hons) student; global health researcher, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Researcher, Center for Social Science and Global Health, University of Amsterdam
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Professor of Population and Family Health, Brac University