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Syria's Poisoned Earth
How years of conflict have polluted and destroyed Syrian land
Global Vaccination Must Be Swifter
Speeding up development of new vaccines won't help much in the next pandemic, unless world leaders work faster to roll out vaccination globally
Another COVID Surge May Be Coming. Are We Ready for It?
"You use the quiet periods to do the hard work, you don't use the quiet to forget"
How One Country Is Beating COVID Despite 600,000 New Cases a Day
South Korea recorded more than 600,000 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, the most of anywhere in the world
China Reports First COVID Deaths in More Than a Year
One of the dead was not vaccinated, a senior official with the National Health Commission reported
South Sudan Bracing for "Worst Hunger Crisis Ever"
A hunger emergency is engulfing South Sudan with about 8.3 million people facing extreme hunger in the months ahead
Definitely Not "Staged"
False allegations about the maternity hospital airstrike in Mariupol, debunked
In Africa, a Mix of Shots Drives an Uncertain COVID Vaccination Push
Supplies are more plentiful now, but unpredictable and often a jumble of brands
Public Health Experts Sketch a Roadmap to Get from the COVID Pandemic to the ‘Next Normal’
A new report addresses the challenges of dealing with endemic COVID and future biosecurity threats
WHO Says it Advised Ukraine to Destroy Pathogens in Health Labs to Prevent Disease Spread
Russia's bombardment of Ukraine's cities has raised the risk of an escape of disease-causing pathogens from public health labs
Zelenskyy Says Maternity Hospital Bombed, Children Buried Under Debris
The WHO says it has so far verified eighteen attacks on health facilities
How Did This Many Deaths Become Normal?
The U.S. is nearing 1 million recorded COVID-19 deaths without the social reckoning that such a tragedy should provoke. Why?