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India health alert after ‘brain-eating’ amoeba rise

New Delhi, Sept 18: India has issued a health alert after infections and deaths caused by a rare water-borne "brain-eating" amoeba doubled compared to last year in the southern state of Kerala. Numbers are still tiny but Altaf Ali, a doctor who is part of a government task force to

A Plan to End Malaria in Africa

That means leveraging untapped resources, including the more than $95 billion in annual remittances from the African diaspora. Innovative financing

Mutually assured development destruction

It’s a similar story at other international organizations. The United Nations World Food Programme faces an estimated 40% reduction in

Nobel Prize in medicine honors 2 scientists for their discovery…

Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of

Fifty Years of Immunization Success Call for 50 More

Moreover, we have the ambitious goal of immunizing 86 million girls against HPV in Gavi-supported countries by the end of

A Rights-Based Global Food System

. The current food system is certainly not up to the task: already, it is failing to ensure that the

How to Achieve Universal Cancer Care

Cancer causes an estimated ten million deaths each year. Beyond the human suffering, the disease has profound – and growing

Preparing Now for the Next Health Emergencies

Enhancing resilience and readiness requires decisive action. With more crises sure to come, countries that make the right political choices

China After Zero-COVID

BEIJING – China’s ability to execute major policies is always impressive, and the 180-degree turn on the zero-COVID strategy that

US man who got 1st pig heart transplant dies after…

The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the