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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 7d

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Inside a rare lab that's blazing a bold trail as it hunts for new drugs
Kelly Chibale says that the hunt for new drugs is kind of like a fairy-tale quest. And it takes a lot of time and patience.
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CIDRAP News source @cidrap.umn.edu · United States 🇺🇸· 1w

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Progress to reduce childhood deaths globally has slowed, report reveals
A report yesterday from the World Health Organization (WHO) says progress to reduce childhood deaths slowed in 2024, as an estimated 4.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· 2w

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One-in-nine African mothers will face life-threatening sepsis
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One-in-nine women who give birth in sub-Saharan Africa will suffer life-threatening maternal sepsis because many maternity clinics still lack clean water, research has shown.
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The New York Times News source @nytimes.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 3w

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An Environmental Crisis in Iran
In addition to raising concerns about a humanitarian crisis and setting off a global energy crisis, the war in Iran is emerging as a major environmental disaster.
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Newsweek News source @newsweek.com · New York 🇺🇸· 3w

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Experts issue warning on Ebola-like virus that has already reached the US
A severe, Ebola-like illness native to West Afria is an unrecognized threat with global implications -- and imported cases have already been detected in the U.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 4w

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The global fallout of RFK Jr's vaccine policies : Short Wave
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is changing how the U. S. approaches vaccines. That is changing the global public health landscape.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 4w

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Slashed by Trump, this cutting-edge HIV vaccine has a new path : Short Wave
EMILY KWONG: You're listening to Short Wave from NPR. NATHAN ROTT: Hey, Short Wavers, science correspondent Nate Rott here, filling in for Emily and Regina.
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Projected Effects of Changing Global Tuberculosis Epidemiology on <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> Prevalence and Immunoreactivity, 2024-2050
In this study, we found that among 4 countries with moderate to high TB incidence, China, India, the Philippines, and Vietnam, recent trends suggest ARI is falling 2%-3% per year.
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<em>Everything is Tuberculosis</em>: A Portrait of Connection
In 2019, author John Green visited Sierra Leone as a volunteer for Partners in Health, an international nonprofit organization, to learn about the maternal and neonatal healthcare system.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· 4w

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Democratic Republic of Congo and US agree $1.2 billion strategic health partnership
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb 26 - Democratic Republic of Congo and the United States have agreed a $1.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 4w

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We have the cure. Why is tuberculosis still around? : Short Wave
Tuberculosis - the world's deadliest infectious disease - could be dormant in your system for years before you realize you have it.
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Ghana Leads Africa in Advancing a People-Centred Approach to Address Antimicrobial Resistance | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
When a child's bloodstream infection no longer responds to prescribed antibiotics, or a mother's minor wound turns life-threatening despite treatment, it is not because the medicines are no longer working but the germs causing the infection have changed and the antibiotics are no longer effective.
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Yahoo! News source @ca.style.yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· Feb 22

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A long-acting HIV drug arrives in Zimbabwe for some at highest risk
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Young women, mothers holding babies and some men lined up in a dusty field on the outskirts of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare.
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AP NEWS News source @apnews.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Feb 22

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A long-acting HIV drug arrives in Zimbabwe for some at highest risk
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Young women, mothers holding babies and some men lined up in a dusty field on the outskirts of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare.
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Malawi vaccinates 1.3 million children in response to polio outbreak | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
Blantyre -- Around 1. 3 million children in Malawi have been vaccinated against polio in a four-day campaign following the detection of a new polio case in late January 2026, the first such case since the detection of wild poliovirus -- which was genetically linked to an outbreak in Pakistan -- in 2022.
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Neglected Tropical Diseases: an urgent challenge for Angola's health and development | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· Feb 4

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WHO announces restart of preventive cholera vaccinations after nearly 4-year halt
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- Preventive cholera vaccination programs will restart globally after they were halted for nearly four years due to a vaccine shortage, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
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NBC News News source @nbcnews.com · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· Feb 4

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Bill Gates addresses being mentioned in Epstein files, says he was 'foolish'
Bill Gates said that he "regrets every minute" he ever spent with Jeffrey Epstein, speaking out after the release of Epstein files that contained mentions of the Microsoft co-founder.
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ABC News News source @abcnews.go.com · New York City 🗽· Feb 4

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WHO announces restart of preventive cholera vaccinations after nearly 4-year halt
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- Preventive cholera vaccination programs will restart globally after they were halted for nearly four years due to a vaccine shortage, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
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AP NEWS News source @apnews.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Feb 4

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WHO announces restart of preventive cholera vaccinations after nearly 4-year halt
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- Preventive cholera vaccination programs will restart globally after they were halted for nearly four years due to a vaccine shortage, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.