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In this Friday, Jan. 15, 2016, file photo, people pass a banner reading "STOP EBOLA," forming part of Sierra Leone's Ebola free campaign in the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone. 
How do ‘whole-of-government’ programs actually work? Part II
Vials of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in Jackson, Miss.
Top of The World
Moderna to build manufacturing plant in Africa
In this Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, file photo, a woman waits outside the Migowi Health Clinic to be injected with the world's first vaccine against malaria in a pilot program, in Migowi, Malawi. 
Medicine
First WHO-backed malaria vaccine is a ‘dream for the community,’ health expert says
A large sea turtle is shown swimming just above the coral reef in a photograph taken from below the animal and the light of the sun above.
Top of The World
UNESCO: Great Barrier Reef should be listed as ‘in danger.’ Australia disagrees.
Vice President Kamala Harris is shown standing several feet behind President Joe Biden who is standing at a wooden podium.
COVID-19
US to swiftly boost global vaccine sharing, Biden announces
Men in suits, some wearing masks and sunglasses stand together
Leaders
Will Ghebreyesus’ pandemic report card earn him a second WHO term?
President Biden speaks at a podium while VP Harris stands to his right to listen
COVID-19
Amid growing pressure, Biden announces plans to distribute more COVID-19 vaccines worldwide
A young child is shown laying on a striped blanket and wearing a mask with a man sitting and facing the opposite direction looks on at the Yangtze River.
COVID-19
Panel suggests WHO should have more power to stop pandemics
Contact tracers are pictured in a room
COVID-19 threatens global progress in fight against other communicable diseases 
A line of vehicles are shown next to a row of orange traffic cones leading to a National Guard official at a mobile coronavirus testing facility.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: Can advances in testing counter surging COVD-19 cases?
Two women stand with protest signs about respecting nurses
COVID-19
‘We can’t take our health for granted’ as US reopens, says Dr. Howard Koh
A woman is shown through a clear glass window with the reflection of a Mexico City neighborhood.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: Lessons from the coronavirus pandemic to avert a future crisis
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is shown sitting with a red tied and jacket with his hand on his chin.
COVID-19
WHO chief promises review of coronavirus response, China defends its performance
The floor of the New York Stock Exchange, New York, March 20, 2020.
COVID-19
How the World Bank Group is helping developing countries respond to COVID-19
Tourists walk next to the display flight information at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport, where cases of novel coronavirus has been confirmed in Barcelona, Spain February 26, 2020.
Health & Medicine
Banning travel is not the best way to contain the coronavirus, Ebola expert says
A man in medical scrubs writes onto a wooden cross
Health & Medicine
DR Congo has been fighting Ebola for a year. What does the WHO declaration change?
a baby with blonde hair and a white dress receives a vaccination in the left thigh
Health & Medicine
‘Vaccine hesitancy’ is on the WHO’s list of 10 threats to global health in 2019
A woman in a coffee shop
Health
Reactions after US tries to weaken UN breastfeeding measure: Breastfeeding is already ‘pretty damned hard’
Depression
Lifestyle
The whole world is getting more depressed
A doctor in protective clothing in the Ebola Training Academy in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Dec. 16, 2014.
Health
A new Ebola vaccine may be ‘up to 100 percent effective’
Three-month-old Jesus, photographed on Oct. 5 in Guarenas, Venezuela, was born with microcephaly
Health
Zika’s million-dollar question: Where are the birth defects?
Muonio Town Center
Environment
Here’s where to find some of the cleanest air in the world
A girl cries before receiving polio vaccine drops at a government children's hospital in Peshawar on March 3, 2015. Pakistan authorities have arrested hundreds of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children against polio.
Health
Facing a determined opposition, Pakistani officials tell parents to vaccinate their kids or go to jail
A man washes his hands at a tap outside the Green Pharmacy at Area 8 in Abuja, Nigeria.
Health
Nigeria’s government stunned critics in acting quickly to make the country ‘Ebola free’
A health worker, wearing head-to-toe protective gear, offers water to a woman with Ebola at a treatment center for infected persons at Kenema Government Hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone.
Health
Why isn’t the rest of the world helping fight the Ebola outbreak?
Health & Medicine
Infographic: Tobacco’s Shifting Burden
Environment
The future of medical record technology
Arts, Culture & Media
Google tracking global health problems
Health & Medicine
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