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News Articles: Global Health

Seth Berkley, former CEO of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, has written a new book — <a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/books/fair-doses/hardcover"target="_blank"   ><em>Fair Doses</em></a> — that tells the inside story of the effort to expand access to vaccines, especially to low- and middle-income countries. Berkley also outlines a vision for how the globe might do better next time.

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  • Global Health

COVID vaccine rollout and pandemic preparedness assessed in new book, 'Fair Doses'

In his new book, 'Fair Doses,' epidemiologist Seth Berkley discusses what went right -- and wrong -- with COVID vaccine distribution and whether the world is ready if a new pandemic were to strike.

November 11, 2025
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By:
  • Jonathan Lambert
Vaccinators administer the HPV vaccine inside a home in Sihala in Islamabad, Pakistan.

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  • Global Health

A first-time HPV vaccination campaign sees some success -- and strong resistance

The goal: inoculate 90% of girls in parts of Pakistan to immunize them against the infection that causes cervical cancer. "Our biggest challenge was to counter misinformation," says a spokesman.

November 09, 2025
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By:
  • Text and photos by Betsy Joles
Scientists were surprised to see their recording of swarming bats revealed a rat attack.

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  • Global Health

Wait, what? A RAT caught and ate a BAT? And there's video! What does it portend?

Scientists filmed bats to see how they communicate while swarming. They found a surprise: In urban settings, rats attack bats. What are the implications for bats ... and virus spread to humans?

November 08, 2025
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By:
  • Bec Roldan
Dr. Jamal Eltaeb of Sudan is the winner of the $1 million Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, in recognition of his medical work during the ongoing civil war. He says: "There are days ... when you wonder if what you are doing will ever be enough. But then you'll see a wounded patient begin to heal. And I think at that moment ... you feel an internal strength to continue working."

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  • Global Health

Doctor in Sudan wins $1 million prize for his extraordinary courage: 'It is my duty'

Dr. Jamal Eltaeb of Sudan has been awarded the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. He says, "Every day we work in the impossible conditions with barely enough to keep people alive."

November 08, 2025
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By:
  • Arundathi Nair
A scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in an Atlanta laboratory, wears a protective air-tight suit when handling samples of influenze.

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  • Global Health

Why next year's flu shot might not be as good as it should be

America's withdrawal from the World Health Organization is affecting the ability of U.S. scientists to track flu and other pathogens. That could be a blow to the development of the 2025 flu vaccine.

November 07, 2025
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By:
  • Jonathan Lambert
Many low- and middle-income countries are using AI to screen for tuberculosis. This AI model produces what looks like a heat map with spots highlighted in yellow-red that indicate the algorithm detects signs of TB.

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  • Global Health

AI steps in to detect the world's deadliest infectious disease

There's a global shortage of radiologists. Now artificial intelligence is helping speed up the diagnosis of tuberculosis in hard-to-reach communities.

November 06, 2025
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By:
  • Gabrielle Emanuel
In this photo from August, aid is distributed to Sudanese in Ombada, who had returned after being displaced by the ongoing civil war. As hunger has continued to mount, a global body has now declared that there is famine in Sudan.

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  • Global Health

A declaration of famine is rare. It's now happened twice in 2025, this time in Sudan

Famine declarations are relatively rare. But the leading international authority on hunger crises this week declared that regions of war-torn Sudan face catastrophic shortages of food.

November 05, 2025
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By:
  • Nurith Aizenman and
  • Tom Benner
This photo released by The Norwegian Refugee Council, shows displaced women and children from el-Fasher on Nov. 3 at a camp in Tawilia, Darfur region, Sudan, where they sought refuge from fighting between government forces and the RSF.

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  • World

Nearly 400,000 people are starving in Sudan, a new report finds

The war involving the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has created the world's largest humanitarian disaster, a leading hunger agency says. The major city of el-Fasher has been particularly hard-hit.

November 03, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Participants who'd been enrolled in the now canceled program to lift people out of poverty in the Palabek Refugee Settlement in northern Uganda as well as in the local community: (from left) Santa Angwech, 26, a single mother of three who takes care of two other children; Michael Obwoya, 49, an elder in the refugee camp; Florence Amungo, 34, who'd hoped to raise pigs to help support her family.

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  • Global Health

They were promised a lifeline to 'graduate' from poverty. Then it was taken away

Thousands of South Sudanese refugees and impoverished locals in Uganda saw a brighter future with a new USAID-funded project. They'd get $205 and coaching to build a business. Then came the cuts.

November 02, 2025
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By:
  • Fatma Tanis
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  • Global Health

Candy is dandy but trick or treat for UNICEF has heft. And this year it turns 75!

The idea of asking kids to collect coins for needy children abroad was born of one couple's desire to add meaning to Halloweening. Some say it's now more important than ever.

October 30, 2025
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Volunteers assemble relief packages for Hurricane Melissa at the Global Empowerment Mission headquarters in Miami, Fla., on October 27, 2025. The traditional role that the United States plays in disaster relief around the world will be affected by the dismantling of USAID.

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  • Global Health

How will the dismantling of USAID affect U.S. relief efforts in Jamaica?

USAID was the lead American agency in disaster response. Now that it's been dismantled, questions are arising about how effective U.S. relief efforts will be in Jamaica after the hurricane.

October 29, 2025
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By:
  • Fatma Tanis
A solitary horseman stands atop a rocky outcropping in Cappadocia, Turkey.

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  • Photography

Drone photo winners will amaze your eyeballs: From a high-up horseman to a holy river

The dazzling aerial photos honored by the 2025 Siena awards offer "new ways of seeing familiar places," as one judge puts it.

October 25, 2025
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By:
  • Kamala Thiagarajan
Hanna Barczyk

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  • Global Health

Some viruses can play a deadly game of hide and seek inside the human body

Ebola is one of the nasty viruses that can hide in the body even after a patient recovers and tests negative. It can reemerge and trigger a new outbreak years later. How do they survive? And how can they be kayoed?

October 24, 2025
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By:
  • Gabrielle Emanuel
A cloud of smog hovers above Lebanon's capital Beirut on August 14, 2025. Air pollution from diesel generators and smokey tailpipes are among the reasons that cancer is surging in Lebanon.

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  • Global Health

This nation has the fastest rising rate of cancer cases -- and deaths -- in the world

According to a new report, cancer rates are skyrocketing in this tiny country. What's causing this to happen? And what steps can be taken to turn the tide?

October 23, 2025
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By:
  • Ari Daniel

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  • Global Health

Some ant architects design a colony to cut the risk of disease. Humans, take note!

One kind of tiny ant can serve as a monumental example for how to keep members of a community safe from pathogens. A new study shows how they do it.

October 21, 2025
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
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