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First Opinion Lawrence O. Gostin, Kevin A. Klock and Sam F. Halabi

Inching closer to an essential global pandemic treaty

First Opinion Pratap Khedkar

The future of health care is here. When will it be everywhere?

Health Andrew Joseph

What the surprising mutations in the monkeypox virus could indicate about the new outbreak

Health Helen Branswell

Monkeypox outbreak poses ‘moderate risk’ to global public health, WHO says

Health Helen Branswell

EU health agency warns monkeypox could become endemic in Europe if outbreak continues

Health Theresa Gaffney

Rates of depression and anxiety climbed across the globe in 2020, analysis finds

Health Andrew Joseph

No new monkeypox cases reported after health officials monitor hundreds

Health Helen Branswell

The name game for coronavirus variants just got a little easier

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Health Andrew Joseph

WHO renames lineages of monkeypox, moving away from geographic links

First Opinion Mandeep Dhaliwal

Decriminalizing HIV: Scientifically proven and morally correct

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Health Megan Molteni

What scientists know — and don’t know — about how monkeypox spreads

First Opinion Martha Rebour and Purvi Parikh

The U.S. must fully fund global polio eradication efforts

First Opinion Thomas B. Cueni and Richard Hatchett

Poorer nations need assurances of dedicated vaccine supplies before the next pandemic

Health Edward Chen

Scientists design a cheap device that can detect ear problems with the help of a smartphone

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Pharma largely failed to follow human rights principles with its Covid-19 vaccines and drugs

First Opinion Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Ann Aerts

Technology is expanding virtual access to health care. Here’s how to ensure equitable outcomes

First Opinion Cynthia M. Ho

IP nationalism: the unexamined issue underlying the controversial WTO vaccine proposal and beyond

Health Helen Branswell

WHO to convene emergency committee on monkeypox spread

First Opinion Thomas B. Cueni

Waiving intellectual property rights is a flawed solution to achieving Covid-19 vaccine equity

First Opinion Vineeta Gupta and Philippa Whitford

Investing in women, children, and nutrition is not optional. The world’s future depends on it

Health Helen Branswell

‘Nobody wants to mess this up’: A WHO official weighs in on the challenges of responding to monkeypox

First Opinion Muhammad Yunus

Preparing for the next pandemic: Time to follow a social business model for patent-free global medicine production

Health Hyacinth Empinado and Helen Branswell

Watch: As an outbreak grows, what is monkeypox and how does it spread?

First Opinion Nina Schwalbe

Strengthening Gavi is a way forward for global vaccine equity

First Opinion Muhammad Ali Pate and Michelle A. Williams

Building scientific talent in the Global South can help prevent future public health crises

Exclusive Rick Berke

Gates Foundation CEO has ‘zero expectation’ that Melinda French Gates will step down as co-chair after divorce

First Opinion Els Torreele

Global health should not be determined by pharma investors and shareholders

Health Megan Molteni

More uniformly infectious, more treatable, more genetically predictable: How coronavirus is getting closer to flu

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

U.N. committee urges wealthy nations to honor human rights and widen access to Covid vaccines

First Opinion Fiona Hathorn

‘Boards for All?’ Global health organizations and companies aren’t even close

First Opinion Dinesh Thakur

India’s drug regulator has ignored red alerts on Covaxin, imperiling millions of lives

Health Tech Katie Palmer

‘We need to be much more diverse’: More than half of data used in health care AI comes from the U.S. and China

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

In the wake of Covid, a World Health Assembly proposal would bolster quality of clinical trials