List of Health articles
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A boy holds a toy gun. Lockdowns Produced a New Generation of Child Soldiers
In Colombia, armed groups have treated the pandemic as a recruitment opportunity.
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A passenger arriving from South Africa is tested for COVID-19 at Schiphol airport on Dec. 2 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The World Is Starting to Doubt Biden’s Promise That ‘America Is Back’
From omicron restrictions to the Iran deal and the democracy summit, Washington is making questionable calls that don’t inspire confidence in U.S. leadership.
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Paramedics assess a COVID-19 patient in Johannesburg How HIV and COVID-19 Variants Are Connected
It’s a matter of time until an even more dangerous coronavirus variant emerges if we fail to vaccinate the world’s most vulnerable populations.
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Women stand in a queue as they wait to receive a dose of the Covishield vaccine against COVID-19 at a primary health center in Siliguri, India, on Aug. 2. How to End Vaccine Apartheid
The United States has failed on its boast to be an “arsenal of vaccines.”
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Relatives weep during the funeral of singer Jonghyun. South Korea Is No Country for Young People
“Squid Game” reflects a landscape of despair.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson shakes hands with a nurse. Nurses Aren’t Like iPhones
Why Western countries can’t rely on imported labor in key professions.
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Staff at the KL Fertility Centre demonstrate the egg freezing procedure for members of the media in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on May 11. A growing number of women in Singapore are traveling overseas to clinics such as this one to freeze their eggs. Why Does the Singaporean Government Care About Egg Freezing?
The city-state’s ban on the procedure is making its demographic problems worse.
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People wait to get a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the coronavirus at the vaccination center of BLK-Max hospital in New Delhi on May 4. Has the Pandemic Burned Itself Out in India’s Capital?
Why a crowded New Delhi hospital with empty COVID-19 wards is a sign of hope.
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Residents look as an artists gives finishing touches to a mural depicting frontline workers carrying a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine in Kolkata on January 2, 2021. India Is Carrying the Burden of Vaccinating the World
Most Indians still aren’t fully inoculated against COVID-19, but their government is ramping up vaccine exports.
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Construction workers and demonstrators attend a protest against COVID-19 regulations in Melbourne, Australia, on Sept. 21. COVID-19 Measures Are Soft Compared With Tuberculosis Rules
Complaints about vaccine mandates ignore well-established, far more intrusive precedents.
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A shipment of vaccines provided for Sudan Rich Countries Are Ignoring the Global Vaccine System
Money isn’t the problem. Power is.
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UN-General-Assembly-Biden-Modi-Bolsonaro-1500x1000 Coronavirus Threat Hangs Over U.N. General Assembly
Some world leaders traveling to New York are ignoring coronavirus safety protocols.
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International terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York America’s Pandemic Travel Bans No Longer Make Sense
A thoughtless, unscientific policy of closed borders—even to vaccinated travelers—does a little more damage every day.
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People stand in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Los Angeles, California, on Jan. 28. Biden Can Bounce Back From Afghanistan—by Vaccinating the World
My former boss has a rare opportunity to prove his critics wrong.
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Ralph Madonia from the Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Hazardous Materials Response Team secures his Bio Hazard suit October 15, 2001 as he responds to a report of a powdery substance found in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The Forgotten Biological Terror of 9/11
A new type of fear gripped the United States 20 years ago—and never stopped spreading.