This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Melinda Gates is an optimist. As co-chair of the largest private philanthropy in the world, she ought to be. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation spends billions per year combating the spread…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The country with the world’s highest tuberculosis burden has launched an ambitious plan to eradicate the deadly disease by 2025, five years ahead of the global target. Leaders from across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two community nonprofits, one focused on breast health and another promoting health education, are the latest recipients of pilot grants from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s Health Disparities Research Center, or…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Providing quality schooling for the 75 million children worldwide impacted by conflict, natural disasters, or epidemics each year remains a challenge for the humanitarian community, with education advocates estimating that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. These diseases of poverty strike the most marginalized populations and strain to attract the resources, funding, and attention of a world that is saturated by increasingly convoluted problems. Gaining visibility for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One hundred years ago, a novel pandemic influenza virus spread rapidly around the world. It killed about 1 to 2 percent of the human population, primarily young and often healthy adults. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Twenty-five years is a long time in science. In the world of HIV research, 25 years have transformed our understanding of the virus. We now have antiretroviral drugs that stop…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In most ways, Elodie Kubik is a typical 19-month-old. But Elodie, who has a rare skin condition known as epidermolysis bullosa, or EB for short, also faces challenges that most…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The World Health Organization has issued new guidelines for expanding testing and improving the treatment times for people with latent tuberculosis infection. The move is in response to countries’ request for guidance…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At least 97 children have died, and schools in at least 23 states have closed for a day or longer, due to flu-related symptoms since October 1, according to federal officials. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A 3-D cartoon model of a cystine-dense peptide produced and characterized on a new platform developed by scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The molecule, elafin, is involved in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After an eventful arrival at a remote hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Dr. Ida Moberg faces more unexpected challenges. Living in a community under the threat of gunfire,…