This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. World Health Organization member states agree on the importance of access to medicines to achieve universal health coverage, but at the recently concluded 142nd session of WHO’s executive board, it was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s becoming clear that certain interventions work better than others in the fight to end modern slavery, according to a recent report from the Freedom Fund. The Freedom Fund was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropist Bill Gates promised $31 million as part of a new Central America malaria elimination fund aimed at wiping out the disease in seven of the region’s countries and the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Rosie Burton, a British doctor based in South Africa has just returned from one month in Bangladesh, where she was working in a diphtheria treatment centre run by MSF. We…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last year was a banner year for cancer and other medical research in the U.S. The first commercial T-cell therapies were approved to treat cancer. The first gene editing experiment…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What do you do when you have a big idea at work, but aren’t sure how to make it happen, or even if it will really work? Ideas from our…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Inter-American Development Bank, and Carlos Slim Foundation announced a $180 million initiative to eliminate malaria in Central America. Bill Gates, co-chair of the Gates Foundation, and Luis Alberto…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Pneumonia is the biggest killer of children worldwide, but when it comes to fighting the deadly disease, the problem is not a lack of tools or knowledge, but access, experts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Although there is no official count of school closings for flu-related concerns, The 74 has tallied at least 11 districts and nine scattered individual schools across 12 states that have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For many reasons it behooves rich institutions and countries to pay for polio eradication programs in the few countries where the disease remains. At the same time, however, the actual…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When people think of Médecins Sans Frontières, they think of a bunch of courageous doctors, running across the front line of a conflict zone, bombs going off all around, carrying…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nan Goldin lights a cigarette and takes a puff. “My dealer came here 24 hours a day, seven days a week. I was one of his best customers.” She giggles sarcastically.…