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Don’t Abandon the WHO, Reform It

Ramin Skibba / Undark May 8, 2025 Even critics of the global health organization say that the United States’ withdrawal is a bad move for everyone. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

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Privatizing the Building Blocks of Life

Lital Khaikin / Truthdig Oct 21, 2024 At COP16, delegates will debate how to police the shadowy world of bioinformatics databases. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Virus Hits 100,000 Cases as Its Economic Impact Snowballs

MATT SEDENSKY and ANGELA CHARLTON / The Associated Press Mar 6, 2020 The number of global infections is largely symbolic, but dwarfs other major outbreaks, such as SARS, MERS and Ebola. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

China Locks Down 3 Cities With 18 Million to Stop Virus

KEN MORITSUGU and YANAN WANG / The Associated Press Jan 23, 2020 Seventeen people have died in the outbreak, all of them in and around Wuhan; close to 600 have been infected. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Africa Starts Decade Battling Hunger, Extremism, Ebola

ANDREW MELDRUM / The Associated Press Jan 1, 2020 Two major cyclones in Mozambique in 2019 also prompt worries that the country may be prone to more storms as a result of climate change. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The World Is Blithely Ignoring the Longest Catastrophe of Our Time

Nick Turse / TomDispatch Oct 10, 2019 One of the most persistent bloodlettings on this planet is taking place in Africa and it is likely to continue as the world turns a blind eye. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Ralph Nader: American Society Is in Rapid Decay

Ralph Nader / Common Dreams May 31, 2019 Plutocrats have hollowed out our institutions and reshaped our values, ensuring that the worst the country has to offer hold the most power. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Congo Suffering Second Largest Ebola Outbreak in History

CARA ANNA / The Associated Press Nov 29, 2018 Violence by rebel groups and hostility by some locals challenge health workers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Big Pharma, Bad Policy Are Keeping the World From Ending AIDS

By Vijay Prashad / Independent Media Institute Nov 28, 2018 Dec. 1 marks the 30th World AIDS Day—and despite leaps forward in medicine and awareness in affluent parts of the world, it’s still a big problem elsewhere. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

In Congo, Ebola Is Spreading

SALEH MWANAMILONGO and CARLEY PETESCH / The Associated Press May 17, 2018 In a worrying shift, the outbreak has now reached a city, where the infection is more easily passed on. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Wall Street Admits Curing Diseases Is Bad for Business

Lee Camp / Truthdig Apr 24, 2018 We are beginning to see more and more how disgusting a profit-above-all-else economy is. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Haunted by Ebola: Trio of HBO Documentaries Confronts Epidemic at the Human Level

Staff / Truthdig Mar 15, 2016 Each story invites viewers to confront the disease at its various nerve centers: in and out of treatment tents, doctors' quarters, victims' homes, makeshift hearses. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )