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Ebola may have spread beyond Africa. How are health authorities responding?
Africa

Ebola may have spread beyond Africa. How are health authorities responding?

Abrar Ahmad Chughtai
4 min read
Continued support from international community, rapid development of vaccines and community engagement important to control spread
No feather in the cap
Health

No feather in the cap

Richard Mahapatra
3 min read
In June, Switzerland will vote in a referendum to cap its permanent population below 10 million until 2050. The experiment will have implications far beyond the country's borders
Many women with breast cancer could avoid chemotherapy — what you need to know about the genetic test
Health

Many women with breast cancer could avoid chemotherapy — what you need to know about the genetic test

Justin Stebbing
6 min read
Large UK trial shows Prosigna gene test can spare many women harsh chemotherapy without harming long-term survival
Why Africa — and the world — remain dangerously unprepared for the next pandemic
Addressing the threat of zoonoses requires moving beyond biological lenses
India’s fossil-fuel subsidy bill now exceeds its health budget. The Lancet just told us why that matters
Health authorities are racing to contain Ebola in the DRC and Uganda. Here’s what’s making it so challenging
Gut health: Why food alone won’t fix childhood stunting
What you need to know about the Ebola outbreak that has the WHO concerned
What happened on the MV Hondius is a predictable consequence of how modern mobility intersects with ecological risk
Harish Rana makes plain that Indian law takes dying with dignity seriously. The question now is whether it takes it seriously for everyone
Illegal gold mining causes surges in malaria in the Amazon, and the association is far worse than we suspected
If AMR is to be addressed effectively, communication must move beyond awareness and function as a driver of behavioural change
The West Asia conflict and India’s rising heat are not separate files in the lives of ordinary people
Britain’s u-turn on vapes upholds India’s early ban. But the country needs a more comprehensive view on tobacco control
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