Sharp Drop in Childhood Vaccinations Threatens Millions of Lives
The decline was due to a combination of conflicts, climate emergencies, misinformation campaigns, pandemic lockdowns and COVID-19 vaccination efforts that diverted resources.
When abortion pills were banned in Brazil, women turned to drug traffickers
The trajectory of access to abortion pills in Brazil may offer insight into how medication abortion can become out of reach in the U.S. and...
Risking a society’s retribution, growing numbers of girls resist genital cutting VIEW
Progressive groups, are pushing to ban cutting, while conservative forces say it is an essential part of Sierra Leone's culture that is practiced across tribal...
India is stalling WHO’s efforts to make global COVID death toll public
The release of the World Health Organization's global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has been delayed for months because India disputes the calculation of...
J&J pauses production of its COVID vaccine despite persistent need
A crucial Johnson & Johnson plant has stopped making its Covid vaccine, though the company says it has millions of doses in inventory.