Global Health
Disease, medicine, outbreaks and the systems behind human health.
Health crises rarely begin or end with a single pathogen. Surveillance, laboratories, hospitals, vaccines, logistics, public trust and basic infrastructure all shape what happens next. This collection follows those systems and the diseases that test them.
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Health07 Oct 202611 min readHow Ebola Outbreaks Are Actually Stopped
No single drug or vaccine ends an Ebola outbreak. Detection, laboratories, care, tracing, vaccination, safe burials and public trust have to work together, and the weakest link sets the pace.
Health07 Oct 202613 min readCOVID-19: What Changed — And What Didn’t
Several years on, the evidence is clearer. COVID-19 left behind faster vaccine platforms, genomic and wastewater surveillance and a better grasp of indoor air. It also left most of the weaknesses that made it so damaging.
Health07 Oct 202611 min readWhy Cholera Still Exists
Cholera is preventable and usually easy to treat. It persists not because medicine lacks answers, but because the water, sanitation and health systems that deliver those answers are still absent, damaged or out of reach for millions of people.
Health07 Oct 20268 min readWhat We Actually Know About the Suspected Plague Case in Russia
A laboratory worker’s death in Siberia has triggered international monitoring and speculation about plague. Here is what is confirmed, what remains unknown and what public-health agencies are watching.
Subjects we will return to
The scope of this collection. Pieces appear here only once they are researched and published.
- COVID-19
- Cholera
- Malaria
- Tuberculosis
- Vaccination
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Pandemic preparedness
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