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A public health vending machine that distributes free naloxone, at the Deadwood Tavern, in Iowa City
Tech & Innovations

Dispensing ‘Free Chances at Life’: Public Health Vending Machines Are More Than a Novelty

Vending machines dispensing free naloxone and other harm reduction tools are cropping up around the country. Evidence shows the strategy is working.

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Annalies Winny,
Associate Editor
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GanLum product sachets and granules at Novartis manufacturing site in Slovenia
Infectious Diseases

‘Music To Our Ears’: A New Malaria Treatment May Offer Long-Awaited Alternative to Artemisinin

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A female surgeon wearing a blue surgical mask and a yellow headscarf operating on a patient.
Surgery

Global Surgery: Low-Hanging Fruit for the ‘America First’ Global Health Strategy

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A woman uses her mobile phone at an entrance to the three-story gray stone and yellow King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital in the Parel area of Mumbai, India.
Noncommunicable Diseases

Inside India’s Funding Failure in Rare Genetic Disease Care

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Federal workers impacted by the government shutdown, including TSA officers and air-traffic controllers, line up to receive food parcels at Newark Liberty International Airport, in New Jersey, on October 27, 2025.
Food

The U.S. Is Choosing to Fly Blind on Hunger

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A pharmacist stocks PrEP medicine at a pharmacy in a community center operated by LoveYourself, a nonprofit impacted by the Trump administration's freeze on foreign aid, on February 19, 2025, in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines
Opinion

The Danger of ‘America First’ in Global Health

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A nurse records vital signs for a measles patient in the Médecins Sans Frontières isolation ward. at Al-Wahda hospital, Dhamar, Yemen. May 27, 2025.
Infectious Diseases

Aid Cuts Hit Yemen Amid Measles Crisis

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