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sther Sambiri, left, stands with fellow vaccine advocates outside the Nyanga, Zimbabwe, district government office on Dec. 16, 2021. Image: Farai Mutsaka

Infectious Diseases

In Zimbabwe, COVID-19 Vaccine Mistrust Stokes HPV Vaccination Fears

Argentines protest in Buenos Aires against new COVID-19 restrictions. April 17, 2021. Image: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

Argentina and Covid-19: ‘The Worst Time Is Right Now’

Older adults in Quito, Ecuador receive their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine yesterday. Image: Rafael Rodriguez/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Tech Companies Have a Role in Expanding Vaccine Access, Information

Street scene in Coyoacan, Mexico City. Image courtesy of Angélica López Hernández

In Mexico, Vaccines Arrive, but Cases Rise

West Dhanmondi, Dhaka, March 31, 2021. Image:Taufique Joarder

In Bangladesh, Plenty of Vaccines but Few Takers

Doctors and nurses walk to a house to administer the Chinese Sinovac Coronavac vaccine to a resident during a house call in the village of Daldere, Turkey, Feb. 12, 2021. Image: Chris McGrath/Getty

Making Vaccines the New Social Norm

A worker displays syringes at the Hindustan Syringes factory in Faridabad as India ramped up production ahead of a coronavirus vaccine rollout. September 2, 2020 Image: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty

What It Means When Billions of People Must Wait Years for a COVID Vaccine

A statue representing a child receiving a vaccine in front of the WHO headquarters in Geneva, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, April 24, 2020. Image: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty

Vaccine Hesitancy Post-COVID-19: Will Our Memory Fade or Last?

Thanks to development assistance to Uganda’s national response, HIV prevalence in Uganda dropped from 7.3% to 6% between 2011 and 2016. Image: Cynthia Changyit Levin

Cutting Foreign Aid Now Would Be a Bad Move

The measles virus, paramyxoviridae from the Morbillivirus family, transmission microscopy view. Image: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty

The Myth about Herd Immunity

A CDC scientist demonstrates a lab technique called “candling,” to gauge the egg's suitability for use in growing flu viruses. Image: CDC/ Robert Denty

Flu Season in N. America: 5 Facts

Loyce Pace, Global Health Council executive director, at #WHA72 in Geneva. (Image: BWS)

A View Inside the Whirlwind: Loyce Pace on #WHA72