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The World Vasectomy Day "clinic" at the International Conference on Family Planning in Kigali, Rwanda seemed to attract more passerby after adding the word "Virtual" above their sign.

Virtual Vasectomies: Not Just for Men

A makeshift memorial honors gun violence victims in Thousand Oaks, Calif., a city that’s currently threatened by raging wildfires. Image: Apu Gomes/AFP/Getty Images

Solutions Summit

The Kigali Convention Centre

Summoning up Superheroes

Shooting Touch's Chloe Rothman (center left) and Lisanne Comeau (center right) describe their program to ICFP delegates on a site visit to the Nyamirama health center in Rwanda.

Courting Health

Members of the Kenya Adolescent and Youth SRHR/HIV Network, leading a virtual youth relay from Kenya to Kigali ahead of #ICFP2018, pictured here at a past event.

Countdown to Kigali: 5 Things to Watch for at #ICFP2018

Vaccine scientist and autism dad Peter Hotez dispels autism myths in his latest book. (Image: Brian W. Simpson / Sept. 27, 2018)

Peter Hotez: It’s Time for Scientists to Speak Up for Science

Although Brazilians have the right to education, as illustrated by this artwork on a São Paulo building, it is still out of reach for many—including, too often, people with autism.

Treatment Pending: Legally Obligated to Treat Autism, Brazil Lacks Resources

A lab technican works with pathogen samples as part of research into dangerous animal pathogens in the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative Lab in Yaounde, Cameroon, July 28, 2011.

Better Primary Health Care? Get Better Data

Dean Eric Boerwinkle has devoted his career to integrating genetics and public health. (Image: Nash Baker / Courtesy)

Precision Public Health and the “Luckiest” Dean

A lab technican works with pathogen samples as part of research into dangerous animal pathogens in the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative Lab in Yaounde, Cameroon, July 28, 2011. Image: Brent Stirton/Getty

Closing the Scientific Gap

Children play outside the Elder's Qammaq in downtown Iqaluit, Nunavut.

The Heavy Toll of Empty Calories: Nutrition as a Focus for Inuit Health

The line begins at dawn in Myameyamu, Zambia for a monthly clinic that provides the only essential medical services for miles.

Let’s End the Fuzziness in Universal Health Coverage