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Representatives from 194 member states gather for the opening of the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 20, 2019. Image: Brian W. Simpson

The World Health Assembly: What It Does, Why It Matters

Medyka border crossing, Poland.

What Makes Ukraine’s Refugee Crisis So Different

An injured resident of Togoga arrives at the Ayder referral hospital in Mekele, the capital of Tigray region, Ethiopia, on June 23, 2021. Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP via Getty Images

Tigray (and Its Health Care System) Under Siege

Cubicles housing patients on the arena floor inside a temporary Covid-19 hospital at the Krylatskoye Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia, Nov. 17, 2020. Image: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty

‘Dangerously Unprepared’: New Report Faults Countries’ Pandemic Readiness… Again

The World Health Assembly, which sets WHO priorities, convenes virtually May 24 – June 1. Image: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

A High-Stakes World Health Assembly, Previewed

A view from Milford Beach, on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. April 2021. Image: Robert Borotkanics

In New Zealand, A Response to be Proud of

The Big Question: Will Vaccine Passports Fly?

US President Joe Biden signs executive orders as part of the COVID-19 response. Washington, DC, January 21, 2021. Image: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty

Who Should Lead Global Health?

A Xilotepec cemetery worker in Mexico City prepares to receive corpses of COVID-19 victims. May 8, 2020. Image: Cristopher Rogel Blanquet/Getty

Top Global Health Moments of 2020

A health worker takes a blood sample from an XDR-TB patient at Kitgum Hospital in northern Uganda Image: Diana Tumuhairwe, Management Sciences for Health

A 2-Front Battle: COVID-19 Must Reinvigorate the Fight Against TB

Loyce Pace at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, May 22, 2019. Image: Brian W. Simpson

Loyce Pace’s Path to the Biden-Harris Transition Team

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round magenta objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, is the virus that causes COVID-19. The virus shown was isolated from a patient in the U.S. Credit: NIAID-RML

COVID-19 Expert Reality Check