Health
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Medicare is experimenting with having AI review claims – a cost-saving measure that could risk denying needed care
Grace Mackleby, University of Southern California and Jeff Marr, Brown University Medicare has launched a six-year pilot program that could…
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International Health Regulations: Legal framework for managing cross-border health risks
Dr. Amina Hassan (Guinea) was working at the Guéckédou District Hospital when a 2-year-old boy arrived with fever, vomiting, and…
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Intellectual property and trade: Rights affecting medicines access and innovation
Dr. Thandiwe Nkosi (Johannesburg, South Africa) watched helplessly as her patient died. It was March 2001. The patient, a 34-year-old…
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Influenza (seasonal): Acute respiratory infection caused by influenza viruses
Margaret Anderson (Chicago, USA) thought she just had a bad cold. She was 72, generally healthy, lived independently, and prided…
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Influenza (avian and other zoonotic): Animal influenza viruses infecting humans
Nguyen Van Hai (Vietnam) never imagined that caring for his chickens would nearly kill him. A small-scale poultry farmer in…
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Infodemic: Too much information including false or misleading information during disease outbreak
Carlos Mendez (São Paulo, Brazil) watched his father die from COVID-19 in April 2020, gasping for breath in their cramped…
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Infertility: Disease of reproductive system affecting millions globally
Priya and Raj Sharma (Mumbai, India) sat silently in the doctor’s office, holding hands, bracing for the verdict. Five years…
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Infant nutrition: Fundamental to child’s health from birth through adulthood
Amina Ibrahim (Kano, Nigeria) was desperate. Her six-month-old daughter Zainab was dying. The baby who had been plump and healthy…
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Infection prevention and control: Preventing patients and health workers from avoidable infections
Nurse Maria Santos (Manila, Philippines) walked into the neonatal intensive care unit for her night shift in 2019, expecting a…
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In vitro diagnostics: Tests outside the body detecting diseases and infections
Dr. Sarah Ndlovu (Harare, Zimbabwe) will never forget the young mother who died in her clinic in 2017. Mercy, 28…
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Hypertension: High blood pressure condition causing heart and kidney disease
David Kimani (Nairobi, Kenya) collapsed during his daughter’s wedding reception. One moment he was dancing, celebrating, filled with joy. The…
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Human rights: Health as fundamental right for every person
Fatima Hassan (Cape Town, South Africa) remembers the day her mother died. Diabetic, hypertensive, desperate for treatment. But the clinic…
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Human genome editing: Technology for making specific changes to DNA
Dr. Jennifer Park (Stanford University, California) will never forget the phone call from her colleague in China. November 2018. Dr.…
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Hospitals: Healthcare facilities amplifying health system effectiveness worldwide
Dr. Amina Osman (Khartoum, Sudan) stood in the emergency department of Omdurman Teaching Hospital at 2 AM, overwhelmed by what…
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Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness): Parasitic disease transmitted by tsetse flies
Dr. Emmanuel Kabanga (Kasansa Health Zone, Democratic Republic of Congo) remembers his first sleeping sickness patient in 1998. A young…
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