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Noncommunicable Diseases: The Silent Killers Taking 41 Million Lives Yearly
Forty-two-year-old Miguel Santos sat in his doctor’s office in Manila, Philippines, staring at the blood test results that would change…
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Nipah Virus: The Deadly Disease Jumping From Bats to Humans
Dr. Reshma Kumar stood outside the isolation ward in Kerala, India, her protective equipment dripping with sweat in the humid…
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Neglected Tropical Diseases: The Hidden Illnesses Affecting 1.6 Billion People
In a small village in northern Nigeria, 12-year-old Ibrahim wakes up each morning with excruciating pain in his legs. His…
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Mpox: Understanding the Viral Disease Formerly Known as Monkeypox
In May 2022, healthcare workers worldwide began noticing something unusual—cases of a rare viral disease called monkeypox appearing in countries…
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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS): A Deadly Coronavirus From Camels
In June 2012, doctors in Saudi Arabia encountered a mysterious patient struggling to breathe, burning with fever, and rapidly deteriorating…
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Mental Health: An Essential Part of Overall Wellbeing
Imagine feeling so overwhelmed by sadness that getting out of bed seems impossible. Or experiencing such intense anxiety that your…
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Meningitis: The Brain Infection That Can Kill in Hours
Imagine a perfectly healthy teenager going to school in the morning, developing a headache and fever by lunchtime, and slipping…
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Measles: The Highly Contagious Disease We Can Prevent
Imagine a disease so contagious that if one person has it in a room, 90% of unvaccinated people nearby will…
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Maternal Health: Protecting Mothers and Saving Lives
Every day, approximately 800 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. That’s one mother lost every two…
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Malnutrition: The Hidden Global Health Crisis
Imagine a world where one in every three people suffers from some form of poor nutrition. This isn’t a distant…
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Malaria: The Ancient Killer Still Threatening Millions
Imagine a disease so ancient that it affected the dinosaurs, so deadly that it has killed more people throughout history…
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Lymphatic Filariasis: Understanding the Disease That Causes Elephant-Like Swelling
Imagine waking up one day to find your leg has swollen to twice its normal size, becoming so heavy that…
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Landslides: Large masses of soil, rocks or debris moving down slopes
Rosa Martínez (Guatemala) heard the sound first—a deep rumbling like distant thunder, but the sky was clear. It was 3:00…
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US Households Face Growing Strain Amid Diverging Economic Conditions
Around dawn, a line begins to form at a strip mall in Hyattsville, Maryland, where residents, including students, delivery workers,…
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International
Panel Discussion of Social Development Commission Insights
The sixty-fourth session of the Commission for Social Development is currently underway at UN Headquarters in New York, focusing on…
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