This opinion and video series features solutions-oriented ideas and arguments on public health, climate, technology, innovation and other topics critical to humanity’s future.
Our warming world means billowing fires, breaking glaciers — and deadlier diseases.
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The early relief operation was a big success because Ukrainians organized and led it. Six months in, the chance to keep them in charge may be slipping away.
Studies have confirmed that these lingering symptoms are real and take a real toll. The next big step will be to figure out exactly what causes them.
The idea that we can put out a big fire is wishful thinking — and dangerous. These days, megafires are like a hurricane, and the only realistic option is to get out of the way.
Measles vaccinations dropped for kids during the pandemic, setting the stage for disastrous outbreaks.
Significant investment to enhance community and health-system resilience can reduce the deaths associated with heat exposure.
Face scans, fingerprints and voice ID might seem less cumbersome, but they present their own risks.
Hospitals and government need to take more action to control antibiotic-resistant bacteria that are becoming an ever greater threat to patients.
Moderna is the first manufacturer to officially seek FDA authorization for its shots for young kids.
By now we’ve learned playing catch-up on COVID is too little too late.
And it can look to its own past to do so.
If a crisis breaks out anywhere on the globe, people from that region will try to make their way to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Legal action against Russia’s crimes in Ukraine will take time. For now, increased sanctions and other measures could help isolate Russia.
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