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FILE PHOTO: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination in Praxedis G. Guerrero

COVID Vaccine Inequity: Inside the Cutthroat Race To Secure Doses

Lori Hinnant, Maria Cheng and Aniruddha Ghosal 19/07/2021

No one expected a vaccine gap between the global...

The UK's permission for editing human embryos at the Francis Crick Institute doesn't really mean designer babies. Credit: Wolfgang Moroder/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Will Increasing Prenatal Tests Prevent Stillbirths?

Claire Marie Porter 19/07/2021

That the medical community can't agree on which cord...

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How Health Protocols That Ignore Traditions Harm Indigenous Peoples’ Ancestry

Maurício Angelo, translated by Maya Johnson 18/07/2021

To bury a family member in a public cemetery...

FILE PHOTO: In Brazil, it's not just the Amazon that's burning. The world's largest wetland is on fire too

Over 10,000 Species Risk Extinction in Amazon, Says Landmark Report

Stephen Eisenhammer and Oliver Griffin 18/07/2021

Produced by the Science Panel for the Amazon (SPA),...

FILE PHOTO: Indigenous people from the Mura tribe show a deforested area in unmarked indigenous lands inside the Amazon rainforest near Humaita

‘Biggest Story Right Now’: Humanity Has Flipped Amazon From Carbon Sink to Source

Jessica Corbett 17/07/2021

The findings, said one expert, 'show that the uncertain...

A general view of flood-affected area following heavy rainfalls in Schuld

‘Nature Hitting Out’: At Least 44 Dead, Dozens Missing in Western Europe Floods

Wolfgang Rattay and David Sahl 16/07/2021

The floods have caused Germany's worst mass loss of...

FILE PHOTO: Traditional market in Jakarta, Indonesia

WTO on the Cusp of ‘Major Deal’ To Cut Fishing Subsidies

Emma Farge 14/07/2021

Negotiators are hoping the WTO will not only deal...