"Long COVID is characterized by a wide variety of symptoms that persist long after the initial infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus," says Meghan O'Rourke, author of The Invisible Kingdom. Fanatic Studio/Getty Images/Collection Mix: Sub hide caption
Global Health NPR news on world health issues, disease control, public health and sanitation, and health education. Subscribe to the RSS feed.
Global Health
Monday
Friday
Remembering Paul Farmer, a physician and global health care champion
Thursday
A health worker in Mexico City prepares a Sputnik V dose during a mass vaccination effort against COVID-19. A new study in Mexico shows that non-mRNA vaccines like the Russian version can be as effective as mRNA vaccines like Pfizer if the patient has previously been infected with SARS-CoV-2. Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/Barcroft Media via Getty Images hide caption
A bee sucks nectar from a flower in Berlin, Germany. Bee populations are in decline in industrialized nations across the globe. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption
The world's insect population is in decline — and that's bad news for humans
Wednesday
Firefighters work at the scene of forest fire near Kyuyorelyakh village west of Yakutsk, in Russia on Aug. 5, 2021. Ivan Nikiforov/AP hide caption
Tuesday
Staff volunteers queue to receive a fourth dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Sheba Medical Center in Israel on Dec. 27, 2021, as the hospital conducted a trial of a fourth jab of the vaccine. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Paul Farmer (right) and Dr. Sriram Shamasunder on the Butaro hospital campus in Rwanda on Feb. 17. Farmer died on Feb. 21. Courtesy of Chandler Villaverde hide caption
Monday
Dr. Paul Farmer, photographed in 2017 at a screening of a film about his life's work, Bending the Arc. Desiree Navarro/Getty Images hide caption
Passengers are welcomed as they arrive at Sydney International Airport in Sydney on Monday. Dean Lewins/AP hide caption
Sunday
A Guiera senegalensis shrub grows in an agricultural test plot outside Thiès, Senegal. The shrubs used to be considered a threat to other crops. Now American and Senegalese researchers are conducting studies to see if the shrubs in fact are beneficial. Nick Roll for NPR hide caption
Saturday
Kusemererwa Jonathan Henry, Joel Joseph (left and middle) and a friend pose for a photo on their way home from school. During the lockdown, they missed spending time in school together and would walk to visit each other. Esther Ruth Mbabazi for NPR hide caption
Friday
A rapid antigen test shows a positive test result for COVID-19. Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Patients lie on hospital beds as they wait at a temporary holding area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Despite the strict adherence to a zero-COVID strategy, restrictions in Hong Kong that have already stilled the once bustling city, now many fear the worst is yet to come, with Hong Kong experiencing its worst outbreak yet. Vincent Yu/AP hide caption
Thursday
"Small," as he was widely known, played a homemade kologo (a 2-string lute)— with dog tags attached to the end for rattles. Marilena Umuhoza Delli for NPR hide caption