These cough syrups were collected in Banjul, the capital of Ghana, on October 6, 2022. Milan Berckmans/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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In 1975, a smallpox eradication team volunteer vaccinates a woman living in a Bangladeshi settlement known as a "basti." (Stanley O. Foster/CDC/WHO) Stanley O. Foster/CDC/WHO hide caption
'Speedboat epidemiology': How smallpox was eradicated one person at a time
Tuesday
A woman walks in front of a house damaged by shelling in the city of Wukro, in Tigray, Ethiopia. A new report indicates that military forces have engaged in hundreds of sexual assaults on girls and women. Eduardo Soteras/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Whatever happened in Ethiopia: Did the cease-fire bring an end to civilian suffering?
Sunday
Mohammad Saud (left) is one of two bird-saving brothers profiled in the documentary All The Breathes. Above, he and his employee and friend Salik Rehman tend to an injured kite. Courtesy of HBO hide caption
Friday
A booster vaccine is administered on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
Why a stranger's hello can do more than just brighten your day
Monday
Matiullah Wesa, cofounder of the education charity PenPath in Afghanistan, speaks to children during a class next to his mobile library in a district of Kandahar Province. Wesa and his brother were among the Afghan men who have called for the Taliban to reverse its bans on higher education for girls. He was arrested in March and has been held in prison since then with no formal charges. Sanaullah Seiam/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A patient infected with chikungunya looks out from mosquito netting at a hospital in San Lorenzo, Paraguay. The country has counted over 120,000 cases of the mosquito-borne virus this year. Jorge Saenz/AP hide caption
FDA approves first ever vaccine for chikungunya virus, which is seeing a global surge
Saturday
NeÌema Byanyira, 25, a mom of three, is rarely without her umbrella when she's on the move. She brings it to market, to church and to visit her sister. Esther N'sapu for NPR hide caption
Friday
A patient infected with chikungunya looks out from mosquito netting at a hospital in San Lorenzo, Paraguay. The country has counted over 100,000 cases of the mosquito-borne virus this year. Jorge Saenz/AP hide caption
Chikungunya virus surges in South America. But a new discovery could help outfox it
An illustration of the head and mouth parts of Anopheles sp. female and male mosquitoes. The hairs (or fibrillae) on the antenna of the male enable them to hear the buzz of females in a swarm. Joe Brock/Francis Crick Institute hide caption
Wednesday
Nurse and public health official Rukaya Mumuni and community health worker Prossy Muyingo are among the "heroines of health" honored this year. Heidi de Marco for NPR hide caption
Monday
It was scorching hot across much of the planet this summer. Asia, Africa, and South America had their hottest July's ever. Temperatures in Beijing and other parts of northern China hovered around 100 degrees Fahrenheit for weeks, with some cities topping 120 F on the worst days. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images hide caption