Health workers marched in Butembo on Wednesday to protest the violence they're facing. The demonstration comes in the wake of an attack last Friday in which an epidemiologist from Cameroon was shot and killed. Al-hadji Kudra Maliro/AP hide caption
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The anti-HIV drug dolutegravir is effective — but may carry a risk for pregnant women. Science Source hide caption
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Health workers inside the "red zone" of an Ebola treatment center in Butembo, which was attacked on March 9. John Wessels/Getty Images hide caption
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A girl is treated for suspected cholera infection at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. There were more than 1 million cases of cholera in the country between April 2017 and April 2018. Hani Mohammed/AP hide caption
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Freya, a springer spaniel, is in training to detect malaria parasites in sock samples taken from children in Gambia. Two canine cohorts were used in a study on malaria detection. Durham University/Medical Detection Dogs/London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine hide caption
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A team of medical workers don protective equipment before entering an Ebola Treatment Center in Beni, the epicenter of the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. John Wessels/Getty Images hide caption
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Dr. Paul Farmer examines a tuberculosis patient in Monrovia, Liberia. Katherine Kralievits / PIH hide caption
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This did not really happen. Cows' heads did not emerge from the bodies of people newly inoculated against smallpox. But fear of the vaccine was so widespread that it prompted British satirist James Gillray to create this spoof in 1802. Institute of the History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University hide caption
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Viruses thrive in the security lines at airports, according to several studies. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Where Are The Most Viruses In An Airport? Hint: It's Probably Not The Toilet
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These mosquitoes have been fed a new artificial blood called "SkitoSnack." Kristina Gonzales hide caption
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A cluster of rotaviruses. The image is from a transmission electron micrograph and has been colored. Dr. Gopal Murti/Science Source hide caption
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Girls at the St. John's Community Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, attend an event supported by PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Ben Curtis/AP hide caption
Praise For The Global HIV Program That Trump Wants To Cut
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A Pakistani health worker administers the oral polio vaccine to a child during a campaign in Karachi on May 7. Because of past attacks on vaccinators, security personnel are often assigned to accompany them. Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images hide caption