Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, have a new goal: cure, manage or eradicate all disease by the end of this century. And they're putting up $3 billion. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
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Rebecca Richards-Kortum is a "genius grant" winner with a very busy schedule. The engineering professor, who encourages students to come up with medical devices that will be valuable in the developing world, is the mother of six and a marathon runner. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation hide caption
'Genius Grant' Winner Is A Genius At Inspiring Students
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Chickens at a poultry farm in Hefei, eastern China. Antibiotics are often used to keep them healthy in densely packed quarters. STR/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
U.N. Pledges To Fight Antibiotic Resistance In Historic Agreement
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A vampire bat's fangs are so sharp that victims hardly notice when the animal slices through their skin and starts drinking blood. Bruce Dale/National Geographic/Getty Images hide caption
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An Afghan boy carries a sheep on his shoulder at a livestock market on September 22, 2015, just ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival in Kabul. Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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A dumping ground for old medical equipment in Malawi. Stephen Rudy/Courtesy of Gradian Health hide caption
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This illustration depicts a yellow fever victim in a Jefferson Street home in Memphis. It's from a series of images entitled "The Great Yellow Fever Scourge — Incidents Of Its Horrors In The Most Fatal District Of The Southern States." Bettmann Archive hide caption
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These are insect cells infected with the Guaico Culex virus. The different colors denote cells infected with different pieces of the virus. Only the brown-colored cells are infectious, because they contain the complete virus. Michael Lindquist/Cell Press hide caption
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The countries with the tallest and shortest 18-year-old men and women in the world, according to a new study. Leif Parsons for NPR hide caption
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Women from a traditional sea-harvesting community fish in Mozambique. Michael D. Kock/Nature hide caption
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A screwworm larva grasps the flesh in a wound with its mouth's tusklike protrusions and screws itself in. Science Source hide caption
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A horse and mules thresh wheat in Spain. The World Organisation for Animal Health has adopted the first set of global standards to ensure equine welfare. De Agostini/Getty Images hide caption
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They're guys who stand up for women's rights. Left to right: Patrick Segawa and Steven Twinomugisha of Uganda, Mark Gachagua of Kenya and Bryan Eric Mallari of the Philippines at the Women Deliver conference. Allison Shelley for NPR hide caption