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A new malaria vaccine has arrived in Africa!

It is the start of a new pathway which could redefine mankind's relationship with this ancient disease.

A new piece by Liam Taylor and myself. 💉🌍

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Israeli parliament passes first reading of a bill designating UNRWA as a terrorist organisation, which Christopher Lockyear says is “an outrageous attack on humanitarian assistance, and an act of collective punishment against the Palestinian people”.

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בעלים של מכון יופי בצפון מעלה פוסט שמביע כאב על הילדים שמתו ברפיח. המשטרה מגיעה אליה, עוצרת אותה, כופתת באיזוקנים ומכסה את עיניה בפלנלית ומצלמת כדי להפיץ בציבור. אה, וקוראים לעצורה ראשה והיא פלסטינית אזרחית ישראל. לשם הגענו. המלחמה הורגת לא רק פלסטינים, אלא גם את החברה שלנו.

Health insurers in the US are using AI to cut costs but won’t say how. Clear need for regulatory oversight here. statnews.com/2024/05/29/hea…

Preliminary data from Grail x @nhs trial not compelling enough to roll out large scale cancer blood tests. Wider use will now be considered after the three year trial is complete. england.nhs.uk/blog/an-update…

This week, a day before South Africa's historic election, The Economist launched its new Africa newsletter, Analysing Africa. It will come out every week to help readers make sense of the huge change sweeping the continent. Sign up here: economist.com/newsletters/an…

We strongly denounce the Israeli airstrikes that hit a camp sheltering people on 26 May in Rafah.

After the attack, 180 wounded & 28 dead were recorded at the Trauma Stabilisation Point we support in Tal al Sultan, Gaza. Patients we treated had traumatic injuries & burns👇1/3

Yes this is a pointless strike.

I just can’t imagine the horror of living in a refugee camp and not knowing when you and your family might be bombed into oblivion.

Great news, you can live forever if you are a turtle.

Oh this is an historical gem, 'so wholesome you can even give it to babies'.

The scale of the violence and disruption in Sudan boggles the mind.
And, yes - whataboutism aside - it does not get anywhere near enough attention.

It's Monday, which means the latest episode of #TheEconomicsShow has dropped! I was *so* excited to record this episode with Emily Oster. 🧵

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Couldn't we bring back something else? Like trains, or doctors?

Twenty years ago these threats were simply not on the radar because they didn't really exist. Today they do. And it needs the biosecurity folks *and* the virology folks to come together to discuss and address the risks.

Fellow journalists. What is the polite but firm way to push back on the rise in requests for pre-interviews with PR people prior to an actual interview being agreed on?

Start up wanting to do head/body transplants. 🤯 Video genuinely funny. BrainBridge youtu.be/szXbuUlUhQ4?si… via YouTube

Al-Awda Hospital in northern #Gaza has been under siege since 19 May, with no one allowed to leave or enter; 148 hospital staff, 22 patients and their companions are still trapped inside.

Medical staff inside the hospital reported an attack on 20 May, with snipers aiming at the

Honestly. If you ever need someone to do clandestine surveillance work, send a middle aged woman cos we are, it seems, TOTALLY INVISIBLE