Periodically, Science Speaks blogs live from major global health events. Click on any of the events below to see our coverage.
HIV
IDWeek: Ending HIV as an epidemic will demand innovation, inclusion, an expanded workforce — and funding
As the federal Ending the HIV epidemic takes form, experts talk details, challenges: “How do we get there from here?” WASHINGTON, DC – Nearly four decades […]
Tuberculosis
WHO TB 2019 report: Unprecedented political commitment leads to unprecedented progress
But with a $3.3 billion shortfall in funding, gaps in treatment and prevention among the most vulnerable still take 4,000 lives a day For the first […]
Research & Development
To eliminate yellow fever outbreaks, tailor vaccine coverage aims to area risks, study says
While a World Health Organization-led strategy aims to provide 1.4 billion doses of vaccine against yellow fever to achieve 80% vaccination coverage across countries by 2026 […]
Policy
What we’re reading: Harm in immigrant detention facilities and what needs to happen when children die in U.S. custody
A natural death: The political battlefield of infections and migrant children’s bodies – Tracing the events surrounding the death of eight-year-old Felipe Alonso Gomez in U.S. […]