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Papua accounted for 93% of Indonesia’s 527,000 malaria cases in 2024, as elimination efforts continue to face multiple challenges — including local perceptions that normalise malaria as an ordinary illness, emphasising the need for more effective communication.

Many cancer survivors live with the worry that their cancer might come back. This “recurrence” occurs when cancer cells hide somewhere in the body – like in the bone marrow – and start growing again, sometimes years later. Scientists have been trying to understand how to stop these cells from…

“If given a choice between eradicating malaria and a tenth of a degree increase in warming, I’ll let the temperature go up,” Gates said.

Editorial: The consequences of Donald Trump’s decision to scrap USAID, and other countries’ decisions to reduce funding, are playing out in deadly fashion