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New research suggests the values and identities of the world’s great powers present a major barrier to China’s aspirations of global domination. Do not bet on China’s hegemonic prospects just yet.
Separating children from their parents is not just a psychological stress, it’s a DNA stress. Scientific research shows that early life stress may have irreversible effects on how DNA works in the cells of the body.
Considerable effort has gone into improving laboratory services in many African countries. But the quality of tests is questionable.
U.S. President Donald Trump has exempted Canada, for now, from hefty tariffs on steel. An increase in defence spending would likely stand Canada in greater stead with the president.
The current period of partisan division in the US isn’t unique. We can learn from past President Dwight Eisenhower on how to leave bitterness behind and get back to what he called the “Middle Way.”
Kenyans believe that fixing education is not someone else’s task or someone else’s failure.
A scholar explains why there is no one answer. Some pain is devastating, and sometimes such pain responds well to opioids. On the other hand, there is evidence that some physicians overprescribe.
African cities are failing to raise development funds through bond markets.
Natural gas is widely viewed as a clean fuel, but methane, its main component, is a powerful greenhouse gas. Two experts propose a plan for detecting and cutting methane leaks across North America.
Life expectancy has fallen for the second time in two years. That’s not supposed to happen in a rich country like the US.
New Zealand’s plan to create the world’s first humanitarian visa for climate refugees has to consider ways people from Pacific Island nations actually want to be assisted.
There is a thriving counter-current of transnational African literary life that confounds rather than caters to an international taste for “digestible” fiction.
Do boys and girls from diverse cultural settings experience their transitions into adolescence? Their cultural differences don’t make a difference, but their genders do.
If opioids prevent significant suffering, then the solution to the prescription opioid problem cannot simply be to stop using them.
Penyakit jantung lama dianggap penyakitnya laki-laki. Ketidaktahuan kita mengenai dampaknya pada perempuan menyebabkan hasil yang berbeda antara perempuan dan laki-laki yang mengalami hal yang sama.
Heart disease has long been considered a man’s condition. Our ignorance of its impact on women has led to gaps in outcomes for men and women suffering the same condition.
A panel of academics and scientists explain the damages to the Earth, the economy and US moral standing in the world by Trump’s decision to abandon the Paris climate accord.
Cholera kills thousands every year but is treatable if it is caught early. Understanding how El Niño shifts cholera risks in Africa can help countries prepare for outbreaks and save lives.
Balancing domestic expectations and delicate relations with neighbours while trying to deal with North Korea’s race to become a nuclear power will make for a challenging five-year term.
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Doctor of International Affairs candidate, Johns Hopkins University
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Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University
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Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins University
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Masters of Public Health student, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
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Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University
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Assistant Professor of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins University
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Doctoral Candidate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
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Assistant Professor of Education, Johns Hopkins University
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Director of the Center for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins University
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Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University
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Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University
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Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University
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Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Johns Hopkins University
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Professor of Operations Management & Business Analytics, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University
