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September 15, 2020

CFR Master Class Series With Thomas Bollyky

For the first time in recorded history, bacteria, viruses, and other infectious agents do not cause the majority of deaths or disabilities in any region of the world. However, humankind's progress ag…

Play A scientist holds cells that produce antibodies against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in a university lab in Athens, Greece,

April 18, 2019

Infectious Diseases
The Simple Solution That Saved Fifty-Four Million Lives

In 1968, two recent U.S. medical school graduates working in Dhaka, Bangladesh, developed oral rehydration solution—a mixture of water, sugar, and salt—that the British medical journal the Lancet has…

Dr. David Nalin and Dr. Richard Cash at the Council on Foreign Relations

August 5, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
The Ebola Outbreak

CFR fellows discuss the recent Ebola outbreak in western Africa and its effect on the region.

Podcast

January 31, 2011

Global
The Scale of the Challenge: Overview and Case Studies

RICHARD N. HAASS: Okay, if I could ask people to take their seats, including Ms. Hamburg. Well, good morning. Welcome to the Council on Foreign Relations. Welcome to this temporary respite from t…

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