Miércoles, 27 de julio de 2022 (Continuación)

People wait in line to receive the monkeypox vaccine before the opening of a new mass vaccination site in Brooklyn, New York, on July 17. KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images

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After World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus intervened to overrule a stymied committee, monkeypox has been declared a global public health emergency. It was an important intervention—but fighting the spread of a painful and distressing disease requires clear public health messaging about who is most at risk right now and why.

Smallpox, drove physician Edward Jenner to make the vaccine in 1796 by using cowpox, a less lethal member of the pox family. Smallpox eradication in 1980 is considered by many experts to be the greatest public health success of the 20th century.

For decades, vaccination against smallpox provided protection from monkeypox, smallpox’s little-known sibling, which had been discovered in 1958 among laboratory monkeys.…  Seguir leyendo »

An Iranian man looks at exchange rates in Tehran on June 15. ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images

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The Iran nuclear deal recently marked its seventh anniversary—but it may well turn out to be its last. Despite a year of negotiations in Vienna, which nearly delivered an agreement on how the United States and Iran would return to full compliance with the nuclear deal, the process is now on the verge of collapse.

All parties to the deal share blame, and they all stand to lose. For the West, there will be a dramatic setback for nonproliferation efforts in the Middle East. The failure of the nuclear deal also risks military escalation in a region playing a crucial role during the global energy crisis triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine.…  Seguir leyendo »