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​A girl is inoculated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Miami, Florida, USA, on August 5, 2021.
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Florida seeks to lift vaccine mandate

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo’s plan to repeal childhood vaccine mandates in the state’s public schools has prompted further debate over shots, states’ rights, and medical freedoms.

A school of fish swim above a staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) coral colony as it grows on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Cairns, Australia October 25, 2019.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: Great Barrier Reef suffers worst coral damage, US cuts mRNA vaccine funding, South Korea opens visa-free tourism for Chinese visitors, & More

Plumes of smoke rise from what is said to be a Greek-operated bulk carrier, in a handout video released on July 8, 2025
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HARD NUMBERS: Houthis attack ships again, US Measles cases reach new high, message in a bottle finally arrives, & More

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, on the day he is sworn in.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: RFK Jr. cleans house at the CDC, K-Pop’s Chinese comeback, and more

​US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 26, 2025.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: RFK cancels bird-flu vaccine, US GDP shrinks, Sky-high paraglide, and more

​Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa speaks during a Ministerial formation of the government of the Syrian Arab Republic, in Damascus, Syria, on March 29, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Syria gets new Cabinet, US steps up Houthi strikes, Top US vaccine official resigns, Hamas offers hostages for ceasefire, Trump eyes third term, Kashmir violence turns deadly, Trump shrugs off high car prices

Graphic Truth: Shots across the border
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Graphic Truth: Shots across the border

Cases of measles, a highly contagious disease that can linger in the air for up to two hours, are rising in Canada.

Donald Trump speaks on the last day of Turning Point's four-day AmericaFest conference on Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix.
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What would it mean for the US to leave the World Health Organization?

President-elect Donald Trump’s advisors are reportedly urging him to pull the United States out of the World Health Organization on his first day in office, according to a report published Sunday in the Financial Times.

Can surveillance prevent the next pandemic?
Science & Tech

Can surveillance prevent the next pandemic?

Health security was another critical issue discussed at the Munich Security Conference. GZERO’s Tony Maciulis spoke to Francis deSouza, CEO of the biotech company Illumina, about how countries and regions can better communicate to stop the spread of new pathogens and the road ahead for the rapidly growing genomics industry.

The myth of feeling safe from the pandemic: former CDC chief Tom Frieden
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The myth of feeling safe from the pandemic: former CDC chief Tom Frieden

Although COVID will likely become endemic sometime this year in some parts of the world, the virus will still rage on everywhere else. On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer catches out on the pandemic's state of play with former CDC chief Tom Frieden, who has a message for everyone who hasn't gotten vaxxed yet: do it, since new variants could emerge and make the virus more deadly.