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Brazil’s Disease-Fighting Mosquitoes

Our reporter, Apoorva Mandavilli, goes inside a mosquito factory in Brazil, where scientists are producing millions of mosquitoes to fight deadly tropical diseases in a warming world.

A City Mobilizes Against a Stubborn Health Threat: Mosquitoes

13 août 2026 à 10:49
The city of Belém in northern Brazil was overwhelmed by an outbreak of dengue two years ago. An all-out municipal effort has reduced cases and may offer lessons to American cities.

A health worker discarding water from a larvicide dissemination unit in Belém, Brazil, last month.

Russian Strike Destroyed Millions of H.I.V. Prevention Supplies in Ukraine

3 août 2026 à 10:24
No medications were affected, but if new prevention items are not procured, aid groups fear a surge in new infections next year.

© Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters

A building damaged in a Russian missile attack in the region around Kyiv, Ukraine, last month.
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