Annalisa Merelli
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New York, NY, United States
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Recent articles by Annalisa:
NYC's new plan to forcibly hospitalize homeless people is a waste of taxpayer money
Forced hospitalization costs several times more than the actual solution to homelessness → Read More
How to remove Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women
A US-sponsored resolution to remove Iran from the commission will likely be introduced on Dec. 14 → Read More
In Colombia, women’s health paid the price of misguided drug control policies
Air-spraying of glyphosate to destroy coca plantations has caused miscarriages, fetal abnormalities, and maternal deaths → Read More
The world’s population just hit 8 billion—and that's okay
The population peak is in sight: 10.4 billion or so, sometime in the next 60 years → Read More
Abortion rights won the US midterms
Every ballot question pertaining to abortion went in favor of reproductive rights, even in red states → Read More
The global economics behind America's fentanyl problem
Fentanyl is cheaper and easier to transport than heroin. So why isn't it everywhere? → Read More
The companies responsible for the $1.5 trillion-a-year US opioid crisis will pay a total of $53 billion for it
The big lawsuits against opioid makers and distributors are essentially over now, but the crisis is deadlier than ever → Read More
Italy's first female prime minister will use the masculine form of her title
Giorgia Meloni's contribution to female advancement is encapsulated in her choice of article → Read More
6 million people in Tigray are facing a healthcare crisis big enough to hasten a genocide
Ethiopian forces are disrupting access to healthcare and food as weapons of war in the Tigray region → Read More
Pfizer plans to sell its covid vaccine at a 10,000% markup in 2023
Pfizer will charge as much as $130 for Comirnaty, which costs an estimated $1.18 per dose to produce → Read More
Scientists think covid might trigger diabetes in children
Kids who have had covid might be up to 77% more likely to develop diabetes → Read More
Rich countries are destroying covid vaccines they hoarded while much of the world still waits for their first shot
Switzerland is the latest country to destroy expired doses of covid vaccine that they ordered in excess of their population's need → Read More
The WHO is done playing nice about vaccine equity
At the World Health Summit, the WHO director for health emergencies called out rich nations' greed for their role in covid vaccine inequity → Read More
The Africa CDC chief had trouble getting into Germany for the World Health Summit
Attendees from poor countries often struggle to get visas to attend the conferences that discuss their future → Read More
Health insurance prices went up nearly 30% over the past year
The latest consumer price index for health insurance reports an increase of 28.2% since September 2022 → Read More
The WHO says gender-affirming care is essential to transgender health
The world's highest health authority also says official documents should contain options for gender nonconforming people → Read More
Current cholera outbreaks are a preview of what climate change will do to public health
Outbreaks in Haiti, Syria, Lebanon illustrate how climate change will increase risk of cholera around the world → Read More
The US's estimate for uptake of the new covid booster was off by more than 90%
Only 4.5% of people eligible for an updated booster have gotten one so far → Read More
What we need to do about Uganda's Ebola outbreak should have happened years ago
Only by investing in the health systems of poor countries we can protect the world from deadly outbreaks → Read More
Rainbow fentanyl is a war-on-drugs tactic
Don't mind the rainbow fentanyl panic, trick-and-treating with your kids is safe → Read More