AP: Francis becomes 1st pope to endorse same-sex civil unions (Winfield, 10/21).

Devex: Delivering on the promise of UHC for mothers in the COVID-19 era and beyond (10/22).

Devex: Experts call for ‘deeper data’ on women’s realities at U.N. World Data Forum (Cornish, 10/22).

Devex: When the price of water is sexual assault (Root, 10/22).

The Lancet Infectious Diseases: The 11th annual NTD NGO Network conference (Jesudason, November 2020).

The Lancet Infectious Diseases: New guidelines to treat bacterial infections (Mushtaq/Kazi, November 2020).

The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Matshidiso Moeti, first female WHO Regional Director (Kirby, November 2020).

The Lancet Infectious Diseases: China’s successful control of COVID-19 (Burki, November 2020).

New Humanitarian: COVID-19 and BLM: A new era for aid? (Aly/Konyndyk, 10/21).

New York Times: The Coronavirus Has Claimed 2.5 Million Years of Potential Life in the U.S., Study Finds (Wu, 10/22).

Reuters: Five South Koreans die after getting flu shots, sparking vaccine fears (Cha, 10/21).

The Telegraph: How Nigeria beat polio: from ‘hit-and-run’ vaccine squads to digging wells (Lawal, 10/22).

U.N. News: Environmental factors behind 15 percent of deaths across Mediterranean, new U.N. report reveals (10/21).

Washington Post: Scientists around the world are turning to feces to track coronavirus outbreaks (Berger, 10/21).