AP: Bangladeshi floating hospital treats flood-ravaged community (Alam, 10/30).

Devex: Can repurposing masks to detect child TB work? (Ravelo, 10/30).

Devex: DFAT backtracks on controversial budget decision (Cornish, 10/29).

The Economist: How covid-19 hinders the fight against malaria (10/31).

The Guardian: Women Deliver racism investigation verdict described as a ‘slap in the face’ (Ford, 10/30).

The Guardian: National lockdowns should be backup plan on Covid, says WHO envoy (Pidd, 10/29).

Nature: New polio vaccine poised to get emergency WHO approval (Irwin, 10/29).

U.N. News: COVID-19 robs children in poor countries of nearly four months of school (10/29).

U.N. News: Caribbean vital to tackling COVID-19, climate change, U.N. chief tells regional leaders (10/29).