Countries Fail to Agree on Treaty to Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic NYT: Science Apoorva Mandavilli 24 May 2024 at 13:57 Negotiators plan to ask for more time. Among the sticking points are equitable access to vaccines and financing to set up surveillance systems. Β© Denis Balibouse/ReutersLast yearβs World Health Assembly in Geneva. Member countries have failed to reach their goal of finalizing a pandemic treaty before this yearβs session begins on Monday.
What Makes a Society More Resilient? Frequent Hardship. NYT: Science Carl Zimmer 1 May 2024 at 11:00 Comparing 30,000 years of human history, researchers found that surviving famine, war or climate change helps groups recover more quickly from future shocks. Β© Wirestock, Inc., via AlamyThe city of Caral thrived in Peru between about 5,000 and 3,800 years ago. It was then abandoned for centuries before being briefly reoccupied.