The BMJ: Children’s health and wellbeing must be prioritized by governments, experts urge (Mahase, 2/20).

Devex: What is ‘mutual prosperity’ and what does it mean for U.K. aid? (Worley, 2/21).

The Lancet: Locust swarms in east Africa could be ‘a catastrophe’ (Devi, 2/22).

Reuters: Time running out to end Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis: Lima Group bloc (Ljunggren, 2/20).

STAT: Aided by machine learning, scientists find a novel antibiotic able to kill superbugs in mice (Ross, 2/20).

STAT: Gilead loses another challenge to a pair of U.S. patents for an HIV prevention pill (Silverman, 2/20).

U.N. News: Simple urine test could improve early detection of bladder cancer — WHO study (2/20).

U.N. News: ‘Deliberate starvation’ tactics used in South Sudan could be a war crime (2/20).

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