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Dorjoo Borkhuu, four, struggles to get one of his family’s cows to its feet in sub-zero conditions CREDIT: SImon Townsley The strain of exertion spreads across the little Mongolian boy’s face as he grabs hold of a rope fastened around a slumped cow’s neck, bends his knees and heaves with every muscle in his body

Health stories for the first half of March 2024

Editor’s picks Wuhan’s failed Covid response – and how the pandemic could have been avoided A new book by a world-leading China expert lifts the lid on the mistakes that allowed Covid-19 to infect the globe. Palestinian children subject to ‘starvation and beatings’ in Israeli prisons, charities say Save The Children cited testimonies of starvation