This week, we explore the world of health and medicine.
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![This flu season, respiratory diseases are at their highest in years but there is a shortage of many necessary medicines, including penicillin and routine over-the-counter treatments.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vSkzPIIreWqAqTSLsPg6hMUSo4gzVFPkwzDS3rZWMlwny0JLnbU9pli3M2Rsf1zBJcUPKh_ogLtHzcU3H6rh6ufiWMPNcris8SXM_GPjWugiqyP4OvUYFvYQNIcJrj_XK4n0VvIrs4VKnWsQn4qbl7sGQtE8UZ9bXTCsWlmmntsB48=s0-d) | PHOTOGRAPH BY PETR SVANCARA, CTK/AP IMAGES | | | |
![Grizzly bears (pictured, a captive bear at the WSU Bear Center) can weigh up to 800 pounds.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s8fp31qYCybcTf6QGcGfTWNr9VEdCIUuBCPXfsnCUIcYZbNvbEXnVnvyS2gtaQ3Q7-LVundMXghiemTxSf_7CqvM2nsD6Ux6nvhzxFH-R9wmLIxcx4hYAqDbTqRMviqKt6gH2nI6i-9VpEpwo811QqIvWXpm063kIuvq0d8iEv5w1B=s0-d) | PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT HUBNER, WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY | | | |
![Irakli Khvedaguridze, 80, is the only licensed doctor across nearly 386 square miles of mountainous land in the Tusheti region of northeast Georgia. Here he rides his white horse, Bichola, through the village of Omalo. In the background is the clinic where he obtains limited medical supplies.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vBSOwDr7mQldbbXdXUFwhGt_0U1Ruv1CnjebIzX6nLk2NlIPDlEE-Otg19Azk4B5v_Ye82eLr0HGs_oS5FxMWcEU0n9rqBVOmsSEopmXFkXXMkweq60VMknLE_nusXVJV8VruzwBNihnIh1CSpV1p11-3-uO_UbDOx7XCNBYhOG_pL=s0-d) | PHOTOGRAPH BY TOMER IFRAH | | | |
![A standard blood sample, like the one seen here at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, can reveal invaluable information about a patient's cancer and how to treat it through a liquid biopsy.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uy91VcmlzhObzT1zGvLa8heN-IeI8Ek7X9Ex5Xz9ifXcpbdHbgti6ozdgQTHZPSDyF1r4LXCAg5sxbhJ8CBycxUGAE10RCimT0RyKXdvOjAaImmCaU2FxA3dDU-oQ3LvuK2vI6QVYfIBujTeo1o7Mywc4zBgdfgsOn9xuiCcfmQeo=s0-d) | PHOTOGRAPH BY STEPHAN ELLERINGMANN, LAIF/REDUX | | | |
![A woman wears an unusual type of mask to guard against the flu during the 1918 pandemic.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tZnrFEYP0jrGPD6hUctWfa3MAMDGP_rNvMljmvWzNAZFKW5OAWen4LuF6hPp6XNyGpeIA6tUarkixFlQ3IfEAcR1zBAmdjeP93QYQY8BJstc-PEcEGCpLUbanOEW1MTuFqPIThjl-6seQ6YIppGU7euT92Jl50y59UhgxhpqI3R5UN=s0-d) | PHOTOGRAPH BY HULTON-DEUTSCH COLLECTION, CORBIS VIA GETTY | | | |
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