Pandemic Response Should Not Rely on Border Closures
Lessons learned from COVID-19 should inform future public health responses
Out Cold: The Most Common Wintertime Injuries in a Warming World
Shifting weather and rising heating costs create wintertime threats, namely among the elderly and other at-risk groups
The "Miracle" of the Polio Vaccine
Polio expert Walter Orenstein speaks about the important legacy of the polio vaccine following efforts to undermine it
Importing Generic Drugs Could Ease U.S. Shortages
Two-thirds of generic sterile injectable drugs in shortage could be imported from well-regulated foreign markets
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2.5 Times
Rates of maternal death among Black women were 2.5 times those of white women in 2022
Maternal Health in Mississippi
1,200
Nearly 1,200 attacks on health-care workers and facilities have taken place in the three years since the coup
In Myanmar, Health Care Has Become a Battleground
1 in 4
One in four U.S. women will have an abortion by age 45
Abortion in the United States
500,000
UNRWA educates more than 500,000 children and provides basic health services to almost 6 million people
UNRWA Under Fire
70%
More than 70 percent of adult men smoke in Indonesia
Tobacco Control Goes Missing from Indonesia's Presidential Ballot
1967
In 1967, the WHO identified unsafe abortion as a serious public health problem in many countries
U.S. Abortion Law and Dissenting from the Norm
3.3 Times
Where there was trust in local health workers people were 3.3 times more likely to wear a mask during COVID
Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic Hinges on Trust
45 Percent
The number of people dying from opioid use in the U.S. in 2021 was nearly 45 percent higher than in 2020
Opioid overdose deaths in the United States
34 Million
The number of people who have died from AIDS-related illnesses
HIV/AIDS and COVID: A Dual Battle
1 in 3
One in three women—1.3 billion women and girls worldwide—experiences gender-based violence in her lifetime
Dual Pandemics: Coronavirus and Gender-Based Violence
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Russia's Strategic Approach to Climate Change
Moscow accepts that climate change is real but uses climate diplomacy to advance national security and geopolitical ends
China's Foreign Policy and Global Health Leadership
Chinese health diplomacy has made progress, but challenges to China's aspirations to be a leader in global health remain
The PEPFAR Files: Who Tried to End the Lifesaving HIV Program?
The first in a three-part series explores why the popular global health program is under threat
Uganda Begins Ebola Vaccine Trial After New Outbreak
Uganda has launched a trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus, following an outbreak in the country that has killed one person
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, HIV, and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work
CDC Ordered to Stop Working with WHO Immediately, Upending Expectations of an Extended Withdrawal
Staff were told to immediately stop their collaborations and “await further guidance”
Trump Declares United States Will Withdraw From the World Health Organization
President Trump is making good on his pre-election pledge to withdraw from the World Health Organization