Poverty
Poverty
"We've Been in Famine for Months": Life in Post-Ceasefire Gaza
Amid the Iran War and new closures of Gaza's border crossings, Palestinians have resumed a desperate search for food and medical aid
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Governance
Governance
Vaccine-Preventable Disease: A Global Tracker
This map is updated weekly and visualizes outbreaks of nine childhood diseases in collaboration with the International Society for Infectious Diseases
Urbanization
When Working Too Much Turns Deadly
by Elena Every
Governance
One Year Post-USAID, Global Health Funding Stuck in Limbo
Data in Global Health
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42,000
The WHO estimates that nearly 42,000 people in Gaza are experiencing life-altering injuries because of the war
Two Years of the Gaza War in Three Health Charts50%
The number of geriatric physicians increased 50% between 2020 and 2023
Going Gray: National Aging Plans Gain Global Traction26%
A daily intake of 50 grams of processed meat elevates the risk for colorectal cancer by 26%
Are Processed Meat, Sugary Drinks, and Trans Fats Safe at Any Level?600,000
Malaria claims nearly 600,000 lives per year worldwide
A New Malaria Drug Can Treat Infants—If Health Systems Support It2.5 Times
Rates of maternal death among Black women were 2.5 times those of white women in 2022
Addressing Mississippi's Maternal Health-Care Shortage1,200
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 Battleground1 in 4
One in four U.S. women will have an abortion by age 45
"Pregnant People Will Die as a Result of Overturning Roe v. Wade"500,000
UNRWA educates more than 500,000 children and provides basic health services to almost 6 million people
UNRWA Under Fire70%
More than 70 percent of adult men smoke in Indonesia
Tobacco Control Goes Missing from Indonesia's Presidential Ballot1967
In 1967, the WHO identified unsafe abortion as a serious public health problem in many countries
U.S. Abortion Law and Dissenting from the Norm45 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: What the United States Can Learn From Other CountriesSeries
See AllIt's time to rethink U.S. engagement on global health
Governance
Governance
A Bio-Responsibility Strategy for Gain-of-Function Research Oversight
Controversy about research on dangerous pathogens requires the U.S. government to adopt a new governance approach
Governance
China's Integrated Policies on Climate Change and Health
A New Public Health Order for Africa
A series exploring a new public health order for Africa, guest-edited by Ebere Okereke
Global Health and the "Second Independence of Africa"
New York Times
Inside the Turmoil at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s CDC
by Jeneen InterlandiForty-three current and former C.D.C. employees on the changes they say are replacing science with ideology — and making Americans more vulnerable
The Conversation
Does Medicinal Cannabis Work for Depression, Anxiety or PTSD? Our Study Says There’s No Evidence
by Jack Wilson and Emily StockingsNew research in Lancet Psychiatry found little evidence medicinal cannabis effectively treats anxiety, sleep disorders, PTSD, or ADHD
New York Times
Scientists Get a Glimpse of How New Pandemics Are Made
by Carl ZimmerResearchers have devised a new tool for discerning between naturally occurring viral outbreaks and those resulting from lab accidents
NBC News
Measles Is “Worse Than Expected” in Utah, Officials Say
by Erika EdwardsMeasles patients in Utah are developing severe complications, health officials say, including potentially life-threatening anemia and liver inflammati