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President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive for a Cancer Moonshot announcement.

The United States Targets Cervical Cancer and Lead Exposure

by David P. Fidler

The Biden administration launched efforts to reduce cervical cancer and lead exposure that could have brief policy lives

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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health in Washington, U.S., September 28, 2022.

President Biden's Foreign Policy Legacy on Global Health

by David P. Fidler

Geopolitics and domestic polarization have stymied the president's efforts to reclaim U.S. global health leadership

Discarded cigarette butts are seen lodged in a sidewalk grating in Manhattan.
Governance

White House and FDA Miss Deadline for Menthol Cigarette Ban

by Clayton Gutzmore

The menthol cigarette ban could save thousands of lives per year but has faced intense pushback

A woman rests next to a damaged building, as Palestinian arrive in Rafah after they were evacuated from Nasser hospital in Khan Younis.
Governance

Facts and Falsehoods: Israel's Attacks Against Gaza's Hospitals

by Leonard S. Rubenstein, J. Stephen Morrison

How Biden could intervene against Israel's assaults on Gaza's hospitals

President Joe Biden shakes hands with President Xi Jinping
Governance

Two Geopolitical Rivals, One Health

by Yanzhong Huang

The Biden-Xi summit did not advance U.S.-China health security cooperation

President Biden slouches over in a chair over a cherry blossom screen
Trade

The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework Reveals Changes in the Trade-Health Nexus

by David P. Fidler

President Joe Biden’s push to finish the IPEF highlights how trade and health issues have evolved

it’s unclear whether Congress has the bandwidth to act this year.
Governance

PEPFAR Reauthorization on the Horizon

by Jen Kates, Kellie Moss

What could happen if the United States’ signature initiative on global health is not reauthorized

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) wears a protective mask bearing the words "This mask is as useless as Joe Biden," as she walks with an aide to a vote in the Cannon Tunnell on Capitol Hill, in Washi
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The Polarized Pandemic

by David P. Fidler

COVID-19 has contributed to the fragmentation of domestic and international politics

US President George W. Bush speaks on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief as Bishop Paul Yowakim looks on 30 May 2007 in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC.
Environment

PEPFAR Meets Climate Change

by David P. Fidler

Another president's emergency plan for another global health crisis

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin meet with Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit 2022 in Washington, U.S., December 13, 2022.
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U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit:  Zambia's Lessons on Governance, Health, and Partnership

by Charles Holmes, Mark C. Storella

Why the United States should strengthen its ties with Zambia

Indonesian President Joko Widodo welcomes U.S. President Joe Biden on the second day of the G20 Indonesia Summit events at the Ngurah Rai Forest Park, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, on November 16, 2022.
Governance

At Bali, the G20 Confronts Multidimensional Crises with Empty Diplomatic Rhetoric

by David P. Fidler

The summit revealed the G20's and global health's vulnerabilities in a geopolitical world

U.S. President Joe Biden salutes from Air Force One as he departs for Egypt to attend the COP27 summit from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on November 10, 2022.
Governance

The Midterm Elections and U.S. Policy on Public and Global Health

by David P. Fidler

The elections produced double-edged results for U.S. efforts to strengthen public health at home and abroad

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he departs from Benito Juarez International Airport after attending a U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue, in Mexico City, Mexico September 12, 2022.
Governance

The Global Fund, PEPFAR, and U.S. Foreign Policy

by David P. Fidler

COVID-19 raises questions about these global health programs and U.S. national interests

Dr. Anthony Fauci is pictured
Governance

Overcoming Cacophony in Public Health Communication after COVID-19

by Scott C. Ratzan

Communication failures during the pandemic require strategic attention