Marburg in Rwanda: What to Expect
Physician and Ebola survivor Craig Spencer on Rwanda's response and how the international community can help
Timeline: H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak in the U.S.
A weekly updated timeline for H5N1 outbreak events
Mpox Vaccine Tracker: Millions Pledged, Millions Still to Be Delivered
A weekly updated tracker for vaccine donations announced in response to the mpox Clade I outbreak
Ending HIV: Balancing Innovation and Affordability With Lenacapavir
Fair pricing, policy and other strategies can ensure the successful and equitable introduction of lenacapavir
Data in Global Health
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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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Global Health Politics: Multipolarity Is the New Reality
Long dominated by the West, global health is changing because of discontent with the past and the return of geopolitics
The United Nations Must Ensure Sustainable Access to Effective Antibiotics
A collapse in the effectiveness of antibiotics could come without warning and imperil entire health systems
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
How Mainstream Climate Science Endorsed the Fantasy of a Global Warming Time Machine
Nearly all modelled pathways for limiting global heating to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels involved temporarily transgressing this target
Florida Health-Care Workers Exhausted as Hurricane Milton Approaches
"It gets stressful. You don't know if you're going to come back to a home," a Florida paramedic says
Growing Cannabis and Opium Poppies May Be Key to U.S. Supply Chains
After supply chain disruptions that made critical medicines scarce, a federal effort is underway to ensure domestic stocks of pharmaceuticals
Hospitals Urge Emergency Steps on IV Fluid Shortage After Hurricane Helene
Hospitals are urging the White House to help shore up supplies of IV bags after a North Carolina factory closed due to flood damage wrought by Helene