Mental Health After India's Glacial Floods
One year after India's climate disaster, fear and anxiety persist in Himalayan communities
The United States Can't Arrest Its Way Out of Gun Violence
Communities, hospitals, and prosecutors can play valuable roles in curbing gun violence
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 10 Americas: How Geography, Race, and Income Shape U.S. Life Expectancy
The differences in U.S. life expectancy are so large it's as if the population lives in separate Americas instead of one
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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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Health, Latin America, and the Promise of Artificial Intelligence
Multiple crises burden health systems in the region, but AI offers potential for progress
The Pandemic Agreement Fractures in the Latest Negotiations
WHO member states continue to disagree on critical issues and might tackle them after adopting a pandemic agreement
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
Tiny Coffins: Measles Is Killing Thousands of Children in Congo
Problems with getting vaccines to families have left many children unvaccinated and in danger of contracting the virus
The CDC Has Confirmed the First Severe Case of Bird Flu in a Human in the United States
Federal health officials are addressing the first severe case of bird flu detected in a human during the U.S. outbreak
Are Childhood Vaccines ‘Overloading’ the Immune System? No.
Vaccines today are more efficient and contain far fewer stimulants to the immune system than some used decades ago
Truth-Teller or Reflexive Contrarian: Which Marty Makary Would Run the FDA?
Makary earned praise for his embrace of science, but some in public health are uneasy