Mary Brophy Marcus
Mary Brophy Marcus is the deputy managing editor of Think Global Health. She is a health journalist who specializes in medicine, health policy, and global health. She has been a health reporter and editor for CBS News, USA Today, and U.S. News & World Report.
Tremendous Progress in U.S. Children Born With HIV Shadows Work Needed Globally
An interview with global pediatric HIV/AIDS physician Heather Haq
A "Radical Plan" to Produce Vaccines Locally
Science reporter Amy Maxmen discusses "the hub" and the making of her new podcast for Big Picture Science
What to Expect This Winter
Our questions about the "tripledemic"—COVID-19, flu, and RSV—are answered by public health expert Ali H. Mokdad
Three Years In
As India approaches the third anniversary of COVID, Ramanan Laxminarayan takes the temperature of the country's health
Beating the Bidi Habit In India
An interview with Vandana Shah explores tobacco use and policy in India
Puerto Rico—Still Waiting for Power After Hurricane Fiona
A fragile health system, vulnerable elderly, and food insecurity worry University of Puerto Rico's Carmen Vélez Vega
Is It the End of COVID-19 as We Know it?
IHME Director Christopher Murray weighs in on the state of the pandemic, the new omicron vaccine, and flu season
Seventeen Years Later, HBO Film "Katrina Babies" Asks Child Hurricane Survivors How They Feel
"In America, especially during disaster, Black children are not even a thought"
The Disturbing Details Behind a Dip in U.S. Life Expectancy
A deep drop among American Indian and Alaska Native peoples is linked to policy failures that predate the pandemic
Omicron BA.5: What to Know About COVID-19's Latest, More Contagious Variant
Public health expert Ali H. Mokdad answers our COVID questions this week
Seeds: An Unlikely Casualty of the War in Ukraine
How history—and future crops—were lost when Russia attacked a scientific warehouse for valuable plants and seeds