Mary Brophy Marcus

Mary Brophy Marcus is the former 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.

Former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela—wearing a white t-shirt with HIV POSITIVE in purple printed on the front—visits the township of Khayelitsha in Western Cape, South Africa. Photo by Media24/Gallo Images/Getty Images
Governance

In South Africa, Much More Than an Investment in HIV

Quarraisha Abdool Karim, UNAIDS special ambassador for adolescents and HIV, on "building one house" for health

A silky medusa, Colobonema sericeum, its white tentacles against a deep blue background, seen during a mid-water transect during the third Voyage to the Ridge 2022 expedition.
Environment

Deep Sea Discoveries and Global Health

by Mary Brophy Marcus

Humans have only begun to explore the ocean's potential for healing diseases

Dozens of seagulls swoop down to grab food from people in a small boat on the Yamuna River, on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, on November 18, 2021.
Environment

India's Pollution Problem

India's former secretary for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare talks smog and health

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Governance

Tremendous Progress in U.S. Children Born With HIV Shadows Work Needed Globally

An interview with global pediatric HIV/AIDS physician Heather Haq

A health worker prepares to administer COVID-19 vaccines at Ndirande Health Centre in Blantyre, Malawi.
Trade

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

A man runs in Riverside Park during a winter storm on the upper west side of Manhattan in New York City, New York, on February 1, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Governance

What to Expect This Winter

by Mary Brophy Marcus

Our questions about the "tripledemic"—COVID-19, flu, and RSV—are answered by public health expert Ali H. Mokdad

A bird's eye view of dozens of college students performing during a flash mob as a tribute to the cultural diversity of India, at Mumbai Central railway station, in Mumbai, India, September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni
Governance

Three Years In

As India approaches the third anniversary of COVID, Ramanan Laxminarayan takes the temperature of the country's health

A child wears a skull mask at an anti-tobacco awareness rally on World No Tobacco Day in Kolkata, India, on May 31, 2019. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
Governance

Beating the Bidi Habit In India

An interview with Vandana Shah explores tobacco use and policy in India

Ugandan medical staff inspect the ebola preparedness facilities at Bwera General Hospital near Uganda’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Bwera, Uganda, on June 12, 2019.
Poverty

Ebola in Uganda

An interview with emergency physician and Ebola survivor Craig Spencer

A man wades through knee-deep water in his home, carrying damaged furniture in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, on September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo
Environment

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

A close-up photo of a hand in a black medical glove shows Dr. Mayank Amin preparing a Moderna COVID booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants, at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, September 8, 2022.
Governance

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

A caravan of green trucks carry child evacuees displaced during Hurricane Katrina
Poverty

Seventeen Years Later, HBO Film "Katrina Babies" Asks Child Hurricane Survivors How They Feel

by Mary Brophy Marcus

"In America, especially during disaster, Black children are not even a thought"