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Emerging Discourse on AI and Global Health Security

AI could revolutionize global health security. A roundtable, held at the World Health Assembly, shows where to start

From Long Flu to Long COVID: A Brief History of Postviral Illness

Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy

Governance

Gain of Fiction: How COVID Origins Motivated Defunding of U.S. Science

Defunding scientific research in the United States has halted disease cure studies amid multiple infectious crises

Trade

Mapping Supply Chains: Global Health Agencies Lead the Way

Global health agencies can teach valuable lessons about drug supply risks and upstream supply chains

Migration

Pandemic Responses Should Not Rely on Border Closures

Lessons learned from COVID-19 should inform future public health responses

Governance

U.S. WHO Exit Could Expand China's Influence

Donald Trump's executive order could inadvertently pave the way for China to reshape global health governance

Migration

Global Travel Restrictions: Lessons from COVID-19 to Marburg

Recent outbreaks have resurfaced conversations about when travel restrictions are appropriate to contain virus spread

Governance

Global Health Security Lessons from the U.S. Biodefense Response

The COVID-19 pandemic exemplified how an institute concerned with biodefense could pivot to serve public health needs

Governance

Learning From Liberia's COVID-19 Vaccination Program

Liberia's high COVID-19 vaccination coverage is a testament to the power of innovative responses to outbreaks

Governance

Designing A New National Center for Disease Control

Infectious disease epidemiologist Chikwe Ihekweazu recounts the advent of Nigeria's Centre for Disease Control

Trade

Using Game Theory to Advance the Pandemic Agreement

Rewarding drug manufacturers for sharing vaccine doses could break the impasse in negotiations

Governance

U.S. Disinformation Plan Put Geopolitics Above Global Health

Covert U.S. information operations during COVID-19 expose the dangers that global health faces when rival powers compete

Governance

Health Policy Takeaways from 2024's First U.S. Presidential Debate

Where the presidential debate mentioned or missed on COVID responses, drug pricing, Medicare, and reproductive health

Governance

Why Pandemic Agreement Negotiations Failed to Land

Months of negotiations and a final weeklong push ended with impasses over technology sharing and accountability measures