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Used MMR vaccines are pictured in a sharps container at the City of Lubbock Health Department, in Lubbock, Texas, on February 27, 2025.
Governance

Trump's Executive Order on Vaccines Could Be Contagious

by Prashant Yadav

The push to split the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine into separate shots could have a ripple effect on global markets

U.S. President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order regarding vaccine flexibility, in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, DC, on August 10, 2026.
Governance

New U.S. Vaccine Order Creates Confusion Amid Measles Surge

by Luciana Borio, Phil Krause

Former FDA officials reflect on the dangers of Donald Trump's new "Gold Standard" executive order on vaccines, which fragments the childhood immunization schedule

Governance

Tracking the "America First" Bilateral Health Agreements

by Anya Hirschfeld, Allison Krugman, Thomas J. Bollyky, Stephanie Psaki, Joseph L. Dieleman
Tracking the "America First" Bilateral Health Agreements
Governance

President Trump's Mark on Global Health and Human Rights

by Lawrence O. Gostin
U.S. President Donald Trump sits at his desk, behind a hat that reads "America is back" at the White House, in Washington, DC, on February 3, 2026.
Governance

The WHO Could Mend Its U.S. Breakup By Playing the Waiting Game

by Thomas J. Bollyky, Elena Every
A WHO flag is pictured during the 70th World Health Assembly, at the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 23, 2017.
Governance

The United States Leaves the WHO. Three Reforms Could Motivate Its Return

by Peter Singer
U.S. President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attend a cabinet meeting at the White House, in Washington, DC, on October 9, 2025.
Governance

The United States Maintains Its Global Fund Commitment

by Prashant Yadav, Elena Every
Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store listens during the Global Fund event on November 21, 2025, in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, ahead of the G20 Summit, which begins tomorrow. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS
Governance

Amid ACA Subsidy Fight, Access Broadens for Catastrophic Health Plans 

by Ron Shinkman
An ambulance is pictured as firefighters clean and restock medical supplies in ambulances and other emergency vehicles and equipment, Eagle Pass, Texas, on July 09, 2023.
Governance

Questions for the America First Global Health Strategy

by Jennifer Kates, Debbie Stenoien, Michael Ruffner, Allyala Nandakumar
A nurse administers polio vaccine to a child during her community outreach program, in Mushelusi village, in Bulambuli district, Uganda, on September 10, 2025.
Governance

How Medicaid Policies Shape County Health-Care Performance

by Allison Krugman
How Medicaid Policies Shape County Health-Care Performance
Migration

How Federal Bans to Migrant Health Care Could Affect U.S. Citizens

by Sarah Rendón García, Germán A. Cadenas, Oswaldo Moreno
Parents and students arrive for the first day of school, as teachers and volunteers patrol for the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), at the Ninety-Third Street Elementary School, in Los Angeles, California, on August 14, 2025.
Governance

Global Health Multilateralism Without the United States: What Comes Next?

by Thomas J. Bollyky, Chloe Searchinger
President of the United Nations General Assembly Annalena Baerbock speaks during a high-level meeting to mark the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2025