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A bar chart titled “Three Seasons of Bird Flu: Turkeys (Meat Products)” comparing monthly counts of turkeys culled due to bird flu across the 2023, 2024, and 2025 flu seasons (September to August). Bars show turkey losses in yellow, with the highest spikes in October and December 2023 and December 2024. In the 2025 flu season, turkey culling began earlier. The chart notes that 1.2 million turkeys were affected in September and October 2025—20 times higher than the same period in 2024. Data source: USDA APHIS.

Bird Flu Roars Back: What It Means for Thanksgiving

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Since September, turkey and egg farms have lost millions of birds, renewing pressure on food prices and biosecurity

A man selling packets of cigarettes walks through a street, in the old district of Kano, Nigeria, on August 24, 2017.

Using Health Taxes to Promote Public Good

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To accelerate progress on health taxes, governments should address three challenges that have stalled the reform

Microfinance to Replace Declining Aid: A Roadmap in Trust

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With global aid dropping, microfinance institutions can shape the future of health equity

Health leader Sabikunnahar, wearing a bright pink traditional outfit, smiles while helping a young child wash their hands with soap and water outdoors beside a corrugated tin wall.

Driving Economic Gains Through Brain Capital

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An emerging economic belief system emphasizes brain health, as mental illnesses sap trillions of dollars in productivity

A scientist looks at hypometabolic and hypoperfusion patterns at the single-subject level from a patient with Alzheimer's disease at the Memory Centre, in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.

The Pollution Market: An Auction for Better Air Quality in West India

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An experiment using emission trading schemes between factories offers an alternative fix for industrial air pollution

The Pollution Market: An Auction for Better Air Quality in West India

Africa's Shift From Aid Dependency

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The future of African health systems will be driven by domestic investment and demand for regionally made drugs

Africa's Shift From Aid Dependency

U.S. Retreat from Gavi Cedes Influence to China's Vaccine Suppliers

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The loss of U.S. funding could leave Gavi with three options to downsize its operations

U.S. Retreat from Gavi Cedes Influence to China's Vaccine Suppliers

U.S. Egg Prices See Largest Jump Since 1980 as Bird Flu Outbreaks Continue

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A new version of H5N1 influenza continues to pound poultry, but price relief could be on the way

U.S. Egg Prices See Largest Jump Since 1980 as Bird Flu Outbreaks Continue

Sloth Fever: Latin America's Oropouche Epidemic

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Without global collaboration and action to address root causes, Oropouche fever is likely to continue spreading

Sloth Fever: Latin America's Oropouche Epidemic

Better Infant Health Starts With Paid Family Leave

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State-based labor legislation could inadvertently allow parents to protect their babies from winter outbreaks

Voluntary Leave Dominates in Southern States: In October 2023, Florida, Tennessee, and Texas had the highest rates of RSV-positive tests; that year, those states made paid family leave voluntary.

Kenya's Health Worker Exodus: Brain Drain or Economic Opportunity?

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Kenyan health-care professionals continue to emigrate, presenting a mixed bag of fortunes for the country

Kenya's Health Worker Exodus: Brain Drain or Economic Opportunity?

Bird Flu, U.S. Cows, and Economic Consequences

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The recent H5N1 outbreak in cattle has rattled livestock markets and raised public health concerns

Bird Flu, U.S. Cows, and Economic Consequences