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Indonesian President Joko Widodo welcomes U.S. President Joe Biden on the second day of the G20 Indonesia Summit events at the Ngurah Rai Forest Park, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, on November 16, 2022.

At Bali, the G20 Confronts Multidimensional Crises with Empty Diplomatic Rhetoric

by David P. Fidler

The summit revealed the G20's and global health's vulnerabilities in a geopolitical world

Governance
Weetoomoo Carey, 8, left, and her sister Jackolynn Carey, 5, Wampanoag Nipmucs from Mashpee, look across to the Mayflower replica anchored near Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Mass. on Nov. 26, 1991.

Remembering, Honoring, and Educating on the National Day of Mourning

by Alejandra Martinez

Why Thanksgiving is a day of sorrow and protest for many

A close-upu image of a nine-year-old boy's hands holding antiretroviral (ARV) pills prescribed for HIV infection at Nkosi's Haven, in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Governance

Why Global Health Remains Bipartisan

by Chris Collins

It has proven to be "a good investment with astonishing results in saving lives"

A golden-white smoke wafts in the air around South Korean anti-terrorist soldiers take part in an anti-terror drill to prepare for chemical and drone attacks, at Korea International Exhibition Center, in Goyang, South Korea, on October 27, 2022.
Governance

A Plan B to Strengthen Biosafety and Biosecurity

by Gregory D. Koblentz, Filippa Lentzos

A "minilateral" approach is needed to strengthen global biorisk management

A girl wears a monkey king headwear as she sits on an adult's shouulders above a large crowd at a festival fair during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Qingdao.
Aging

Eight Billion and Counting

by Haley Comfort, Stefanie Watson

The world's population is on the verge of hitting eight billion people, and advances in health are behind the increase

A woman feeds gulls along the Hudson River shore during a winter storm in Nyack, New York, on January 29, 2022.
Environment

Flu: When Spillovers Spill Over

by Ellen P. Carlin, Claire J. Standley, Erin M. Sorrell

The high risk of H5 influenza in North America this fall

A giant red, white, and blue lit-up U.S. flag can be seen behind a person wearing a mask while walking in Times Square after the CDC announced new guidelines regarding outdoor mask wearing and vaccination during the COVID outbreak in New York City, New York, on April 27, 2021.
Governance

The United States Needs a Foreign Health Service

by Matthew Brown

Advancing American interests in global health requires transforming U.S. health diplomacy

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

Natural, organic white sea salt pours from a fallen salt shaker onto a black table.
Food

Don't Eat Blackberries on September 29—and Other Food Superstitions

by Alejandra Martinez

Some cultures around the world believe certain foods may affect your luck

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

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

Cars are on fire after Russia's missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on October 10, 2022.
Governance

The Escalation of the Ukraine War and Global Health

by David P. Fidler

The war has entered a more dangerous phase with grim portents for health

A close-up image of a man's arm in a brown sweater carrying a big armload of leafy broccoli at a farmers market in Ta' Qali, Malta, on February 6, 2018.
Food

Just One to Two Servings of Vegetables a Day Improves Health

by Katherine Leach-Kemon, Ruri Syailendrawati

But eating more vegetables is still better

David Malpass, president of the World Bank Group, and a stuffed grizzly bear at Teton National Park, where financial leaders gathered for the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, near Jackson, Wyoming, on August 26, 2022.
Governance

Back From the Brink

by Emily Bass, Asia Russell

A plan of action for the pandemic preparedness and response Financial Intermediary Fund