Infectious Disease

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Poverty
A Chinese doctor examines an x-ray of a tuberculosis patient at the Beijing Tuberculosis Hospital on March 18, 1999.

A Fight Unfinished: The Legacy of Tuberculosis

Governance
A healthcare worker of the free influenza vaccination program holds a flu vaccine.

Efforts Against Flu Show Developing Nations Can Make Vaccines 

by Rick A. Bright

WHO's global plan for influenza vaccines blazed a trail for more vaccine production in low- and middle-income countries

Migrants expelled from the U.S. and sent back to Mexico under Title 42, walk towards Mexico at the Paso del Norte International border bridge.
Migration

Title 42, Asylum Seekers, and American Public Health in 2024 Election

by Linda Hill, Nancy Carballo, Kathleen Fischer, Keeler Kime, Sara Baird, Christine Thorne, Candace Russell

Medical providers discuss the migration policy’s justification—or lack thereof

A boy wades through floodwaters after heavy rains in Bududa village.
Governance

Uganda Spots Anthrax Outbreak Early Via Enhanced Situational Awareness

by Amanda McClelland

How an early-warning approach could mitigate infectious disease crises

An Afghan man stands on the debris of damaged houses after the recent earthquake, in the district of Zinda Jan, in Herat, Afghanistan, October 9, 2023.
Governance

It’s Time to Radically Rethink How We Prepare for and Respond to Global Health Emergencies

by Bruce Struminger, Heini Utunen

How virtual collaboration could improve crisis responses

malaria tests
Governance

Drug-Resistant Malaria Is Up 1,000 Percent in Myanmar

Civil conflict and disease compound in the eastern border regions

An unmasked couple makes their way through Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after the Biden administration announced it would no longer enforce a mask mandate, on April 19, 2022.
Migration

The United States Should Rethink Its COVID Entry Requirements

by Caroline Stein, Hasan Nassereldine, Katherine Leach-Kemon

The science shows that infection provides as much protection as vaccination

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

Women in lavender, blue, and burgundy burkas who are part of an immunization team write a message on the wall of a stone house during a vaccination campaign in Kandahar, Afghanistan on January 28, 2020.
Poverty

Measles is Raging In Afghanistan

by Emaad Hassan, S. Deblina Datta, Pratima L. Raghunathan, James L. Goodson

A nationwide vaccination campaign is urgently needed, say CDC measles experts

A view of a corner of the kitchen with cheerfully painted blue walls, dishes left on the counter, and white lace curtain fluttering in the wind — abandoned by residents amid the Russian war on Ukraine. The Kyiv region, March 2022.
Environment

Confronting an Invisible Enemy in Ukraine

by Amanda McClelland

The insidious march of infectious diseases during war 

Students wear bright orange and blue face paint at an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign to mark the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, in Chandigarh, India, on May 20, 2018.
Governance

Wrong Code

by Deepa Jahagirdar

How many HIV/AIDS deaths are we missing?

Humayun's Tomb was lit up pink and green to celebrate India’s milestone of administering one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses, in New Delhi, India, on October 21, 2021.
Governance

The Pandemic and the Future of India's Foreign Policy

by Šumit Ganguly

Mismanagement of COVID-19 at home squandered India's advantages in vaccine diplomacy

A health-care worker checks the temperature of a child as other adults and children watch during a door-to-door COVID-19 surveillance visit in a village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India on June 9, 2021.
Governance

How to Build a Global COVID-19 Surveillance Program

by Scott P. Layne

A call to action and a blueprint to pave the way

A member of the National Anti-locusts Committee prepares to fumigate locusts in the village of Soatanimbary in the Menabe region of western Madagascar, March 29, 2013.
Poverty

Why Neglected Tropical Diseases Still Matter

by Tegan Mosugu

Ending neglected tropical diseases is necessary for a brighter future