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A world map showing vaccine-preventable disease hot spots, with colored circles indicating outbreak size and location. Measles outbreaks (red) appear across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Large chicken pox (green) and RSV (purple) outbreaks are visible in Asia. Yellow circles mark whooping cough in the Americas and Oceania, while smaller circles show diphtheria, hepatitis A and B, mumps, and polio outbreaks in Africa, Europe, and Asia. Circle size corresponds to outbreak magnitude, with a sample scale showing 10,000 cases. The map is labeled “Think Global Health.”
Governance

Tracking Measles and the World's Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

by Allison Krugman

This weekly map visualizes outbreaks of nine childhood diseases in collaboration with the International Society for Infectious Diseases

The exterior of the U.S. Capitol is seen at sunset in Washington, DC, on January 4, 2023.
Governance

The U.S. Vaccine Pullback is a Strategic Mistake

by Howard L. Sobel, John C. S. Murray

When U.S. commitment to public health declines, so does the world's capacity to prevent the next crisis, say two medical epidemiologists with the World Health Organization

Governance

Trump's Executive Order on Vaccines Could Be Contagious

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

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

by Luciana Borio, Phil Krause
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.
Poverty

Visualizing Bangladesh's Massive Measles Outbreak

by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury
A mother waits to admit her measles‑affected child at Bangladesh Shishu Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 23, 2026.
Food

Bangladesh Faces Rice Shortages Amid Flash Floods and Iran War Fuel Crisis

by Anik Rahman
Mohammad Supur Mia cuts his rice harvest in floodwaters, in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, on May 21, 2026.
Governance

Why Europe Can't Get Measles Under Control

by Gabriela Galvin
School Nurse Carolyn Rees talks to Kieran Elford, aged 13, about the MMR vaccine at the pediatric outpatients department at Morriston Hospital, in Swansea, south Wales, on April 6, 2013.
Governance

How South Carolina Doctors and Schools Are Fighting Measles

by Anika Nayak
A mobile health clinic is seen during a ribbon cutting ceremony by the South Carolina Department of Public Health. The health truck administers measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine at the Florence County Health Department, in Florence, South Carolina, on April 25, 2025.
Governance

Former Head of Gavi on the U.S. Retreat from Vaccines

by Allison Krugman
Former Head of Gavi on the U.S. Retreat from Vaccines
Governance

New U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule Creates Legal Peril

by Nsikan Akpan
An empty classroom at CIS 303: Leadership and Community Service Academy in the Bronx borough of New York City, U.S., on October 8, 2024.
Poverty

Measles Takes Root in Mexico

by Gina Jiménez
A map shows confirmed measles cases in Mexico and the United States from January to mid-August 2025, with circle sizes representing total cases by state. In Mexico, Chihuahua has the largest circle in the country—much larger than any other federal state—indicating it has four and a half times more cases than Texas despite having about one-tenth its population. Chihuahua’s circle is bright orange, while Texas’s circle is dark blue and smaller. A legend shows reference circles for 40, 400, and 4,000 cases.
Governance

Tracking Vaccination Coverage Shortfalls

by Allison Krugman
Tracking Vaccination Coverage Shortfalls