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

Visualizing Bangladesh's Massive Measles Outbreak

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Policy failures in Bangladesh dismantled decades of progress toward eliminating measles, creating the conditions for the explosive 2026 outbreak

How Not to Die Too Soon: The Politics Behind Life Expectancy

How Not to Die Too Soon: The Politics Behind Life Expectancy

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In a new book, Devi Sridhar suggests governments should be held accountable for policies that influence life expectancy

A Bio-Responsibility Strategy for Gain-of-Function Research Oversight

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Controversy about research on dangerous pathogens requires the U.S. government to adopt a new governance approach

A Bio-Responsibility Strategy for Gain-of-Function Research Oversight

The Shadow of China's Lockdown Remains

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Four years after China locked down Wuhan, the country is still feeling the aftershocks

The Shadow of China's Lockdown Remains

Counterterrorism Concepts and Health Policy Debates

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Attacking drug cartels and applying pro-life principles to aid echoes ideas from the war on terrorism

Members of the Iraqi military train at the Counter Terrorism Service training location, as observed by U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter in Baghdad

Not All U.S. States Struggled Equally Against COVID-19

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What the U.S. death toll would have looked like if every state had performed as well as New Hampshire

Not All U.S. States Struggled Equally Against COVID-19

Opioid Overdoses Are Reaching New Highs in Washington, DC

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The U.S. capital's opioid crisis is fueled by a lack of comprehensive public policy

Opioid Overdoses Are Reaching New Highs in Washington, DC

Changing Foreign Policy on Cyberspace: Lessons for U.S. Global Health Engagement

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Proposals to transform U.S. cyber foreign policy can inform rethinking global health engagement

Changing Foreign Policy on Cyberspace: Lessons for U.S. Global Health Engagement

The Glasgow Summit and U.S. Foreign Policy on Climate Change

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Domestic politics, not diplomacy, will determine what "America is Back" means for climate change

The Glasgow Summit and U.S. Foreign Policy on Climate Change

The COVID Pandemic—A Global Crisis in an Era of Great Power Rivalry

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The United States must prepare for future pandemics in a geopolitical world

A close-up photo of the U.S. and Chinese flags hanging gently from poles at the White House in 2015.

Who Gets What and Why?

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Countries need informed decision-making through health technology assessment to allocate resources during the pandemic

People at a coronavirus testing center on July 2, 2020 in Mugda Medical College in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where half of the medical equipment in public health facilities goes unused according to the authors. The photo shows a crowd of people wearing masks waiting on line in chairs while a health worker in full protective gear walks beside them. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

On the Framework Convention on Global Health

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The convention offers a human rights-based legal foundation for global health security—which is exactly what we need now

Global health security seeks to avoid installations like this one of crosses and balloons at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 8, 2020—a tribute to 100,000 victims of coronavirus. The photo shows an art installation of crosses, balloons and flag on the beach. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes