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Medical personnel work in an operating room at Nasser Hospital, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 9, 2025.

A Reckoning for Attacks on Health in Gaza

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Governments and international agencies should condemn both violations of humanitarian law and attempts to weaken its protections

Cycle of Instability: U.S. Supreme Court Ruling and Unhoused Migrants

Cycle of Instability: U.S. Supreme Court Ruling and Unhoused Migrants

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The ruling on City of Grants Pass v. Johnson overlooks the safety and wellbeing of unhoused migrants

A Fight Unfinished: The Legacy of Tuberculosis

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Writer and advocate Maria Smilios urges the global community to not lose sight of TB

A Fight Unfinished: The Legacy of Tuberculosis

Chasing Dreams Amid Shadows

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In an encounter with a Ghanaian nurse, I saw the dual reality of immigrant life in the United States

Chasing Dreams Amid Shadows

When Farmers Can't Put Food on the Table

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How the war in Ukraine and climate change are affecting poor farmers in Guatemala

When Farmers Can't Put Food on the Table

Monkeypox in India—Facing the World's Latest Health Threat

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Barely back on its feet from COVID-19, India eyes monkeypox with trepidation

Monkeypox in India—Facing the World's Latest Health Threat

Shining a Light on Native American Health

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AIAN life expectancy has not improved over the past decades, but there are indigenous-led efforts aiming to change that

Shining a Light on Native American Health

On the Ground in Haiti Days After Disaster

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Haiti-based humanitarian Bruno Maes shares scenes from a shaken Caribbean country

On the Ground in Haiti Days After Disaster

From Zero to 50,000: The Making of a Community Health Program in Rural India

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An interview with pediatric oncologist and Jan Swasthya Sahyog community health program cofounder Dr. Yogesh Jain

Dr. Yogesh Jain examines a young boy who has sickle cell disease for pneumonia, located in a remote village clinic that does not have any x-ray facilities, in May 2017 at Jan Swasthya Sahyog community health program

The War on Childhood in Yemen

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Halcyon summers have given way to famine, conflict, and loss

A boy stands in a garbage dump where his family collects food to eat, near the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen on January 13, 2018.

Racism as a Public Health Crisis

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Interview with Minneapolis City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins on the intersection of race, health, and COVID-19

The photo shows the council vice president standing in front of a slate-colored brick wall with her hands together looking at the camera.