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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

Migration
A nursing home resident receives a shot of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at King David Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a nursing home facility, in Brooklyn's Bath Beach neighborhood in New York City, U.S. January 6, 2021.

Chasing Dreams Amid Shadows

by Pallabi Deb

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

A woman carries vegetables from the field at the end of the day in Tecpan, Guatemala, May 5, 2008.
Food

When Farmers Can't Put Food on the Table

by Isabella Rolz

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

Students hold a giant Indian national flag with green, white and orange stripes, during celebrations commemorating 75 years of India's Independence, in Ahmedabad, India, August 8, 2022.
Governance

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

by Aatmika Nair, Siddhesh Zadey

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

a pregnant woman from the Navajo nation wearing a black tank top shields her eyes from the sun
Poverty

Shining a Light on Native American Health

by Annie Chan

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

UNICEF's Bruno Maes and Haiti Minister of Education Marie Lucie Joseph tour earthquake damage at the College Mazenod in Camp-Perrin, Les Cayes, Haiti, on August 17, 2021.
Poverty

On the Ground in Haiti Days After Disaster

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

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
Poverty

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

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

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. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
Poverty

The War on Childhood in Yemen

by Arwa Mokdad

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

Minneapolis City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins, who gave this interview. The photo shows the council vice president standing in front of a slate-colored brick wall with her hands together looking at the camera. IMAGE from Brooke Ross Photography
Governance

Racism as a Public Health Crisis

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