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A bar chart titled “Three Seasons of Bird Flu: Turkeys (Meat Products)” comparing monthly counts of turkeys culled due to bird flu across the 2023, 2024, and 2025 flu seasons (September to August). Bars show turkey losses in yellow, with the highest spikes in October and December 2023 and December 2024. In the 2025 flu season, turkey culling began earlier. The chart notes that 1.2 million turkeys were affected in September and October 2025—20 times higher than the same period in 2024. Data source: USDA APHIS.

Bird Flu Roars Back: What It Means for Thanksgiving

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Since September, turkey and egg farms have lost millions of birds, renewing pressure on food prices and biosecurity

Scientific officer Anathi Nkayi works in the research lab at the University of Cape Town's Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, in Cape Town, South Africa February 17, 2025.

America First in Global Health: How Africa Should Respond

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A new U.S. strategy reframes health assistance from a global public good to a strategic asset for national advantage

The Formula: How to Protect Public Health Amid Rising Hostility

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How the public health community can counteract the growingly hostile rhetoric around science and medicine

The glass of the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) building is pockmarked by bullet holes, following a deadly shooting incident, in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 9, 2025.

Measles Takes Root in Mexico

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Measles is thriving and causing deaths among Mexico's unvaccinated communities, amid deep budget cuts to health care

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.

New Pope Brings Health-Care Hope

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Nearing 100 days of papacy, Pope Leo XIV could renew interest and investment in global health

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Life After USAID: Africa's Development, Education, and Health Care

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Alternative strategies to sustain progress on economic development, education investment, and disease responses

Life After USAID: Africa's Development, Education, and Health Care

Securing America's Health Through Global Vaccination

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The United States should protect children at home and abroad from dangerous diseases made worse by war

Securing America's Health Through Global Vaccination

Global Health Politics: Multipolarity Is the New Reality

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Long dominated by the West, global health is changing because of discontent with the past and the return of geopolitics

Global Health Politics: Multipolarity Is the New Reality

Designing A New National Center for Disease Control

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Infectious disease epidemiologist Chikwe Ihekweazu recounts the advent of Nigeria's Centre for Disease Control

Designing A New National Center for Disease Control

Alcohol Industry Panics as Healthier Habits Cut Sales

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Industry reps cite a "war on alcohol," but consumer attitudes suggest a cultural shift toward less drinking

A Shift in U.S. Drinking Culture: A greater share of Americans now believe alcohol is harmful to health rather than beneficial

Confronting Big Alcohol's Sponsorship of Pride Parades

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This Pride season, it is essential to begin considering the health impacts of Big Alcohol's sponsorship of parades

Confronting Big Alcohol's Sponsorship of Pride Parades

Where COVID Has Shifted Flu and RSV Seasons

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In some countries, peaks in flu hospitalizations occurred 4.3 weeks early on average relative to the pre-COVID era

Where COVID Has Shifted Flu and RSV Seasons