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A woman pushes a baby stroller, in Villa Soldati, Argentina, on September 16, 2024.

Argentina's Vital Statistics Show Health Backslides

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Argentina's uneven progress on mortality indicators could hide deeper health-care failures

A volunteer grips bottles of Similac baby formula while preparing aid packages for people experiencing food insecurity at a give-away of food and baby formula held by the San Diego Original Black Panther Party for Community Empowerment, in San Diego, California, on May 25, 2022.

The Black Panthers' Community Health Legacy

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The party's legacy is instructive for contemporary debates about community health, mutual aid, and the democratization of care

Public Health Backlash Hurts Master's Program Enrollment

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New caps on student loans and federal job cuts could be steering some away from degrees in public health

A graduate student at the Penn Center for Research on Coronavirus and Other Emerging Pathogens, demonstrates a viral RNA extraction at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 16, 2021

Bird Flu Roars Back: An Update on Thanksgiving Turkey Prices

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

Bird Flu Roars Back: An Update on Thanksgiving Turkey Prices

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

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.

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