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Abortion rights supporters holding pink and green signs face the white columns of the U.S. Supreme Court Building as they demonstrate against the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization ruling in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2022.

U.S. Abortion Law and Dissenting from the Norm

by Samantha Kiernan, Lillian Posner

The United States is an outlier on abortion access

Governance
A woman in a red coat and blue mask checks her phone as she walks by a stall with colorful children's puppets

How the U.S. COVID-19 Response Lost the Plot After Omicron

by Samantha Kiernan, Haley Lescinsky, Joseph L. Dieleman, Thomas J. Bollyky

The reasons why the United States is struggling with COVID-19 are changing

A white hand with the cuff of a blue jacket reaches out to tie an orange ribbon onto a chain-link fence covered in orange ribbons in honor of those killed by gun violence
Governance

Better Mental Health Care Is Unlikely to Fix America's Gun Problem

by Katherine Leach-Kemon, Laurent Grosvenor

But reducing alcohol use, promoting gun-free homes, and curbing domestic violence hold promise

A Black mother in an orange shirt lovingly holds her pregnant belly in front of a mural on a black brick wall that gives her white angel wings in Anna, Illinois, U.S., May 10, 2021.
Gender

North Carolina's New Strategy to Tackle Maternal Mortality

by Tyler C. Fox

Black women are more likely to die in childbirth, but doula services could save lives

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Governance

U.S. War Aims, Health, and the Armed Conflict in Ukraine

by David P. Fidler

Ambitious U.S. objectives in the war will affect health on Ukrainian battlefields and in nations beyond

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the 52nd annual Conference on the Americas luncheon at the State Department in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2022
Governance

The Domestic Sources of U.S. Foreign Policy on Global Health

by David P. Fidler

The transformation of American politics threatens foreign policy engagement on global health

It is dark out as Toni Tanama awaits the funeral of his 51-year-old mother at a Muslim burial area provided by the government for COVID victims, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on July 7, 2021. In the background of his silhouette are rows of new gravestones reflecting the lights of the evening.
Governance

COVID-19: Death in Excess

by Stefanie Watson, Haley Comfort, Spencer Pease

True death counts from the virus are likely much higher than official numbers

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Migration

"Last to Leave and the First to Die"

by Taylor Hirschberg, Mario El Khoury

Afghanistan's LGBTQI+ community needs support

People walk near Chinese lanterns ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival at Tai O, in Hong Kong, China September 14, 2021.
Migration

The Global Sentiment of Gratitude

by Caroline Kantis

The wondrous ways communities around the world give thanks

Activists take part in a mock funeral at Glasgow Necropolis during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 13, 2021.
Environment

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

by David P. Fidler

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

Doctor Georges Bwelle (L), head of the visceral surgery department at the Yaounde Central Hospital, and one of his colleagues operate on a patient at the Nkongsamba prison in Nkongsamba, Cameroon, on July 17, 2021.
Governance

Investing in Surgery, Closing A Global Health Gap

by Geoff Ibbotson, Dominique Vervoort, Rifat Atun

Access to surgery can keep treatable conditions, such as a common fracture, from becoming lifelong disabilities

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Environment

Climate Change, Global Health, and U.S. Foreign Policy

by David P. Fidler

Climate change adaptation is now an imperative for U.S. foreign policy on global health

Thousands of white flags representing Americans who have died of COVID-19 are on view across 20 acres of the National Mall in Washington, DC, on September 26, 2021.
Governance

The Challenge of Strengthening Democracy and Global Health in U.S. Foreign Policy

by David P. Fidler

The COVID-19 pandemic has battered the belief that democracy is good for global health

U.S. President Joe Biden sits in front of a large UShosts a virtual COVID Summit from the White House in Washington, DC, on September 22, 2021.
Governance

President Biden's COVID-19 Summit and the Shift in Pandemic Geopolitics

by David P. Fidler

The pandemic is fading in importance for balance-of-power politics