Research & Analysis

Genomic Medicine: A New Frontier for Health Care in Africa

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Building Africa's capacity for human genomic sequencing could improve cancer care, product development, and precision medicine

Seynabou Diop works at a station in a laboratory where the hantavirus genome was sequenced at Institut Pasteur, in Dakar, Senegal, on May 19, 2026.

New World Screwworm: A Call to End the Open-Border Policy for U.S. Wildlife Trade

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The U.S. government should use its existing authority to address zoonotic spillover risks from the wildlife trade

Livestock roam a field as an outbreak of New World screwworm rose to 15 cases across in two Texas counties, in Rocksprings, Texas, on June 22, 2026.

AI-Driven Pilot Program Delays Access to Care for Americans

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The Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model was launched to weed out Medicare fraud, but patients report lagging care and increased denials

An elderly woman is guided back to her room for a family visit at Nikkei Manor, an assisted living facility, in Seattle, Washington, on March 30, 2021.

NIH Budget Cuts Threaten HIV Research

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AVAC leaders warn that the Trump administration's proposed funding rollback to the National Institutes of Health could derail the vaccine needed to end HIV

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

Why U.S.-Zambia Foreign Aid Negotiations Should Continue

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International Vaccine Access Center lead William Moss explains why Zambia needs funding to maintain progress on malaria, HIV, and vaccination programs

A home-based caregiver visits an HIV/AIDS patient in her home in Matero township, Lusaka, Zambia, on April 17, 2012.

Securing Sustainable Funding for Civil Society Organizations

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The United States and Global Fund should work with partner governments to transition support for groups delivering HIV and tuberculosis services after aid cuts

HIV-positive members of a self-help group meet with a caregiver in the village of Michelo, Zambia, on February 23, 2015.

How Indonesia's Food System Can Weather Supply-Chain Shocks

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Promoting diverse and affordable diets will keep Indonesia healthy through natural disasters, conflict, and disease outbreaks

Workers prepare meals to be distributed free for students, during the free nutritious meals program trial, at a pilot kitchen in Sukabumi, West Java province, Indonesia, September 25, 2024.

Ebola Recalls Why the U.S. Needs a Foreign Health Service

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The Trump administration is right that U.S. health diplomacy needs stronger leadership, but turning the CDC into a vendor is the wrong path

Two children of an American Ebola patient look through a window at their father in the isolation ward, at the Charite hospital in Berlin, Germany, on May 21, 2026.

Lenacapavir: the HIV Breakthrough Proving Why NIH Funding Matters

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Biomedical advances such as lenacapavir depend on years of publicly funded basic research

A health official holds Lenacapavir, a long‑acting HIV prevention treatment, in Epworth outside the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, February 19, 2026.REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

Bangladesh Faces Rice Shortages Amid Flash Floods and Iran War Fuel Crisis

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Haor Basin farmers are trapped in a cycle of crop loss and mounting debt

Mohammad Supur Mia cuts his rice harvest in floodwaters, in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, on May 21, 2026.

Trump's Faith-Based Push Threatens Standard Addiction Treatment

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Experts say the U.S. government's backing of religious and spiritual drug treatment ignores well-established evidence

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order for the "Great American Recovery Initiative" to coordinate a federal government response to drug addiction and substance abuse, in Washington, DC, on January 29, 2026.

Will the UK's Generational Tobacco Ban Survive?

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Britain's ban on tobacco sales for people born after 2008 could spell the end of smoking—if regulators can figure out enforcement

A shopkeeper reaches for a packet of cigarettes, in London, England, on November 28, 2013.