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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.

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

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people are seen standing in front of a hospital in nigeria

Monkeypox in Nigeria

by Philip Obaji Jr.

Nigeria's battered health infrastructure is ill-equipped to handle a surge in monkeypox cases

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus scratches his head with a quizzical expression while seated at a wooden podium
Governance

The Monkeypox Outbreak and the WHO's Existential Crisis

by Jeremy Youde

The emergency declaration on monkeypox reinforces concerns about the WHO's role in global health governance

A man with gray hair and thick-rimmed glasses wearing a surgical facemask is vaccinated against monkeypox by a female nurse with long b;ack hair wearing a lab coat
Governance

The Monkeypox Outbreak and Foreign Policy

by David P. Fidler

The outbreak has limited implications for U.S. foreign policy on global health

A grey-haired bearded man in a blue tank top and sunglasses walks past a turquoise wall with a rainbow poster that reads "Protect your community and the people you party or play with. Know the signs and symptoms" placed there by the New York Department of Health
Gender

Monkeypox and What Health Experts Are Not Saying About Sexual Transmission

by Marcelo Agudo Pujol

Frank and positive messaging on sex is the first step to curbing spread and protecting the most vulnerable

A woman wearing a black blouse and slacks is pictured walking down a cleared pathway in a lush, green jungle in Fiji.
Environment

From Scalpels to Security

by Callum Forbes, Abbie Naus, Elizabeth McLeod, Craig D. McClain

Examining the intersection of global surgery, climate change, and human security

Taiwan's Health Minister Chen Shih-chung appears wearing a blue surgical face maskseated in front of orange banners that read "China blocks Taiwan to join WHO" at a new conference, in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 15, 2020
Governance

Visibly Invisible: Taiwan and Global Health

by Tsung Ling Lee, Daniel Fu-Chang Tsai

The legacy of the past and practices of the present, dictate whose voices are heard

A man using a smart phone walks through London's Canary Wharf financial district in the warm yellow evening light, casting a shadow in London, United Kingdom, on September 28, 2018.
Governance

Moving the Needle on Health Disinformation

by Claire Wardle

Preventing harmful health information requires transparency not regulation

Giant fish made with plastic bottles are exhibited at Botafogo beach, in Rio de Janeiro June 19, 2012.
Environment

Bringing New Life to Plastics

by Caroline Kantis

A look at how plastics are being reduced, reused, and recycled

An Syrian woman with a serious expression on her face dressed in dark colors holds a child who is partially obscured by a bright orange scarf draped over his head. On either side of her, are young men in winter coats walking with her through a desert landscape
Migration

Diabetes, Hypertension, and Heart Disease Don’t Stop for War

by Adrianna Murphy, Éimhín Ansbro

During humanitarian crises, chronic diseases become more complicated

Small pouches containing nicotine are seen scattered across two black tins on a factory production line in Sweden.
Governance

Nicotine Pouch Use Is on the Rise

by Lynn T. Kozlowski

A longtime tobacco researcher looks at the question of potentially "less harmful" substitutes for cigarettes

A female delegate wearing a long sleeved black dress a blue surgical mask looks at a 30-foot sculpture made out of plastic bottles resembling a faucet, outside the UN Environment Programme Headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya
Environment

The Emerging Health Crisis of Microplastic Debris

by Dick Vethaak, Concepción Martínez-Gómez

Microplastics are everywhere, including our bodies

A brown bird with a pale chest stands in a foam patch of polluted water in Santa Monica, California, on March 23, 2021.
Environment

Plastics Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg

by Matthew Savoca

Living in a world swimming in synthetic chemicals

A community police officer in blue jeans squats low to the ground and holds out two hands full of shiny metal 45mm caliber bullets
Governance

A Gram Per Gun

by José Pablo Ampudia

How U.S. guns fuel Mexican cartels' drug empire