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U.S. Soft Power: Next Steps After the Foreign Aid Withdrawal
A former White House official on the future of advancing strategic interests while saving lives and growing economies
Mirror Life: Addressing a Potential Biothreat
The first international conference on mirror life will take place at the Institut Pasteur in Paris in June
As Foreign Aid Lags, Regional Health Agencies Come to the Fore
Regional organizations are well positioned to harmonize disease surveillance systems and serve as hubs for knowledge
Homicide Rates Near Supervised Consumption Sites: A Study from Canada
New findings debunk stereotypes around violent crime and Toronto's supervised consumption sites
Gain of Fiction: How COVID Origins Motivated Defunding of U.S. Science
Defunding scientific research in the United States has halted disease cure studies amid multiple infectious crises
World Health Assembly: Why Multilateralism Needs More Than Solidarity
WHO member states should cooperate to address health challenges and preserve the institution without the United States
Where Iran and Israel Align: Youth Tobacco Use
Despite efforts to curb tobacco use in both countries, smoking rates among children and teenagers are on the rise
A UN Dialogue on Climate and Health: Making the Case
The World Health Assembly and COP30 rank among the chances this year to advance national policy on climate and health
Fate Unknown: The Pandemic Agreement's Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing
Seven issues exemplify the complex choices that member state negotiators still face
A Pandemic Treaty Without Teeth Will Leave Africa and the World Exposed
Without enforcement mechanisms, even the best commitments risk becoming little more than moral aspirations
A Gender Levy for Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Health-Harming Products
Industries hijack gender norms to sell harm—let's flip the script and fund gender-smart health with sin tax revenue
Executive Order to Lower U.S. Drug Prices Could Hurt the Poorest Countries
Cascading adoption of most-favored-nation drug pricing could erode affordable access to essential medicines
Women Bear Mexico's Diabetes Crisis
Nearly 10% of Mexico's population lives with diabetes, and women are diagnosed at higher rates than men
A Bio-Responsibility Strategy for Gain-of-Function Research Oversight
Controversy about research on dangerous pathogens requires the U.S. government to adopt a new governance approach