Health

Sex-selective abortion fuels a cycle of patriarchy and abuse.

Rural Chinese are turning to mutual aid apps—but the pool only goes so far.

U.S. health aid can also promote stability, mitigate extremism, and avoid costly longer-term military interventions.

Outgoing U.N. official pleads a case for the tobacco industry, saying health expertise and cigarette jobs can contribute to global prosperity and improved understanding of health risks.

The country is set to boast the world’s longest life expectancy by 2040. What are the Spanish doing right?

How religious communities in the United States are providing free health care and overcoming anti-immigrant sentiment.

Trump’s budget reopens old—and unnecessary—arguments about the efficacy of health aid.

Internal documents show how the U.S. works to stymie progress on women’s health, cultural issues, and climate change.

Some of Foreign Policy’s favorite reads of the year.

Lack of proper training leaves Chinese surgeons dangerously under-skilled.

The removal of information from the State Department’s annual reports has grave consequences for human rights monitoring worldwide.

The Nobel committee is usually looking to make a statement. Is it trying to tell us something about #MeToo—maybe even Brett Kavanaugh?

Deadly diseases like Ebola and the avian flu are only one flight away. The U.S. government must start taking preparedness seriously.

Washington nearly killed the U.N. anti-TB effort, but it didn't need to. The U.N. will do that itself.

The State Department has scaled back benefits to family members with special needs.

Families say the State Department continues to curb benefits mandated by law.

As populations age, countries will need ever more primary health workers and aides — jobs robots will never do well. So why do we treat these workers so badly?

Drug-resistant diseases are on the rise. Only a global effort to prevent overuse of antibiotics can halt the threat.

Anti-abortion activists are deploying every imaginable scare tactic to defeat a referendum that would grant Irish women the right to choose.

Everyone in the West, royalty or not, gets better maternal health care than parents in the United States.