Public Health

But nobody is interested in doing anything about it.

The country’s vaccinators have overcome distrust, misinformation, and an insurgency to reach this point, but they can’t stop yet.

In Congo, thousands of people have died due to a misguided finance-driven approach to fighting pandemics that puts investors before victims.

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

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.

The country’s Ebola outbreak is spreading out of control—but it's not because of a fight over "conflict minerals."

A deadly outbreak in Congo has become a global emergency because of a raging conflict over valuable minerals.

Not content to cause political problems, Moscow’s trolls are also undermining public health.

The deadly disease is spreading rapidly around the globe, fueled by a cratering of social trust.

Africa isn’t just dealing with an outbreak anymore—and that’s bad news for everyone.

Ireland voted to liberalize abortion laws. The far-right government in Warsaw is moving in the opposite direction.

Leaders who refuse to acknowledge the public health consequences of air pollution, disease outbreaks, and drought will soon feel the wrath of voters at the polls.

The government has gone to great lengths to keep asylum-seekers from its shores. Now it might have to accept some of them after all.

Internal memos reflect the growing influence of conservative Christians in the Trump administration.

By deliberately destroying and degrading public health infrastructure, the Syrian regime is reviving long-eradicated diseases and killing civilians.

The world thought it knew how to deal with Ebola outbreaks—but it’s never dealt with one like this before.

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.

A huge vaccine scandal hits at Beijing's most vulnerable point: children's safety.