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The expanded Mexico City Policy targets “radical gender ideology,” a term that encompasses any activity acknowledging transgender people or providing gender-affirming care. Stephanie Psaki explains how the new policy could disrupt health programs.
"No nation, however capable, can prepare for pandemics, climate shocks, displaced populations, or supply-chain vulnerabilities alone.”
Read Seed Global Health CEO Vanessa Kerry’s commentary on global health architecture, sovereignty, and multilateralism.
The United States' measles elimination status is in question, but this week, health officials pushed the review for this decision to November. Meanwhile, Texas and New Mexico detected new cases in detention facilities.
The Trump administration is finalizing a flurry of Memoranda of Understanding that aim to transition the United States away from aid and toward jointly financed health agreements. Our new tracker assesses the sustainability and scope of those obligations.
Deep cuts to foreign aid have moved global health system reform from a theory to a necessity. As those efforts accelerate, @unitaid.bsky.social's executive director says institutions need to ensure equitable access to innovation.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, mutual aid networks have proliferated across the United States. Although they're often framed as novel, Jakobi Williams explains how those efforts draw from the Black Panther Party’s survival programs.
Global health receives $9.4 billion in the $50 billion Consolidated Appropriations Act. Jirair Ratevosian describes how that spending package marks a turning point for U.S. engagement with global health.
Reductions in foreign aid have exposed low- and middle-income countries’ dependency on donors. By prioritizing human-centered design, countries can create bottom-up health policies that better respond to hyperlocal needs and transnational shocks.
In December, Indonesia postponed taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) citing the country's economic condition. Read how that delay could raise the risk of noncommunicable diseases.
Measles continues to spread in Africa as cases spike in Sudan, peaking at 317 in January 2026. Across the Atlantic, Mexico's outbreak nears 9,000 cases, and in Brazil, whooping cough has killed five children in an Indigenous community.
Measles infections are at their highest levels in three decades, leaving physicians and educators in South Carolina scrambling to contain the virus and navigate dropping vaccination rates.
India remains the world's highest tuberculosis (TB) burden, accounting for roughly a quarter of global TB cases. Despite case detection improvement in recent years, sustained investments are still necessary to sustain progress.
In 2025, Ukraine’s death rate outpaced its birth rate by nearly 3 to 1.
Nataliia Bushkovska chronicles how after four years of war, Ukrainian officials and policymakers are devising plans to encourage refugees to return and have children.
Following the sweeping cuts to foreign aid, a recent study explores how donors receive health, economic, and political gains from contributions.
Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s minimal sleep schedule has sparked debates around "karoshi," or death by overwork. As awareness of this condition grows, so do calls to rethink the boundaries of sustainable work.
Mexico's measles outbreak is raising concerns ahead of the World Cup this summer. Meanwhile cases are spiking in Democratic Republic of Congo and a new outbreak is affecting schools in North London.
The United States gave birth to a rules-based global order, underpinned by universal human rights and the right to health. Yet the Trump administration is dismantling those norms.
The new Consolidated Appropriations Act allocates about $9.4 billion to global health. @jirairratevosian.bsky.social describes how the new law could reshape governing structures and rewrite operational authority.
Sovereignty is not only essential for tackling global health challenges; it is long overdue, writes Seed Global Health CEO Vanessa Kerry.
She details why expanding country sovereignty must not come at the expense of traditional multilateralism.
The U.S. expansion of the Mexico City policy goes further in scope, scale, and ambiguity than previous iterations. Stephanie Psaki explains how the updated policy could stall progress for global health challenges such as HIV prevention and treatment.
The U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization exposed the vulnerability of systems that were built around external support. For Africa, that move increased the relevance of multilateral cooperation and domestic resilience.
Decades after Japan coined "karoshi" or death by overwork, awareness is growing over the connection between intense labor practices and chronic disease.
So do calls to rethink the boundaries of sustainable work.
Measles cases continue to grow across the Americas, and a cluster was also reported in a French ski resort in Val Thorens—home to some events for this year's Winter Olympics.
About 1 in 4 new mothers worldwide die from an obstetric hemorrhage. Suren Kanayan, an OB-GYN and health administrator in Cambodia, highlights how practical and cost-effective strategies improved outcomes in his rural hospital.
The United States gave birth to the rules-based global order, underpinned by human rights and the right to health, @gostin.bsky.social writes. Now, the Trump administration is eroding the norms and values of international policy.
As the U.S. measles outbreak continues to grow, Seth Berkley, former head of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, weighs how recent changes to the U.S. childhood vaccination will lead to a resurgence in preventable infections.
In 2025, major donor countries announced sharp cuts to health aid citing fiscal pressures and competing domestic priorities. A recent study outlines how development assistance creates economic, security, and soft power returns for donor countries.
AI tools can generate a digital “doctor” who looks and sounds like a real clinician. Sunny Jha explains how physicians’ digital doubles are spreading medical misinformation and eroding trust in public health.
