Measles Season Is Here. How Likely Are You to Recommend a Vaccine?
While vaccination politics are centuries old, vaccine decisions today are treated like a consumer gadget — subject to the whims of brand loyalty and user experience.
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The Story Linking Migrants to U.S. Fentanyl Deaths Is Powerful. But It Misses the Real Solutions.
Public health investments and international cooperation to stop rogue actors would better address the overdose crisis.
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The Current Culture of Medicine Is Failing People With Long COVID
Instead of switchboards, long COVID clinics can be incubators to reimagine medicine itself.
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The Rupture in Global Health Is a Warning
The old model is not coming back. The world must build something new, rooted in equity, solidarity, and shared humanity.
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The End of the Donor-Driven Era
Progress requires three things: seeing clearly, believing progress is possible, and creating systems of true productive interdependence.
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The USAID Cuts Make Room for Wealthy Investors to Bet on Global Health
Speculative finance is supplanting conventional aid funding, enabling investors to determine the terms and conditions of new aid financing schemes.
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The End of USAID Reveals the Folly of the NGO Global Health Model
For years, wealthy countries drove too much of the agenda. Now we have an opportunity to re-imagine foreign aid.
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One Year After the USAID Stop Work Order: A Midwife’s Perspective
My fear is that the public will forget the U.S. used to be seen as a nation that expressed care for others.
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Medicaid Is Under Attack. Here’s How to Rebuild It Right.
The program has always been underfunded and overlooked. The current crisis is an opportunity to reimagine care for those who need it most.
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Colon Cancer Is Not Distributed Evenly. Neither Is Genetics Research.
To address health disparities, scientists need data from people across all ages, races, and social classes.