Public Health
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PEPFAR saved millions of people from AIDS. Don’t let it die.
How to prevent and treat colds, the flu, Covid-19, and more.
Solving the congenital syphilis crisis means investing in rural maternity care.
A decades-long digital turf war’s consequences for Indigenous communities, explained.
Volunteers could speed up the race for a cure that works for adults as well as children.
Jones expanded the United States’ global development reach. Now she’s fighting for a healthier climate.
The World Mosquito Fund aims to end many mosquito-borne illnesses.
Named after her daughter, the Zuri Nzilani Foundation hopes to end maternal mortality.
As editor of BMJ Global Health, Abimbola aims to decentralize global health research.
The pair’s nonprofit, Suvita, is boosting child vaccination rates in India.
Teran worries the government isn’t doing enough to address biosecurity risks. She’s pushing to change that.
Matsheng and Angrist founded the nonprofit Youth Impact, which turns education research into action.
Ten states have uninsured rates below 5 percent. What are they doing right?
What good is a miraculous vaccine if nobody wants to take it?
How maternity care deserts are leading to a spike in infant syphilis and mortality rates.
From Pain Hustlers to Dopesick to The Fall of the House of Usher, filmmakers are fascinated by the epidemic. But what are they saying?
A crisis of confusion is making health care more expensive for many Americans.
The most befuddling tax break in the US health care system, explained.
The CDC is getting close to recommending it to prevent STIs like chlamydia and syphilis.
Medicaid unwinding’s terrible toll, explained in 4 charts.
Americans shouldn’t take a malaria-free future for granted.
Katalin Karikó co-won a Nobel Prize this week for her groundbreaking work on mRNA vaccines — but she had to fight against professional science to do it.
The big divide on premature death isn’t between college grads and non-grads. It’s between high school dropouts and everyone else.
US providers are underusing the drug — and not just in high-risk people.
Free Covid tests are back — and new vaccines are at your local pharmacy too.
How Bangladesh removed lead from turmeric spice — and saved lives.
Primary care is the foundation of American medicine — and it’s withering.
DEEP VZN aimed to discover viruses in wildlife that could threaten humans, but the risks weren’t worth the rewards.
The biggest sports gambling season ever is kicking off. Are states ready for the consequences?
In just a few days, drugstores like Walgreens will have it in stock, for everyone. Here’s how to use it, and who it will help.
Patients stand to save a lot of money.
The virus is surging again. Here’s how to be your own contact tracer if you get sick.
This painful, mosquito-borne virus could spread even more if new innovations can’t scale.
Jeanne Marrazzo’s appointment as NIAID director raises hopes the US will take steps to address a burgeoning crisis.
Scientists are reporting increasing insecticide resistance among American Culex mosquitoes that spread West Nile virus to humans.
Why cases of alpha-gal syndrome are on the rise.
What to make of the uptick of Covid-19 this summer — and what to expect this winter.
What to know about the new RSV antibody shot.
The cases, identified in Florida and Texas, raise a lot of questions.
Get ready for an earful about the health risks of Diet Coke, Trident gum, Equal, and other sugar-free items.