5 Under-the-Radar Stories that Will Drive the Global Agenda in 2016It may not make the front page of the New York Times, but behind-the-scenes these events, trends, and circumstances are...
The US Budget Compromise Looks Pretty Good for the UN and Global HealthThe just-agreed upon FY 2016 omnibus funding measure in the US Congress avoids a government shut down. That’s always a...
Can the World Really “End” Tuberculosis?Tuberculosis is on the decline worldwide. That’s the good news! The bad news is that TB remains endemic in scores...
The WHO Tells Us What We Don’t Want to Hear About Sexually Transmitted InfectionsThe World Health Organization announced new data today on syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis. All four infections are sexually transmitted,...
AIDS Related Deaths of Asian Teens are Up By Over 100%. Are Dating Apps to Blame?AIDS is on a rapid increase among young people in Asia. And according to a new report by UNICEF, that’s...
We Could End the AIDS Epidemic in 15 years – or HIV Could Overwhelm UsIt’s difficult to pay attention to HIV. The disease has been haunting our consciousness since the 1980s. The language is...
Why HIV Rates are Soaring in RussiaRussia is very close to its millionth registered HIV infection; 986,657 people have been registered as infected. Most experts believe...
Ebola Was Eliminated from Liberia. Now It’s Back.A fifteen-year-old boy named Nathan Groote, died of Ebola in Liberia today. It’s the first Ebola death in the country...
A Disgusting Fact about Toilets Picture an enemy that almost exclusively kills children. Well, sometimes it kills children. Sometimes it just maims them by...