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A photograph of the World Health Assembly.

The 2023 World Health Assembly: A New Playbook for Health Emergencies?

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“Living Science” Stories

Students participate in a rural vaccination drive at a school in Mpumalanga, South Africa, on March 9, 2022. Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Africa’s New Approach to Public Health

Allison Bracy of Fontana hugs her daughter Brielle Bracy, 10, while attending a rally with hundreds of demonstrators to protest the death of George Floyd during the coronavirus pandemic in Riverside, California, June 4, 2020.

Lisa Cooper on Why the Racism Roiling America Is a Public Health Issue

COVideo19: Bloomberg School Translate the Science in Thai

“We all got pretty darn comfortable with the success story of global health,” says author Laurie Garrett. Image: Courtesy

Public Health’s Precarious Nature

A makeshift memorial honors gun violence victims in Thousand Oaks, Calif., a city that’s currently threatened by raging wildfires. Image: Apu Gomes/AFP/Getty Images

Solutions Summit

Dean Eric Boerwinkle has devoted his career to integrating genetics and public health. (Image: Nash Baker / Courtesy)

Precision Public Health and the “Luckiest” Dean

School girls at an HPV vaccination campaign event in Vietnam. © 2007 Amynah Janmohamed,

Safeguard a Vaccine Program with a Well-Planned Rollout

Two Girls with a Water Can

What’s the Difference? Public Health's Emergence