Health Systems

A tour group lies in a row on the decorative rotunda floor in the Nebraska State Capitol, in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Who Controls U.S. Public Health—the Feds or the States?

Aron Villanueva tends to the grave of his grandson Axel Villanueva who died of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, in Ejido Padre Kino, Mexico.

Infectious Diseases

A Lethal Disease Hidden in Plain Sight in Mexico

Two doctors wearing blue surgical scrubs seated at a table inside a makeshift wood structure consult with patients standing nearby.

War-Torn Sudan’s Medical Training Nightmare

Biostatistician Elizabeth Stuart (in purple) makes a point to HHS assistant secretary Micky Tripathi; other AI event panelists (l to r): Alison Snyder, John Auerbach, and Jesse Ehrenfeld.

Tech & Innovations

AI in Public Health: Gaps, Disparities, and Remarkable Potential

A boy who has cancer, sits on a bed as he receives treatment at the Oncology Centre in Sanaa, Yemen.

Noncommunicable Diseases

Cancer Care Inequities Are Costing Kids Their Lives

A woman enters a pharmacy after a Russian drone attack on January 31, 2024 in Kharkiv, Ukraine; the letters on the sign (anteka, which means pharmacy in Ukraine) are damaged and falling off the building front.

Pandemic Agreement May Happen Eventually ... But Will the World Be Ready?

Image of a capnograph surgical monitoring device, a small whie box with a screen displaying vital statistics.

Anesthesia Without Capnography: ‘Like Flying Blind’

A person holds Prozac tablets in their palm.

Why Do Prescription Drugs Have Such Crazy Names?

HHS Assistant Secretary Loyce Pace joins the “Walk the Talk” event celebrating WHO’s 75th anniversary before the 76th World Health Assembly on May 21, 2023, in Geneva.

Loyce Pace: U.S. Priorities at the 77th World Health Assembly

View of Freetown, Sierra Leone buildings dotting the hillside.

Psychiatry in Sierra Leone, Part II: The Movement to Change the Narrative

Yellow and gray building with the words "welcome to the mental health unit" painted on them.

Psychiatry in Sierra Leone, Part I: Inside the Movement to Transform Mental Health

Belinda Karimi, wearing a surgical mask and a hot pink head covering, performs surgery with a colleague.

Theatre Nurses: The Unsung Heroes in Surgical Safety