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Opinion: Drugs alone can’t win the war against tuberculosis
Recently, after years of pressure, advocates including author and philanthropist John Green scored victory against…
Category: global health
ProMED, an early warning system on disease outbreaks, appears near collapse
The early warning disease network that alerted the world to the original SARS outbreak and…
STAT+: Vertex faces renewed calls to widen access to its cystic fibrosis medicines in poor countries
Several Latino advocacy groups and more than 100 clinicians from dozens of countries are lending…
STAT+: South Africa faces court hearing over opaque Covid-19 vaccine contracts
A hearing began in a South Africa court on Tuesday to determine whether the government…
STAT+: European regulator will review study data from contract research organization due to ‘serious concerns’
In the latest melee over the safety of prescription medicines, the European Medicines Agency is…
From rapid cooling body bags to ‘prescriptions’ for AC, doctors prepare for a future of extreme heat
In Phoenix, where daytime temperatures are topping 110 degrees Fahrenheit for the third straight week,…
STAT+: Colombian government explores compulsory licensing for an HIV drug
The latest clash over the cost of a prescription medicine is playing out in Colombia,…
J&J expands global access to TB drug as popular novelist joins advocacy campaign
Advocates have been fighting Johnson & Johnson for years over a patent on a lifesaving…
Opinion: Sickle cell cures are coming. African children can’t be left behind
The treatment of sickle cell disease is on the cusp of a historic breakthrough, with…
Takeda withdraws application for dengue vaccine from FDA
Takeda announced Tuesday that it has voluntarily withdrawn its application to the Food and Drug…
Gates Foundation to launch trial of long-awaited new tuberculosis vaccine candidate
The Gates Foundation said Wednesday it plans to launch a long-awaited trial to test what,…
How a six-in-one vaccine could soon help the world get rid of polio for good
Polio eradication is a delicate dance. And one of the biggest challenges facing the people…
Diabetes will be ‘a defining disease of this century’ as global cases are set to surpass one billion by 2050
The number of people with diabetes worldwide is set to more than double to 1.3…
A looming penicillin shortage threatens pregnant adults with syphilis and their newborns
Pfizer announced last week that it expects to run out of a key drug for…
New DNA test aims to make cervical cancer screening more accessible in low-income countries
A genomic test for the human papillomavirus has shown promise in early-stage trials, raising hopes…
Opinion: Chelsea Clinton: How to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030
Viral hepatitis affects almost 400 million people and kills more than 1 million each year….
Study: Giving an antibiotic to household contacts of people with leprosy slashes chances of spread
When someone has leprosy, people who live in the same household face the highest odds…
Opinion: China’s complicated role in malaria control in Africa
Ghana has taken a remarkable step in the fight against malaria by becoming the first…
STAT+: What FDA mandate? Sun Pharma halts shipments from a plant with a troubled history
In a fresh sign of quality-control problems in the Indian pharmaceutical industry, the U.S. Food…
STAT+: What the Covid-19 pandemic can teach us about drug patents
Inventing treatments and vaccines is only part of the battle in an epidemic and pandemic,…
Opinion: The Global North can’t solve its health care worker shortage by stealing from the Global South
The U.S. is facing unprecedented health care labor shortages and related cost pressures. In the U.K., the…
Opinion: The apparent poisoning of schoolgirls is just one part of Iran’s health crisis
On the first day back to school in April, after time off to celebrate the…
Opinion: How small vaccine stockpiles can stop outbreaks of infectious disease from becoming big
Marburg could soon become the second virus in the past year to have experimental vaccine…
STAT+: ‘A tug of war’: Europe braces for new legislation with far-reaching impacts on pharma and patients
After more than two years of planning, the European Commission on Wednesday will release long-awaited…
Promising new malaria vaccine for kids approved in Ghana
DAKAR, Senegal — Ghana on Thursday became the first country to approve a new malaria…
STAT+: Brazilian committee says a Vertex cystic fibrosis is not cost-effective and should not be reimbursed
A Brazilian government advisory committee recommended that the health ministry not pay for a cystic…
1 in 6 people experience infertility worldwide, according to WHO report
One in six people across the globe face infertility at some point in their lifetime,…
STAT+: European Union drug pricing proposal for the pandemic treaty generates pushback
Amid treaty talks to create equitable access to medical products during pandemics, the European Union…
STAT+: FDA report details problems at Global Pharma plant involved in eye drop recall
Global Pharma Healthcare, whose eye drops have been linked to dozens of serious reactions, failed…
Opinion: Biden’s budget boosts funds for future pandemics, but cuts them for current ones
The Biden administration has rightly talked a lot about pandemic preparedness. And to its credit,…
STAT+: J&J loses a patent battle in India over a crucial tuberculosis drug
In a defeat for Johnson & Johnson, the Indian patent office has rejected its bid…
STAT+: Patient groups balk at former AstraZeneca official negotiating U.K.-India free trade deal
More than 200 civil society and patient advocacy groups are urging the U.K. government to…
With CRISPR cures on horizon, sickle cell patients ask hard questions about who can access them
LONDON — Victoria Gray had come to Nashville, Tenn., from her home in Mississippi for…
Opinion: Invasive strep A: bad in affluent countries, far worse in low-income nations
The deaths of nearly 30 children under the age of 15 years from invasive strep…
WHO extends public health emergency over Covid but signals end could come soon
The World Health Organization announced Monday that the Covid-19 pandemic remains a public health emergency,…
Opinion: How a checklist can help decolonize global health research
When institutions in the United States and other high-income countries embark on collaborations to improve…
Is WHO ready to end the global health emergency over Covid? Maybe not just yet
Three years ago, the World Health Organization declared that the mushrooming outbreak of a new…
The drug was meant to save children’s lives. Instead, they’re dying
Emily was combing her baby daughter’s hair when she first felt the lumps. It was…
Opinion: The WHO’s new pandemic treaty is good for the world — and the U.S.
In December, delegates from more than 180 countries met in Switzerland to discuss the International…
With Gates Foundation backing, a health tech company aims to speed diagnosis of some neglected tropical diseases
As it looks to curb the spread of infectious diseases, the Gates Foundation is lending…
Opinion: Leaders at Davos need to pay attention to the crossroads of climate change, health, and security
As CEOs and world leaders gather for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this…
STAT+: Pfizer says it will widen access to hundreds of off-patent medicines in poor countries
In another bid to widen access to its medical products, Pfizer plans to provide roughly…
Opinion: Another Ebola outbreak, another missed opportunity for preparedness
When I learned that an outbreak of Ebola was declared in Uganda last fall, I…
Opinion: There are 4 gaps in global pandemic responses. The biggest is missing leadership
Three years after news of the first cases of Covid-19 infections and deaths began to…
With attention to mpox fading, health officials fear infections will go undetected and unreported
In the transmission heyday of the international mpox outbreak early last summer, it appeared that…
India’s lax oversight of pharmaceutical manufacturing imperils health around the world
Cough medicine tainted with ethylene glycol that killed at least 19 children in Uzbekistan in…
Senior WHO official faults China for undercounting Covid deaths
China is underreporting deaths from Covid-19, a senior official of the World Health Organization said…
3 challenges to watch in global health in 2023
For the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, people working in the infectious diseases…
Three years on, the pandemic — and our response — have been jolting. Here’s what even the experts didn’t see coming
People who study infectious diseases and who work in public health have long known a…
Why EPA’s long-awaited proposal on two ‘forever chemicals’ is bound to be controversial
By the end of this year, the Environmental Protection Agency has promised to propose new…