On the heels of Jimmy Carter’s death, the organization he founded faced funding cuts and a future without his guidance. Here’s how it navigated the risks.

President Donald Trump and members of his administration are claiming that former President Jimmy Carter was against the use of mail-in and absentee ballots, citing a bipartisan 2005 report from the ...

During the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, U.S. President ​Jimmy Carter imposed sanctions on ⁠Iran but refrained from ordering strikes on the island. His successor, Ronald Reagan, during the 1980s Iran-Iraq ...

Women in Columbus and Ohio have left their mark on U.S. history, celebrated every March as part of Women's History Month.

International Women's History Month marks an opportunity to honor the contributions and achievements of women past and ...

After pulling out of the World Health Organization, the Trump administration is proposing spending $2 billion a year to replicate the global disease surveillance and outbreak functions the United ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, “Health Policy at a Crossroads,” produced with the support of the Commonwealth Fund and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

NEW YORK (WBNG) -- Governor Kathy Hochul announced that New York will join a global alliance of institutions focused on global health preparedness and response. The New York Department of Health has ...

A new study led by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute evaluates the impact of a voluntary code intended to improve ethical recruitment of physicians from World Health Organization-designated ...

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Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

City health authorities are joining a network that counters new pathogens and emerging outbreaks. By Joseph Goldstein Two weeks after the Trump administration formally withdrew the United States from ...