This article appeared in the Spring/Summer 2025 issue of Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health magazine. The WHO's declaration of smallpox eradication in 1980 was a high-water mark for public health.

After 30 years of health improvements around the world, funding cuts to global health could put lifesaving health care at risk between now and 2030, according to the latest annual report, Financing ...

At the request of the Trump administration, the Republicans who control both chambers of Congress are currently attempting to take back government funding that Congress has previously authorized. This ...

The U.S. government enacted sweeping changes to global health funding in 2025 that have dramatically reduced America’s role as the world’s largest provider of aid. As part of the shift, about 83% of ...

Since inauguration night, President Trump has cut billions of dollars in global health aid, upending everything from HIV clinics to Ebola containment efforts. Throughout this time, one question has ...

Although overall health has improved in many countries, health care today is still inadequate, unevenly distributed, and expensive, particularly in the world’s poorest nations. This is catastrophic ...

Berkley served for 12 years as the CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and is the author of “Fair Doses: An Insider’s Story of the Pandemic and the Global Fight for Vaccine Equity.” At the World Health ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Founder & Chair of Praava Health, a leading emerging market company Yesterday’s confirmation that the United States has formally ...