This policy watch looks at the major new Ebola outbreak in DRC, discusses how the U.S. government has responded so far, and describes how the current situation compares to prior U.S. Ebola responses.

Official development assistance dropped by 23.1% in 2025, the largest-ever annual contraction.

The Trump administration is expanding its ban on U.S. foreign aid for groups supporting abortion services to include assistance going to international and domestic organizations and agencies that prom...

Starting in May of last year, HHS Secretary Kennedy and the CDC/ACIP began to make changes to the federal vaccine schedule for children, culminating in an announcement on January 5 of this year with t...

This tracker provides up-to-date information on countries with signed bilateral MOU global health agreements with the U.S.

This brief looks at newly announced changes by HHS to the pediatric vaccination schedule, which reduce the number of vaccines recommended for all children. Implications of these changes for childhood ...

The proposed rule would likely lead to further declines in use of health care and programs among immigrant families. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) suggests that one of the benefits of the ...

With recent federal actions to curtail vaccine access, many states have announced actions intended to maintain broader access. This issue brief provides a snapshot of this rapidly changing landscape, ...

Changes to regulatory or information environments will help states decouple from federal health recommendations

This brief provides an overview of vaccine coverage requirements by payer or program, as they relate to ACIP and the CDC.

This brief provides an overview of vaccine coverage requirements by payer or program, as they relate to ACIP and the CDC.

Fact sheet examining actions taken by the Trump administration and their impact on PEPFAR.

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On May 30, 2025, the administration released additional details of its Fiscal Year 2026 budget request, including more specific information on funding for global health activities at the State Departm...

This brief describes four key federal vaccine advisory committees and discusses policy issues and questions they currently face. The four committees are the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Ad...

The agency is offering voluntary early retirement or deferred resignations to its 320 employees and planning to terminate grants to developing countries around the world.

Fact sheet examining actions taken by the Trump administration and their impact on PEPFAR.

A key priority is preventing the interruption of current HIV treatment and prevention medicines. This Q&A outlines advice when this is not possible.

The victims died on a grueling three-hour walk in scorching heat as they tried to reach the nearest remaining health facility, officials of Save the Children said.

This policy watch examines the impact of federal staff cuts and HHS restructuring on the nation's HIV response.

This policy watch examines the USAID list of terminated awards, recently sent Congress, to examine the implications for global health programs and outstanding questions.

PEPFAR had been set to lead the rollout of Gilead Science's lenacapavir, which has been hailed as a "miracle" of HIV prevention.

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Even if its authorization is allowed to expire tomorrow, PEPFAR will survive. Instead, the program faces a much bigger problem as a result of cuts to USAID, which administered the majority of PEPFAR s...

This Health Policy 101 chapter examines how public health is governed and delivered in the United States. The chapter includes explanations of key public health frameworks, services, capabilities and…