The WHO's executive director of health emergencies outlines why more countries are launching national public health agencies

June 1–5, 2026

Professional accountability can ensure expertise is used for public good

How can global health scholars address waning trust in global health? Collective member Kelley Lee offers her reflections

The opening day of ESCAIDE featured sessions on public health governance, artificial intelligence, global epidemic intelligence, and science-based leadership.

James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

Two institutions are coming together to create an alternative to the CDC’s vaunted Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Background Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a trade-off between the health impacts of viral spread and the social and economic costs of restric...

Welcome to the chaotic life of academic publishing. In this game, you are a clueless researcher trying to do the one and only thing that matters in your academic life: churning out publications, fast....

The immediate impact on US science and global health is devastating, but the implications for global science go further and we need to protect it.

Talk Science to Me Communications Inc. is seeking a senior editor. Talk Science to Me is a publications support firm offering writing, editing, design and consulting services, and the parent company o...

A new scientific study has found no evidence of a mystery brain disease in New Brunswick, says a report published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, known as JAMA.

Hundreds of grants axed in a field where the United States was a global leader

This is post 3 of 4 looking back at the public health communication around the COVID vaccines and why trust in vaccines was damaged. Catch up on the first two posts: misinformation versus miscommunica...

Rebuilding trust in science and health means reconnecting—through relationships, communities, and structural reform.

Podcaster Daniella Barreto on how messaging around the COVID vaccine undermined trust, and more. A Tyee Q&A.

The consequences of failing to strike a deal extend well beyond how the world will grapple with health emergencies

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As Justin Trudeau steps down after a decade as leader of Canada's ruling Liberal Party, Canadians face a pivotal moment. Although attention is focused on trade tariffs and souring relations with the U...