Gabrielle Emanuel

It's the first high level U.N. gathering since the U.S. foreign aid cuts under the Trump Administration. What were people thinking — and talking about?

Global health leaders expressed dismay at Kennedy's objection but vowed to move forward without the support of the U.S.

For the first time, the United Nations has put forward a political declaration pledging to address dementia. Will it make a difference?

After months of aid cuts, the State Department has released a 35-page document detailing how it plans to roll out global health assistance. Here's what it says — and what the reaction is.

In April 2025, NPR looked at the impact of President Trump's cuts to foreign aid on HIV positive individuals in Zambia. Many were falling sick without access to their HIV medications. We returned to those people, as well as others who keep close tabs on the HIV/AIDS situation, to see where things stand now.

The World Health Organization retired the name "monkeypox" in favor of mpox — since the virus is spread by rodents and small mammals and there's a stigma factor. Why has the U.S. revived "monkeypox"?

In Zambia, we met people who are HIV positive, couldn't get drugs to suppress the virus after U.S. aid cuts and were seeing symptoms. We checked in on them — and the man who's been their champion.

Lenacapavir has the potential to end the HIV epidemic, researchers say. The Trump administration says backing this kind of effort will be a model for how it does global health work in the future.

Why cholera is striking in Africa. It's a disease that's easy to control with proper treatment. But without medical care, patients can perish quickly.

The virus took the world by storm. It was declared a "public health emergency of continental concern." What's the current status? With the U.S. aid cuts, one doctor says, "We're flying blind."