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The U.S. has a plan for getting food into Gaza. Top aid groups object to the idea

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Why this U.S. ambassador cried at a press conference — and is being called a hero

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Feeding the hungry will be harder than ever for the world's largest food aid agency

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U.N. World Food Program to slash jobs, drastically shrink food aid

The New York Times: 
Six Deadly Minutes: How Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Rescue Workers in Gaza

CNA Correspondent: 
Losing The Lifeline

ScienceAmerica: 
USAID Funding Saved Millions of Children’s Lives. Recent Cuts Put It in Jeopardy

The New Humanitarian: 
The data streams that underpin humanitarian response are about to collapse

The Intercept_: 
TITLE 42 ISN’T ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH — IT’S ABOUT KEEPING IMMIGRANTS OUT

The Washington Post: 
GOP lawmakers scramble to protect foreign aid as food relief languishes   

The Conversation
Breastfeeding and Ebola: Knowledge gaps endanger mothers and babies

The Intercept
TRUMP’S ATTACKS ON USAID SPARK FEAR THAT LIFESAVING CARE WILL BECOME “TRANSACTIONAL”

France24
USAID $40bn budget frozen: Int'l aid from UN agencies, NGOs, public/private sector severely impacted

The Week 
America is leaving WHO. What does that mean for public health?

ScienceNews 
Trump is withdrawing the U.S. from WHO. Here’s what that means 

TIME 
What Leaving the WHO Means for the U.S. and the World

Reuters 
Gaza war death toll could be 40% higher, says study
 

Vox 
Assad is gone. Will Syrian refugees go home?
 

FactCheck.org 
Trump’s Agenda: Deportation

Reuters
Sudan war deaths are likely much higher than recorded, researchers say

Humanitarian Alternatives
Threats to international humanitarian law in Ukraine and Gaza

Just Security 
Physicians and the Push for Accountability for Alleged Abuse of Gazan Prisoners Detained by Israel

Bloomberg School of Public Health Magazine
Solutions for a Livable Earth

The Washington Post
Mass polio vaccination to begin in Gaza after the deadly disease reemerges

New York Times
Prosecute These War Crimes

AlJazeera 
What has caused the cholera outbreak in Sudan?

The Washington Post 
More than 40,000 killed in Israel’s war in Gaza, Health Ministry says

Sky News 
Gaza conflict: Thousands remain unidentified as death toll reaches 40,000

NBC News
Fact-checking Trump's speech accepting the GOP nomination

The Guardian 
Living in a tent with premature triplets: how fear and anxiety haunt Gaza’s new mothers

VOX 
What happens if Gaza ceasefire talks fail

NPR 
In Gaza, months of war have left Palestinians with barely  the necessities to survive

VOX 
The controversy over Gaza’s death toll, explained

NPR 
Hospitals in Gaza are near collapse despite protections under international law

The Guardian 
A colonial mindset’: why global aid agencies need to get out of the way

PublicHealth
Looking at Forced Labor from a Global Health Perspective

APNews
Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson pledged $10M for Maui wildfire survivors

Vox 
Gaza’s risk of famine is accelerating faster than anything we’ve seen this century

The New Humanitarian
Inklings | Who’s providing aid in Gaza (according to Gazans)

Time
The Science Is Clear. Over 30,000 People Have Died in Gaza

NBC
Meet the Press

NPR
Even if there's a ceasefire, thousands of deaths projected in Gaza over next 6 months

Caledonian Record 
Misinformation About the Border - Marion Mohri

GZERO
As Gazans face starvation, aid organizations struggle to help

The New Yorker 
The Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza Can Only Get Worse

The Washington Post 
WHO warns Gaza is now a ‘death zone’; attack near Jerusalem kills one

The Washington Post 
Netanyahu presents post-war Gaza security plan as Israel joins Paris talks

Al Mayadeen
8,000 lives hang by a thread due to Gaza's catastrophic health crisis

CNN 
WHO official: Civilians facing starvation, malnutrition and traumatic injuries in Gaza

Huffington Post
Here's What Experts Think Will Happen In Gaza If A Ceasefire Is Not Called Soon

The Economist 
The wrecking of Gaza’s health system goes beyond its hospital

The NY Times 
Scientists’ worst-case model for Gaza over the next 6 months: 85,000 deaths from war and disease

Reuters 
Gaza health crisis could kill 8,000 more by August even if fighting stops - report

The Guardian 
Middle East crisis: WHO accuses Israel of hindering medical rescue missions to Nasser hospital – as it happened

Relief Web 
Leading experts foresee up to 74,290 excess deaths in Gaza

Time 
Why Rafah Marks a Turning Point in the Gaza War

Think Global Health 
Inside UN Relief Efforts in Gaza

The Washington Post 
Political concerns about U.S. support for Israel slowed CDC help for Gaza

Undark 
How the World’s Deadliest Crises Go Unseen

The Guardian
I’ve always helped the victims of war. Why am I shunned for helping people in Gaza?

C-SPAN 
Dr. Paul Spiegel on the Humanitarian Response to the Israel-Hamas War

NJ Today 
Gaza is an ideal breeding ground for potential the next deadly global pandemic

Reuters 
Gaza faces 'perfect storm' of deadly diseases

The Guardian 
Biden under scrutiny after bypassing Congress to supply tank shells to Israel

NPR 
Delivering aid in a war zone is always difficult. In Gaza, it's proving even harder

The Washington Post
More than 20,000 dead in Gaza, a historic human toll

LiveNOW Fox 
Analyzing Hamas hostages' readjustment to life

Channel News Asia 
Communicable disease outbreak in Gaza imminent: Expert

CNN
Doctor: Humanitarian situation in Gaza is "critically urgent"

Vox 
The death toll from Gaza, explained

The Conversation 
UN warns that Gaza desperately needs more aid − an emergency relief expert explains why it is especially tough working in Gaza

NBC News
Tainted water and viruses put Gaza residents, especially kids, at further risk

The New York Times 
In Global Conflict Zones, Hospitals and Doctors Are No Longer Spared

STAT
Why Gaza health care facilities and workers have suffered so much violence

Johns Hopkins 
The Rules of War and Human Rights in the Israel-Hamas War

Closer 
“Death is Never Neat”

The Hill 
As Title 42 ends, migrant detention facilities desperately need reforms

SSRN 
Meet the Author: Paul Spiegel, MD

NPR 
Teens, trust and the ethics of ChatGPT: A bold wish list for WHO as it turns 75

Johns Hopkins
Turkey-Syria Earthquakes: Firsthand Accounts and Public Health Perspectives

The Washington Post
Daunting medical issues for earthquake survivors are just beginning

The Hill
Public health experts knock Biden on Title 42

Johns Hopkins 
The Profound Effects of the War in Ukraine 

Global Health Now 
What Makes Ukraine’s Refugee Crisis So Different

The Washington Post
A disaster response expert reflects on health of Ukraine’s refugees

NPR 
What's a good word for the welcome given to Ukrainian refugees in Europe? 'Generous'

American Psychological Association 
Speaking of Psychology: Surviving the trauma of war in Ukraine, with Laura Murray, PhD

Scientific American 
How the War in Ukraine Is Causing Indirect Deaths

The BMJ 
Why hospital bombings remain difficult to prosecute as war crimes

The Atlantic
 Is Ukraine Barreling Toward a COVID Surge?

Direct Relief 
Attacks on Ukraine’s Hospitals Will Cause Long-Term Harm to Health

Forbes 
How Technology Might Bring War Criminals To Justice In Ukraine

The Washington Post 
Mental health experts turn to video conferencing to provide psychological support for Ukrainians

NPR 
Russia's 226 attacks on health-care targets in Ukraine are part of a larger pattern

NBC News
Ukraine, already contending with Covid and polio, faces mounting health threats

Forbes
Covid-19 Stalks The Battlefields Of Ukraine

ITV 
'We had no need to leave': Diplomat condemns US Afghanistan withdrawal five months after exit

NPR 
For the 36 countries with the lowest vaccination rates, supply isn't the only issue

VOA 
Have Refugee Camps Escaped Mass COVID Infections?

CNN 
She’s nearly 3 but as small as an infant. This is the face of Afghanistan’s hunger crisis

NPR
No pay for staff. No patient supplies. No heat. This is health care in Afghanistan

The Washington Post 
Hospitals are collapsing in Afghanistan. At this rate sanctions will kill more people than the Taliban

The Guardian 
Afghan health system ‘close to collapse due to sanctions on Taliban’

UPI 
More than 1,300 medical professionals demand Title 42 be repealed

The Hill
The CDC’s Title 42 order fuels racism and undermines public health

The Lancet
Syria and Iraq facing severe drought

Johns Hopkins 
Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health Joins Multi-Country Research Project to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health in Conflict-Affected Countries

Vox 
Will the Taliban roll back two decades of public health progress in Afghanistan?

The Hill 
Another COVID-19 near-miss — why the new moratorium on eviction is needed

The New Humanitarian 
On COVID vaccinations for refugees, will the world live up to its promises?

The Hill
Undocumented and unvaccinated yet still essential

Human Rights Watch 
Argentina: Abusive Covid-19 Measures in Northern Province

Calp Network 
Can Cash Transfers Help Syrian Refugees Manage Diabetes?

NPR
COVID-19 Data Miss A Lot Of People — Raising Questions

Nature Medicine
Will this pandemic be the catalyst to finally reform humanitarian responses?

The New Humanitarian 
One year on: How the pandemic has affected refugees, asylum seekers, and migration

SBS News
An Australian doctor describes what it’s like fighting coronavirus in Yemen

AP News 
Venezuelans brave COVID wing to bathe, feed sick loved ones

Johns Hopkins 
Facebook Live: The Border is Here, The Crisis is Real for Our Children and the Time is Now

Johns Hopkins
Coronavirus Edge of Emergency

AA 
Refugees, asylum seekers unfairly blamed for COVID-19

New Scientist 
How refugee camps in Bangladesh are being defended against covid-19

International Bar Association 
The humanitarian health crisis

VOA 
Coronavirus Infections Accelerate in Africa

WYPR 
The Psychological Impact Of The COVID-19 Pandemic

Vox
Syria’s Idlib was already a humanitarian nightmare. Now the coronavirus has arrived

The New Humanitarian 
Briefing: Coronavirus and the halting of asylum at the US-Mexico border

Medium 
1 in 250 Rohingya refugees could die of Covid-19 within a year, new modelling suggests

U.S. News 
Experts: Global Development Decline Offers Opportunities for Improvement

Human Rights Watch 
Venezuela: Urgent Aid Needed to Combat Covid-19

Nature Medicine 
Low- and middle-income countries face up to COVID-19

The New Humanitarian 
Coronavirus in the Rohingya camps: Five key issues to watch

NPR 
6 Solutions To Beat COVID-19 In Countries Where The Usual Advice Just Won't Work

Buzzfeed News 
ICE Moved Dozens Of Detainees Across The Country During The Coronavirus Pandemic. Now Many Have COVID-19

Nature
‘Distancing is impossible’: refugee camps race to avert coronavirus catastrophe

The Hill
COVID-19 public health orders should not target asylum seekers

Johns Hopkins 
How are Refugees Affected by COVID-19?

The New Humanitarian 
The COVID-19 excuse? How migration policies are hardening around the globe

VOA 
Wrestling With COVID-19 Risks in Refugee Camps

VOA 
Addressing the needs of vulnerable populations in a pandemic

The Telegraph 
Thousands of Rohingya refugees likely to die from coronavirus, new report warns

NPR 
Refugee Camps Face COVID-19: 'If We Do Nothing, The Harm Is Going To Be So Extreme'

Bloomberg 
Johns Hopkins’ Spiegel Concerned About Lack of Virus Protection for Refugees

VOA 
COVID-19 response by South Korea and North Korea

Foreign Policy 
Venezuela’s Health Care Crisis Now Poses a Global Threat

Buzzfeed News
A Secret Memo Revealed How A Transgender Immigrant Bleeding From Her Rectum Waited 13 Days For Care While Jailed By ICE

Un Dispatch 
The Coronavirus Threatens Refugees and People in Crisis

Huffpost
Trump’s Budget Would Gut Global Health Programs

CNN
Long-awaited CBP plan for migrant health screenings is ‘bare bones,’ doctor says

CNN
After arrests of protesting doctors, border agency digs in on refusal to vaccinate migrants

CIDRAP News
South Kivu reports 5th Ebola case; MSF calls for expanded vaccination

The New Humanitarian 
Cured but still contagious: How mixed messages on sexual transmission and breastfeeding may help Ebola spread

The Telegraph 
North Korea's 'lost generation': Weapons-obsessed regime 'indifferent' to its children's suffering

Asia Times
North Korean children’s food situation ‘still dire’

Radio Free Asia 
HRNK Report Examines a 'Lost Generation' of North Korean Children Raised During and After 90's Famine

USA Today 
US in danger of losing measles-free status, a 'mortifying' effect of anti-vaxx movement

NPR 
When Employer Demands Clash With Health Care Obligations

NBC News 
Medical care for detained migrants violates doctors' oath, says physician in JAMA commentary

The Washington Post
Johns Hopkins professors argue ‘dual loyalty’ compromises health care in migrant detention facilities

Forbes 
Can Any Doctor Ethically Work In A U.S. Immigration Detention Facility?

CNN 
The US eliminated measles in 2000. The current outbreak could change that

CNN 
CBP refuses to publicly reveal how many migrants are sick with contagious diseases

Popular Science 
Border detention centers won’t give vaccines, despite flu deaths and potential U.S. outbreaks

USA Today 
3 migrant children have died from flu in custody, but US won't provide vaccines

CNBC
The US won’t provide flu vaccines to migrant families at border detention camps
 

Los Angelos Times
Ebola outbreak in Congo is now a public health emergency, WHO declares

The Lancet
Political violence in Sudan: the need for a coordinated, locally led humanitarian health response

Deutsche Welle
Ebola: 'WHO between a rock and a hard place'

Johns Hopkins 
EBOLA: A PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE IN CRISIS

Miami Herald 
U.N. Secretary General has finally found his voice on Venezuela. Now he must find the backbone to get aid to its suffering people

The Economist 
America tries to unseat Nicolás Maduro

The Guardian 
Red Cross aid to Venezuela to triple as Maduro stance softens

Associated Press 
The Latest: Maduro calls US vice president ‘ridiculous’

The New York Times 
‘You Shouldn’t Be Here’: U.S. Pushes U.N. to Pull Venezuela Envoy’s Credentials

NPR
Researchers Are Surprised By The Magnitude Of Venezuela's Health Crisis

Human Rights Watch 
Venezuela’s Humanitarian Emergency: Large-Scale UN Response Needed to Address Health and Food Crises

Bloomberg 
U.S. Shifts Venezuela Strategy at UN to Focus on Toll of Crisis

The Telegraph 
UN urged to act as research shows nearly 1,000 attacks on health workers in 2018

Johns Hopkins Global Health Now
Overdue Action Needed to Stop Attacks on Health Care

NPR 
Plight Of Survivors After Cyclone Idai: No Power, No Homes, No Roads

Johns Hopkins Global Health Now 
The World Is Failing Its Refugees

WYPR
Stories from the Stoop: W. Courtland Robinson

World Economic Forum 
We must stop turning a blind eye to the world's health crises

NPR 
The Politics Of Humanitarian Aid

JAMA Network: Global Health 
Yemen’s Deadly Cholera Epidemic

Johns Hopkins 
In Greece, Unaccompanied Minor Refugees Fall through Service Gaps

NPR
What's Coming In 2019? Global Thinkers Make Big, Bold Predictions

The Hill 
 What impact does migration have on the health of societies?

NBC 
Migrants don't bring disease. In fact, they help fight it, report says

The Telegraph 
Cholera cases in Yemen a 'tremendous' overestimate, warns new US study

NPR 
How A Lost Boy From Sudan Found His True Calling In The U.S.

The New York Times
Nearly a Year After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico Revises Death Toll to 2,975

Thomson Reuters Foundation 
We must redefine future financing for humanitarian emergencies

USA Today 
I was a 'lost boy' of Sudan and the US welcomed me. More refugees deserve that chance.

Johns Hopkins 
Syrian Doctor Sees Potential Health Care Solutions for Refugees in Lebanon

The Baltimore Sun 
Border separations could have traumatic impact on children, doctors say

Newsweek 
Immigrant Children Separated At Border Could Suffer Depression, Disease And Even Earlier Death, Doctor Says

C-SPAN 
Dr. Paul Spiegel on Public Health Implications of Immigration Policy

The Baltimore Sun
Counting the dead: Puerto Rico death count could be even higher

The New York Times 
Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria Death Toll Could Exceed 4,000, New Study Estimates

NPR 
What The Pileup Of U.S. Disasters Means For The World

NPR 
Local Aid Groups Are Key To Disaster Relief. So Why Are They Overlooked?

NPR 
Humanitarian Aid Is 'Broken,' Says Former U.N. Official

Johns Hopkins Magazine
Coping with Displaced Millions

Johns Hopkins Global Health Now 
How to Fix the Broken Humanitarian System: A Q&A with Paul Spiegel

U.S. News 
Can the New Leader of WHO Save the Agency?

Independent 
Almost 10,000 Yazidis ‘killed or kidnapped in Isis genocide but true scale of horror may never be known’

NPR 
Report: Health Workers Attacked In 23 Countries Last Year

Johns Hopkins Global Health Now 
Ending Impunity for Attacks on Health Care: Q&A with Leonard S. Rubenstein