Archive: May 2026

 Mohammad S Razai, Maide Baris, Hossein Dabbagh, and Muhammad Asghari The US-Israeli strikes on universities, schools, research centres, and hospitals in Iran are attacks on the civilian systems that sustain the functioning of a society. The rhetoric…

Marie L. Churchill, Emily A. Knapp, Alexander D. McCourt, Nandita Somayaji, Courtney K. Blackwell, Lyndsay A. Avalos, Kelly A. Hirko, Kaja Z. LeWinn, Johnnye Lewis, Yeyi Zhu, Alison E. Hipwell, Margaret R. Karagas, Kristen Lyall, Jody M. Ganiban, Nigel…

VIEWPOINT Júnia Aparecida Laia da Mata and Sayed Abdul Basir Samimi The attack on a girls’ school in Minab On February 28, 2026, during coordinated US–Israeli air strikes against Iran, a girls’ school in Minab, southern Iran, was struck with…

News to 16 May 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now 79th World Health Assembly this week This week (18–23 May 2026) global leaders meet in Geneva to debate pandemic preparedness, digital health, and expanding Universal Health Coverage…

Benjamin Mason Meier and Darby McBride  Abstract The United States stands apart from other nations in opposing the right to health under international law, with longstanding conservative opposition to a human right to health holding back…

Pedro Crepaldi Carlessi, Vitor Henrique Pinto Ido, and Islândia Maria Carvalho de Sousa Abstract Since the 1970s, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advanced “traditional medicine” as a global policy category for culturally grounded health…

BOOK REVIEW Audrey R. Chapman Social Injustice and Public Health, fourth edition, edited by Barry S. Levy (Oxford University Press, 2026) Social Injustice and Public Health is a comprehensive collection of 31 essays, each written by leading…

News to 8 May 2026 Authoritarianism is speeding up the climate crisis The global expansion of authoritarian rule is accelerating the climate crisis, as these leaders recommit to fossil fuels, cut global funding for climate mitigation and…

News to 1 May 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now WHO reports improvements despite funding crisis The World Health Organization’s 2025 Results Report highlights measurable improvements in people’s health worldwide in 2025,…

VIEWPOINT, 6 May 2026 Jessica Oga, Moses Mulumba, Stuart Ssebibubbu, Fatina Mwebe, and Nimrod Muhumuza On April 24, 2026, the Kenyan Court of Appeal at Malindi reinstated criminal proceedings against a girl who had been arrested at age 17 for…