Stephanie Nolen

Treating baby wraps with a mosquito repellent shows promising protection against a top killer of children.

Hunger and the diseases that stalk small children have surged in Somalia after the U.S. slashed its aid to the country.

Even children who recover will carry the physical consequences for the rest of their lives.

The enclave is experiencing some of the highest levels of malnutrition since the fighting began. Even children who recover will carry the physical consequences for the rest of their lives.

The birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants were purchased by U.S.A.I.D. for women in low-income countries. They had been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the U.S. cut much of its foreign aid.

The conflict that has put rebels in control of much of the east of the country has left victims with no legal recourse and dismantled many of the clinics that offered care.

Lawmakers allocated $6 billion this fiscal year for PEPFAR, the H.I.V. prevention and treatment program, but the administration has indicated it will release less than half of that.

Chikungunya, which can disable victims for years, is spreading rapidly, including in China and other places that have not seen it before.

El virus, que puede incapacitar a las víctimas durante años, se extiende rápidamente, incluso en China y otros lugares que no la habían visto antes.

Tatiana Andia sabía que Colombia le permitiría acceder a una muerte médicamente asistida. El trayecto hacia el final lo hizo ante los ojos de su país.

Tatiana Andia knew Colombia would permit her a medically assisted death. She took her country with her on the journey to dying.

PEPFAR, the campaign to end H.I.V. globally, would morph into an effort to detect disease outbreaks and sell American products, according to documents obtained by The Times.

After The Times published an interview with John Green about his new book on tuberculosis, many readers wrote to share their families’ history with the disease.

Zackie Achmat, once at the center of South Africa’s push for lifesaving H.I.V. treatment, has come out of retirement as U.S. funding cuts and his own government’s inertia revive old fears.

A new drug that gives almost complete protection against the virus was to be administered across Africa this year. Now, much of the funding for that effort is gone.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed that the agency, Gavi, had “ignored the science” in immunizing children around the world.

The budget cuts threaten global progress on everything from heart disease to H.I.V. — and could affect American drug companies, too.

The World Health Organization finally reached a compromise on a pandemic treaty after three years of talks. The United States withdrew from negotiations after President Trump took office.

The best-selling author “got a little emotional” while talking with The Times about the world’s deadliest infectious disease. Listen to the conversation.

The United States was a key supplier of contraceptives in many developing countries. The Trump administration has ended that support.