In an interview with Inter Press Service, Thomas Bollyky discusses attacks on health workers in the ongoing Syrian civil war and other conflict areas around the world.

U.S. Representative Charles B. Rangel, ranking member of the Subcommittee on Trade on the House Ways and Means Committee, cites Thomas Bollyky's CFR policy innovation memorandum, Better Regulation for Freer Trade, and its regulatory applications in upcoming trade negoations with the United States and European Union in The Hill.

Thomas Bollyky discusses findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 and the rapid rise of noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries on the radio program "For Your Ears Only."

The Boston Globe cites Thomas Bollyky's work in tobacco and trade.

National Public Radio's "The Salt" blog covers Thomas Bollyky's global obesity debate, "Is There a Seat at the Table for the Food and Beverage Industry in the Global Fight Against Obesity," featuring Drs. Kelly Brownell, Director of Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, and Derek Yach, Senior Vice President, Vitality Group, and Member, PepsiCo Scientific Advisory Board.

In an interview with Science Live, Thomas Bollyky discusses how the U.S. Presidential election will affect domestic and international science efforts.

Forbes covers Thomas Bollyky's roundtable event on the one-year anniversary of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases, "The Rise of NCDs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries," featuring U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Thomas R. Frieden.

In an interview with Bloomberg BNA's International Trade Reporter, Thomas Bollyky discusses Russia's admission into the World Trade Organization and its implications for tobacco control.

Bloomberg Businessweek highlights Thomas Bollyky's work in trade policy and tobacco control.

Thomas Bollyky briefly discusses the plight of World Health Organization reform in an interview with the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Thomas Bollyky's Foreign Affairs piece on noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries, "Developing Symptoms," is highlighted in a Slate article discussing Africa's evolving health care needs.

As we've heard this week, Geneva is hosting the 65^th session of the World Health Assembly meeting. Participants have tackled a range of public health issues such as universal health coverage, mental disorders and polio eradication. They've also addressed the issue of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, cancer and stroke which are now the leading causes of death and disability in nearly every region of the world. Indeed some health experts say the international community needs to do much more in tackling NCDs particularly in the developing world. One of those calling for action is Thomas Bollyky, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Economics, and Development at the Council on Foreign Relations in the United States. He told WRS reporter Vincent Landon about the scale of the problem.

In an interview with Foreign Policy, Thomas Bollyky briefly discusses the Trans Pacific Partnership's potential impact to increase access to tobacco products in partner countries.

In an interview with The Telegraph, Thomas Bollyky briefly analyzes the World Bank's changing status in the 21st century.

Thomas Bollyky examines Dr. Jim Kim's nomination and the World Bank's shifting roles in the lead up to the institution's presidential election.

For the first time, the top spot at the World Bank may not go to an American. Two candidates vying for the presidency represent developing nations.

Business News Network interviews Thomas Bollyky, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Economics, and Development, along with Lant Pritchett, Professor of International Development at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Wilson Prichard, Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto.

Thomas Bollyky discusses Dr. Jim Kim's qualifications and future strategies for leading the World Bank as its 12th president.

Nature's blog, Spoonful of Medicine, covers the Institute of Medicine's Ensuring Safe Foods and Medicial Products Through Stronger Regulatory Systems Abroad report release.

Thomas Bollyky discusses supply chain responsibility and international regulatory cooperation as key elements for strengthening global food and drug safety.

Professor Jim Riviere, Thomas Bollyky, and other authors of the Institute of Medicine's Ensuring Safe Foods and Medical Products Through Stronger Regulatory Systems Abroad report outlined their findings at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.

How Politics, Commerce, and Science Complicated the Fight Against an 'Invisible Epidemic'

Authors Sheri Fink and Rebecca Rabinowitz discuss the growing global concern over non-communicable diseases in Foreign Affairs.

Thomas Bollyky discusses the role of tobacco in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement.

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