Laurie Garrett says the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has "launched a tsunami of panic that has spread further worldwide than the real tsunami that devastated much of Japan on March 11."

Yanzhong Huang says China's engagement in international health and development assistance demonstrates that it is far more generous than its critics suggest, but China can do its part to dispel misunderstandings.

Amity Shlaes criticizes the anti-vaccine movement.

Isobel Coleman discusses the feminization of AIDS in Africa and two recent studies that offer hope for prevention.

Peter Navario discusses the looming resurgence of an HIV epidemic in Zimbabwe.

Peter Navario and Scott Rosenstein discuss how enhancement of global vaccine access to low and middle-income countries is in the interests of the United States.

Laurie Garrett and Dana March point out that vaccinations against influenza do not mrerely protect the population from the virus itself but that they have significant long term health benefits that should not be ignored.

Amity Shlaes argues that both Democrats and Republicans are guilty of hypocrisy when discussing end-of-life care in the health care debate.

Peter Navario writes, "the status quo is not likely to change until PEPFAR creates an incentive for partners to devote more resources and attention to patients already on treatment."

Laurie A. Garrett argues that in handling pandemics, "governments should only set up action and threat assessment systems that are flexible, and useful."

Michael J.Gerson discusses the American AIDS crisis.

Michael Gerson criticizes the Obama administration's decision to ask the coordinator of PEPFAR to step down.

Richard Holbrooke and Laurie Garrett, write about the concept of “viral sovereignty,” an “extremely dangerous idea” that asserts that deadly viruses are the sovereign property of individual nations. Fueled by self-destructive, anti-Western sentiments, this concept is slowly gaining traction and poses a real threat to global health.

Laurie Garrett argues that our focus in the fight against AIDS should not be to create a multibillion dollar industry that only treats the disease. Instead, our resources need to be geared towards finding a long-term cure that can stop the spread of the virus permanantly.

The passage of the President’s Plan for AIDS Relief has highlighted the ability of Congressmen such as Joe Biden and Tim Coburn to work towards bipartisan progress in a branch of government that is otherwise overwhelmed by cynicism and bitterness, writes Michael Gerson.

We are now several months into the global food crisis. Food prices have almost doubled in three years, threatening to push 100 million people into absolute poverty, undoing much of the development progress of the past few years. The new hunger has triggered riots from Haiti to Egypt to Ethiopia, threatening political stability; it has conjured up a raft of protectionist policies, threatening globalization. Yet, Sebastian Mallaby argues that the response to this crisis from governments the world over has been lackadaisical or worse.

Michael Gerson considers the motives of seven senators who are blocking the passage of an A.I.D.S. relief bill, asking “How much do seven members of the U.S. Senate weigh?”

Laurie Garrett discusses the confluence of health crises, including bird flu, climate changes and energy and food costs, in Bangladesh.

Five years ago, one could not drive across Lusaka without being slowed by regular funeral processions. No longer, says Michael Gerson.