UNAIDS report warns HIV progress at risk as U.S. funding cuts take hold The UNAIDS annual report warns that Trump-era HIV funding cuts could lead to 6 million more infections and 4 million deaths by 2029 — as low-income countries struggle to fill the gap.
The hidden cost of oil: Families fractured by a pipeline project As the 900-mile East African Crude Oil Pipeline project takes shape in Uganda, there is the promise of economic benefit. But it's shaking up the lives of some 100,000 people. Willem Marx
Study: 14 million lives could be lost due to Trump aid cuts A new study looks at lives saved by USAID in the past and what the future without the agency will look like. Jonathan Lambert
Farewell to USAID: Reflections on the agency that President Trump dismantled July 1 is the official end date for the agency that President Trump dismantled. We talk to four former top officials about this milestone event. Ari Daniel
In effort to protect children, France bans smoking at parks and beaches Smokers are no longer allowed to light up in public parks, at swimming pools, or at beaches, or "anywhere children may be present," said French health and family minister Catherine Vautrin. Eleanor Beardsley
Hard to imagine a worse time to deport Afghan refugees, human rights advocates say There were 71,000 deportations in the first half of June alone, according to U.N. estimates. These Afghan refugees are returning to a country in the throes of a humanitarian crisis. Ruchi Kumar
How many kids go to work instead of school? They toil in mines, tend crops, scrub floors. An author of a new report on child labor points to great progress in reducing the number of kids who work but says the numbers remain "unacceptable." Fatma Tanis
The good news (154 million deaths avoided) and bad news about childhood vaccines A new study points out success stories — and potential obstacles — to bringing vaccines to the world's children. Gabrielle Emanuel
This abortion method doesn't involve doctors — and many of them consider it safe A growing body of research demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of self-managed abortion with pills, coupled with the global pandemic in 2020 and the fall of Roe in 2022, has many U.S. doctors changing their views. Abby Wendle
Photos: How torn pictures and trusted herbs create healing in Colombia Conflict has sewn trauma in the western region of Colombia. Doctors Without Borders is working with local healers and health care professionals to come up with ways to help heal the psychic wounds. Diane Cole
