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The Ebola Outbreak Is a Test of International Health Cooperation

Analysis
by Joshua Busby

As the virus spreads, the United States is turning inward. Can the international community contain the outbreak without Washington?

Workers load World Health Organization (WHO) emergency supplies onto a United Nations plane in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, May 20, 2026, headed for Congo to combat the Ebola outbreak in Ituri province.
Andrew Kasuku / AP
Global Health

Where Does Global Health Go from Here?

Analysis
by Olufunmilayo (Funmi) Olopade

“This moment calls for us to reimagine the possibilities,” Dr. Olufunmilayo I. Olopade tells the Council.

A health worker administers a dose of the measles vaccine in Chapultepec Park in Mexico City, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026.
Marco Ugarte / AP
Global Health

2025 Global Leadership Award Honorees

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Global Insight by The Council

The Council will honor The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, former prime minister of Canada; Tanya and Michael Polsky; and Regina Cross, a Council Emerging Leaders alumna, at its annual Global Leadership Awards Dinner on October 29.

The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, former prime minister of Canada; Tanya and Michael Polsky; and Regina Cross, Council Emerging Leaders alumna Global Economy

Investing in Communities Through Public Health

Video Series
EL Alumni Impact

We spoke with Council Emerging Leaders Program alum Yamilé Molina about engaging with the power of every patient.

Yamilé Molina delivering a speech to a classroom. Global Health

The Global Order Got over COVID-19 Pretty Quickly

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"Rather than changing the global order, COVID-19 was more a reflection and product of that order," Paul Poast writes.

A woman wearing a face mask waits to receive a coronavirus vaccine
Oded Balilty / AP
Global Health

What Dismantling USAID Could Mean Locally and Nationally

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WTTW
Catherine Bertini

Distinguished Fellow Catherine Bertini joins Chicago Tonight to discuss the impacts of the USAID freeze, particularly on global hunger and health.

Catherine Bertini speaks on Chicago Tonight US Foreign Policy

What Trump's Recent Executive Orders Mean for US Foreign Policy

In the News
CBS News Chicago
Paul Poast

Paul Poast unpacks the implications of the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization.

Paul Poast appears on CBS via video US Foreign Policy

Advocates espouse compounding benefit of immigrant health coverage

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ChicagoGlobal by Jon Asplund

The Healthy Illinois Campaign unveiled a new data review by UIC that lays out the benefits that ripple out from providing health insurance to the uninsured.

Two people hold hands, one wearing an orange hospital bracelet.
Jon Tyson
Global Health

From pollution to solutions: How global cities are tackling poor air quality

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ChicagoGlobal by Renata Sago

As Chicago and other global cities increasingly grapple with poor air quality, solutions to the problem vary by location.

Woman bicycling against the Chicago skyline blanketed in haze from Canadian wildfires
AP Photos
Global Cities

Underground climate change is slowly sinking Chicago and cities across the globe

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ChicagoGlobal by Nicole L. Cvetnic

We know Venice is sinking. What about Chicago, which accounts for about 234 square miles of land?

An aerial view of Chicago
AP Photos
Global Cities