Articles about Global Health

Washington nonprofit supporting global development tech and philanthropy to shutter after 16 years

Global Washington announced it’s closing after 16 years of supporting philanthropy, technology, businesses and academics working in global development. Read More

Bill Gates says there’s ‘no upper limit’ on AI, citing opportunity and risk

Bill Gates says there’s “no upper limit” on how intelligent AI systems will become, and warns the world needs to prepare now for the disruptions ahead. Read More

Global health backslide: Gates Foundation report links funding cuts to rising child deaths

Bill Gates and his foundation are raising the alarm over the impacts of international funding cuts for global health, including an increase in children’s deaths. Read More

PATH launches landmark AI study in Africa exploring LLMs’ potential in health diagnoses

PATH has launched the largest study of its kind in Africa, recruiting 9,000 participants to test whether artificial intelligence can… Read More

‘We will go on’: Global health nonprofit PATH navigates U.S. funding freeze from new Seattle HQ

PATH’s ribbon-cutting ceremony this week should have been purely celebratory. Instead, the global health nonprofit’s move to airy new Seattle… Read More

Grandfather-to-be Bill Gates sees world through new lens as he outlines assorted challenges

In his annual end-of-the-year essay, Bill Gates looks ahead to 2023 and the global challenges he hopes to help combat… Read More

Bill Gates predicts ‘very small numbers’ of COVID by end of 2022, takes heat for vaccine patent defense

Bill Gates predicts “the end will come” for the COVID-19 pandemic, saying in an interview on Sunday that a return… Read More

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Coronavirus and the future of vaccines: Inside the quest to develop faster responses to epidemics

As part of his work in global health, Bill Gates has warned for years about the potential for an unchecked… Read More

Bill Gates warns that coronavirus impact could be ‘very, very dramatic,’ outlines long-term solutions

Bill Gates spoke with broad optimism about the potential for technology to address some of the globe’s biggest challenges, but… Read More

Bill Gates lays out his predictions for global health during tribute to Stephen Hawking

What’s the shape of global health to come? Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates issued two hopeful predictions for the year 2040… Read More

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Bill Gates explains why putting America first means giving a damn about the rest of the world, too

With a wave of nationalism sweeping the globe, Bill Gates contends that doing right by the country starts with helping… Read More

Bill Gates says these technologies are helping to eradicate disease

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has spent 20 years and $10 billion on issues of global health. In that… Read More

Study: Global health ecosystem in Washington state is robust and growing, now employs 14,000 people

Washington state’s global health organizations employ more than 14,000 people and contributed about $8.8 billion to the state’s economy in… Read More

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How Bill Gates, a valley full of snakes and one entrepreneur took on a deadly disease

In 1996, Bill Gates read a story in the New York Times that sparked his passion for health. The story… Read More

Gates Foundation’s new research institute officially opens, targeting malaria and other global diseases

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the top forces in global health philanthropy, is embarking on a new… Read More

Zipline adds zip to medical delivery service with next-gen drone that goes 80 mph

A California-based aerial delivery venture called Zipline has unveiled what it calls “the fastest commercial delivery drone on Earth,” capable… Read More

Scientists discover antibody that prevents malaria, opening door for new treatments and vaccines

Scientists working at several institutions across the globe have identified a new antibody that protects against malaria, a potentially revolutionary… Read More

Gates Foundation’s annual letter answers ’10 tough questions’ routinely put to Bill and Melinda

This year’s annual letter from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — their 10th such correspondence with the world —… Read More

Hemex Health raises another $1.3M for lab-in-a-box that can diagnose deadly diseases

Hemex Health, a Portland, Ore.-based global health startup, has added more cash to fuel its lab-in-a-box devices that can diagnose… Read More

Intellectual Ventures’ malaria-hunting AI microscope is ready for commercial debut

SAN FRANCISCO — Can artificial intelligence help battle malaria and other infectious diseases? Intellectual Ventures CEO Nathan Myhrvold says it’s time… Read More

How Bill Gates used his ‘favorite chart of all time’ to battle Trump’s proposed foreign aid cuts

As any geek will tell you, nothing beats a good chart — and as the founder of Microsoft and one… Read More

Bill Gates calls for more data, foreign aid for global health work amid talks of huge U.S. spending cuts

As federal leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., to propose a slate of tax and spending cuts Wednesday, hundreds of experts… Read More

Microsoft launches Technology for Social Impact group, pledges to help 300k nonprofits move to the cloud

Cloud computing has quickly become an essential tool for businesses and governments across the world — but for many nonprofits… Read More

Center for Infectious Disease Research launches $11.5M project to combat ‘devastating’ drug-resistant malaria

Seattle’s Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR) announced Wednesday that it will lead a new $11.5 million research project to… Read More

Bill and Melinda Gates launch annual ‘Goalkeepers’ report to track progress toward key UN goals for 2030

Reducing global poverty and improving health is the axis around which the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation revolves — and the massive… Read More

PATH receives $120M Gates Foundation grant to fuel vaccine development across the globe

Seattle-based global health nonprofit PATH announced Wednesday that it has received a $120 million grant from the Bill and Melinda… Read More

Gates Foundation and PATH wire up health data in Africa using a novel approach

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the global health nonprofit PATH are working on a groundbreaking initiative in Africa… Read More

Zipline expands medical drone delivery to Tanzania with aid from Gates Foundation

While Amazon continues testing drone delivery systems for popcorn and other consumer goods, a startup called Zipline is expanding its… Read More

Fred Hutch unveils new research center aimed at eliminating cancers caused by infections

Cancer often seems to strike out of the blue, without warning or reason and often without a clear cause. But… Read More

Gates Foundation commits $375M to expand access to contraception, calls out Trump for cuts

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Tuesday that it has committed $375 million in funding over the next three… Read More