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In the battered streets of Gaza, the air is thick with despair. Families, stripped of their livelihoods due to the conflict, now plead for the most basic needs. Aid workers offer one of the few lifelines left for these families, but now they too are getting caught in the crossfire. The protection of these workers goes beyond safeguarding lives; it is directly tied to the delivery and distribution of vital supplies among a starving population.

A growing number of elderly women find themselves grappling with escalating health care expenses while burdened by financial decisions that disproportionately impact them

"Climate action and peace go together."

While it is hard to quantify the number of victims of this covert crime, according to 2021 global estimates, there were 27.6 million victims trapped in forced labor on any given day

Relying solely on traditional refugee resettlement is risky.

The Public Voices Fellowship has helped UT professors publish writing about the U.S Mexico border, climate change, and book bans for nine years.

Professor Dorceta Taylor discussed early  environmentalists whose contributions often go unrecognized at a recent panel discussion at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. The panel was held in conjunction with a new exhibition featuring Taylor and other individuals who have shaped the U.S. environmental movement from the mid-nineteenth century conservation efforts to today’s focus on climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental justice.

PEPFAR provided $100 billion over two decades to support HIV care globally, including antiretrovirals to 20.1 million people living with HIV; 25 million lives were saved.

In Sacramento County, homelessness has increased by 67% since 2019; one in seven people experiencing homelessness today are younger than 24.

With the term “medical gaslighting” we’ve finally named medicine’s gender problem, but it’s time to get clear about the seriousness of this form of gender bias, writes Diane O’Leary.