Yes, humanity is at a crossroads. But I’m betting on humanity. Because no challenge is greater than the power of people ...

SEATTLE (July 13, 2022) - Today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced its intent to increase its annual payout by 50% over pre-pandemic levels, to $9 billion annually by 2026—the result of ...

When I first began practicing as an obstetrician-gynecologist, I was surprised to find that most medications commonly given to pregnant women hadn’t been specifically formulated for use in pregnancy.

Amid historic foreign aid cuts, Bill Gates urges wealthy nations to invest in Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, which provides lifesaving vaccines to more than half of the world’s children SEATTLE (June 24, ...

On foundation’s 25th anniversary, Bill Gates outlines ambitious goals, inspiration for donating most of his resources and new timeline to spend-down by 2045 “There are too many urgent problems to ...

This article was originally published on Gates Notes. When I first began thinking about how to give away my wealth, I did what I always do when I start a new project: I read a lot of books. I read ...

This article originally appeared on Economist.com. In recent years a quiet but disturbing trend emerged: as countries struggled to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and other shocks, official ...

SEATTLE (January 16, 2025) – At the start of the Gates Foundation’s 25th anniversary year, its governing board approved the largest budget in its history. The foundation will operate with a budget of ...

Whether we’re paying the rent, receiving a paycheck, splitting the cost of a meal, or simply buying a coffee, people in much of the world take digital banking for granted. Everything is handled with a ...

This article originally appeared on Economist.com. When historians write about the first quarter of the 21st century, they may sum it up this way: 20 years of unprecedented progress followed by five ...

Millions of women around the world have a story like Morzina Begum’s, especially if they live in a low- or middle-income country. They have little or no access to financial tools and services, which ...

I remember the day I first experienced artificial intelligence (AI) in education. It was the late ’90s, and I was a maths teacher at a school in London described as having “challenging circumstances.” ...