As the year comes to a close, we are taking a look back at the top global health innovation stories and news that shaped 2019.

On February 15, President Trump signed into law a bipartisan spending bill—averting another partial government shutdown and ensuring full-year funding for the government for the remainder of fiscal year 2019. The months-long saga ended with some great news for global health and research and development.

President Trump signed into law a spending bill that pairs full-year fiscal year (FY) 2019 funding for Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) and Defense with a stopgap measure to keep other agencies funded through December—staving off a partial government shutdown on the eve of the end of the fiscal year. Here’s a breakdown of how global health and medical research funding fared.

What global health R&D advocates need to know about the 2018 omnibus spending bill.

2018 is shaping up to be another important year for US policy related to global health and medical research. As Congress returns for a busy work session and the White House continues to roll out policy reforms, here are the top five issues GHTC will be following in 2018.

As the year comes to an end, GHTC is reflecting on the top stories in global health innovation that made news in 2017.

On Tuesday, the Trump Administration released its full fiscal year 2018 budget proposal. This budget proposes significant cuts to programs that support global health and medical research at the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the US Agency for International Development.

What global health R&D advocates need to know about the FY2017 budget agreement.

What global health advocates need to know about the President's "skinny" budget.

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

After a five week recess, members of Congress returned to their Capitol Hill offices on Tuesday night.

Last week, we reported on exciting policy language included in the Senate Department of Defense appropriations legislation, and earlier this summer, the House and Senate State and Foreign Operations bills also included recognition of the role that new technologies could play in advancing global health.

Earlier this month, we reported that both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees included language supporting global health research and development (R&D) in their reports concerning funding for the Department of State, foreign operations and related programs.

While lawmakers battled it out on the field last week during the annual Congressional Baseball Game (Democrats won for the sixth year in a row!), they found something they could join together on as the House Appropriations Committee easily approved the State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee’s (SFOPS) appropriations bill on Tuesday afternoon.

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

As the DC summer kicks into full swing, Congress has had a busy month moving forward fiscal year (FY) 2015 funding legislation for a variety of government programs including global health research and development (R&D).

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Yesterday, the White House released President Obama’s much-anticipated budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2015.

As 2014 gets into full swing, the GHTC is looking ahead to many exciting developments on both the global health research and development (R&D) and policy landscapes: