Schwalbe Shows High Spirits After NY-12 Primary

Nina Schwalbe, a public health expert, thanked her team and supporters after losing the NY-12 Democratic primary nomination, reflecting on her campaign as the ‘little engine that could.’

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...Schwalbe and her volunteers have canvassed on the street, door knocked including at NYCHA housing, and promoted her campaign at green markets. Additionally, her team has garnered support through Instagram.

What are the races to watch in NYC’s June primary?

Primary Day is Tuesday for several elections in New York City. More than 170,000 New Yorkers went to the polls during the nine-day early voting period to cast their ballots. Several congressional races are on the ballot, with some incumbents facing progressive challengers and other candidates vying to succeed longtime elected officials. NY1 has the latest on “Inside City Hall.”

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Getting to know NY-12 Democratic Candidate Nina Schwalbe

New York's 12th Congressional District is the most densely populated district in the nation, and it's Democratic primary on Tuesday is receiving national headlines. Nina Schwalbe's name will be on the ballot, and she joined Adam Llorens on LiveNOW from FOX with the latest from NY-12.

Reporter's Notebook: The District 12 Election

The Congressional race is about to end. It has lessons for the country. Until recently it’s been rare that Schwalbe and Dunn have even mentioned in stories about the election, despite the fact that they bring experience and perspectives that the other candidates don’t. (Also, for what it’s worth, Schwalbe’s Instagram has been the most consistently entertaining, down to earth, and thoughtful of any of the candidates.)...

Nina Schwalbe In Run For Congress Finds These Barriers To Scientists

Public health leader Nina Schwalbe is challenging traditional candidates for a New York congressional seat, driven by concerns over public health cuts and political unresponsiveness during crises. Schwalbe, with decades of global health experience, aims to bring a scientific, problem-solving approach to Congress, where scientists are severely underrepresented. However, she faces significant hurdles common to science-based candidates. These include the immense financial demands of campaigning, the critical need for established political connections for endorsements, and the resistance from the political "machine" that often favors incumbents...

How a New York Primary Wound Up at the Center of the AI Storm

It comes as no surprise that, with Nadler stepping down, the primary to replace him in the overwhelmingly Democratic district is shaping up as a referendum on where the Democratic Party, Congress, and the nation should head. For Nina Schwalbe, a well-regarded healthcare researcher who has worked with UNICEF and USAID, this is a chance for Democrats to elect a policy expert with plans for strengthening the country’s existing public health infrastructure while advancing a practical agenda for “incrementally lowering Medicare eligibility until all Americans are covered.”

Meet the voters of New York’s 12th Congressional District

Famous, affluent, opinionated, conscious of what Gale Brewer thinks and committed to Nina Schwalbe against the odds gosh darn it! Ellen Landsberger, from the Upper West Side, shares why she's voting for Nina...

Our Public Health System has Been Severely Compromised under Trump

While Ebola is seen as a low risk disease in NY, its reemergence across Africa should cause alarm in the United States. More than half the workforce at the CDC has been dismissed in less than two years. We’re ill prepared to handle the next health emergency...

Early Voting Begins in Race to Replace Jerry Nadler

Early voting starts today (Saturday) in the race to replace longtime Congressman Jerry Nadler, who announced last year that he would retire after more than three decades representing Manhattan in Washington DC. The race has also sparked a broader conversation about who gets attention — and access — in Democratic politics. Schwalbe and Dunn ... have repeatedly raised concerns about whether fundraising, institutional support and media coverage favor better-known or better-funded candidates...

Election Q&A: Meet NY-12 Candidate Nina Schwalbe

Ahead of the election, Patch posed several questions to Schwalbe about her platform, priorities, experience, and district. See her replies in the article!

Down to the Wire: NY-12 Candidates Participate in Contentious Debate

In the last public debate before the election, five candidates, including previously excluded Nina Schwalbe squared off and tried to appeal to the huge block of undecided voters in the Democratic primary in the NY 12 Congressional District...

“Community, Diversity, Acceptance. That is Hell’s Kitchen for Me” — Nina Schwalbe’s West Side Story

As early voting approaches, Nina Schwalbe shares her West Side Story — part of a series with six of the candidates running to replace Jerry Nadler for New York’s 12th Congressional District ahead of the June 23 primary...

Who won the NY-12 debate?

"Nina Schwalbe, I would argue may have "won" the debate if you define winning as making up the most ground, opportunity, and going from A to B further than anybody else." - Errol Louis

"Nina Schwalbe, she's really standing out...There's this sense of, wow, where have you been?" - Brigid Bergin

AI foe or crypto bro? Big tech spending dominates debate for Manhattan House seat.

Former Republican-turned-anti-Trump Democrat George Conway, social media influencer and Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg and public health expert Nina Schwalbe launched their own broadsides against the two Albany lawmakers. “ I just wish you guys would stop spending money on those mailers,” Schwalbe said, referencing the millions of dollars in spending that’s poured into the race from outside groups tied to AI and crypto companies...

NY-12 debate: Lasher, Bores and Schlossberg spar over AI and Camelot

The latest debate on Spectrum cable also included dark horse progressive candidate Nina Schwalbe, a public health expert, who repeatedly stole the show with witty quips. "I'm very pleased to be here tonight with you all, with the boys," Schwalbe said, boasting that she had a poster of Knicks superstar Patrick Ewing as a teen despite being a lesbian. "I guess somebody decided there should be a mom in the room"...

NY-12 candidates split on Israel, clash over billionaire bucks in latest debate to replace Nadler

The Democratic candidates vying to succeed U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler clashed Tuesday night... Schwalbe took the most leftward position on the issue, saying, “I absolutely support the Block the Bombs Act,” while also opposing continued U.S. funding for Iron Dome... She also sharpened a critique of both Bores and Lasher, contending that passing bills is not enough. If lawmakers struggle to deliver in Albany with a Democratic Legislature and Democratic governor, she said, voters should question what they would accomplish in Washington...

Winners and Losers of Last Night's NY-12 Debate

The biggest winner of Tuesday night's NY-12 congressional debate was Nina Schwalbe, a public health expert who wasn't even invited to the first televised debate in the race to fill retiring incumbent Jerry Nadler's seat in Manhattan. Much ink has been spilled about the four other congressional candidates on the stage. But Schwalbe's straight-talking and bold zingers made the men look like a bunch of bloodless herbs...

5 Candidates Lock Horns in Debate to Replace Rep. Nadler

During a June 9 televised debate on New York 1, the candidates used their various perceived advantages to break out from the pack. Schwalbe highlighted the fact that she is a mother and cast herself as a fixer and insurgent who does not have the formal backing of the Democratic Party...

Why the Trump strategy is still going strong

When the top competitors for Rep. Jerry Nadler’s seat took the stage for Tuesday night’s NY1/WNYC debate, there was one new face: public health practitioner Nina Schwalbe. Schwalbe questioned Conway on “what you’re going to do on day two after we do impeach the president.” She pressed Lasher on a controversial plan to tear down and rebuild Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses. She interrogated Bores over his landmark AI regulation legislation, which she said was “watered down” by Hochul...

Democratic Primary Debate: NY12

"She made a point of saying she would oppose Chuck Schumer remaining the head of the Democratic Party in the Senate and asked everybody else to raise their hands if they agreed with that, and nobody did... And now the reveal... we have a significant number of people saying, hey, I didn't know about this Nina Schwalbe, but now I'm for her. As Nancy from the Upper West Side says: Nina Schwalbe was a complete unknown to me and I felt she was head and shoulders above the four others."...

Full Debate: Five Democratic candidates spar in NY-12 debate

Five Democratic candidates in the June primary vying for New York's 12th Congressional District faced off in a 90-minute debate Tuesday on Spectrum News NY1. Only five candidates, who all met Spectrum News NY1’s fundraising criteria, participated including public health expert and advocate Nina Schwalbe...

The District 12 Candidate Nobody Is Talking About

If you live uptown, you might have run into her chatting with voters at a neighborhood Greenmarket or in front of Zabar’s, or seen one of her posters in a storefront window. But she’s gotten little media attention and few endorsements. “Our democracy is in deep trouble,” says Nina Schwalbe, “from vaccines to abortion to science, to SNAP, to rule of law.”...

Alliance 4 American Leadership: Live with Congressional Candidate Nina Schwalbe

A4AL is proud to endorse former USAID leader Nina Schwalbe for Congress! Watch the Alliance for American Leadership’s interview with her below...

At Hell’s Kitchen Forum, NY-12 Candidates are Pressed on West Side Challenges

Four Democrats running to replace Congressman Jerry Nadler were pressed Tuesday night on some of the West Side’s most important local issues... In the conversation on election financing, Schwalbe noted that every mailer you get costs $1.25-$2.00, and each text 3.5 cents, before adding, “By the way, if you get a text message from me, it’s actually from me, so please don’t write back ‘Stop.’”...

Nina Schwalbe: Why I’m running for Congress this year

When Congress starts to rebuild what this administration destroyed, New Yorkers need someone who has actually run large government systems and can look at an agency budget and know if they're asking for the right amount or spending it in the right places. That's not an Albany politician or a celebrity. That representative is me...

Behind the Campaign: Nina Schwalbe

This first-time candidate for political office, running a grass-roots campaign for a Congressional seat in New York City's 12th District, reveals the challenges she faces with media coverage, money, and more...

These Are the House Districts to Watch in New York This Primary Season

Congressional primaries in Manhattan, Brooklyn and beyond could test the strength of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s socialist movement and reverberate across the country... Nina Schwalbe, a public health leader and global vaccine expert is running...

Who’s running for NY-12? Full list of candidates vying for 2026 election

Congressman Jerry Nadler has served New York’s 12th congressional district for three decades, and now nearly a dozen candidates are vying for his seat in 2026. Nina Schwalbe is an American public health researcher who ... is primarily focused on public health and would propose lowering the cost of drug prices as well as expanding Medicare and Medicaid...

Trump Faces WORLD CUP DISASTER as MAJOR CRISIS GROWS!!!

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the FIFA World Cup crisis that Donald Trump created as he continues to ruin everything he gets involved in and Meiselas speaks with Democratic Congressional Candidate and Public Health expert Nina Schwalbe about the public health crisis Trump crated in the United States right before the World Cup...

WNYC’s THE BRIAN LEHRER SHOW

WNYC and NY1 will co-host a debate with the candidates in the NY-12 Democratic primary race to replace US Representative Jerry Nadler on Tuesday, June 9 at 7pm. Participating candidates include scientist Nina Schwalbe...

In the Race to Replace Jerry Nadler, Dunn and Schwalbe Challenge the Boys’ Club Narrative

International public health expert Nina Schwalbe and civil rights attorney Laura Dunn have been frequently ignored or left out, despite the fact that each brings different and, in some cases, more experience than the others, and are polling not far behind Conway. Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal did the same, even after interviewing Schwalbe...

Street Chat: Nina Schwalbe for Congress

Nina Schwalbe is running for Congress: "I Citibike and I subway. What we need is green space in this city, that is part of health and mental health." Watch Nina bike around Central Park with Alex Duncan while discussing the things that matter...

W42ST Reader Survey Shows Lasher Leading NY-12 Race, with Bores Second — but Many Voters are Still in Play

A W42ST reader survey of 430 respondents shows Micah Lasher leading the Democratic primary race to replace longtime Congressman Jerry Nadler — with a significant bloc of readers still undecided. George Conway, the lawyer and anti-Trump commentator, received 10.5 percent, followed by public health expert Nina Schwalbe at 9.1 percent, Jack Schlossberg at 7.2 percent...

WHO Raises Ebola Risk Level to Very High

"The WHO provides the global background for US disease preparedness. In public health, people only pay attention when things break down and the WHO's response to the Ebola outbreak was hobbled by the US withdrawal and defunding. This doesn't make Americans safer and as a result, we learn about diseases through twitter..."

The Left Has No Easy Choice in NY-12

The only candidate in the race running explicitly on the Left is Nina Schwalbe. Her campaign has struggled to catch fire in a post-Citizens United world in which no level playing field exists, and competition requires huge sums of cash. The resulting competitive race between only white men feels almost too on-the-nose as a representation of Trump-era social regression...

The Candidate Trying to Fight Past the Boys Club Vying for Retiring Rep. Nadler's seat

In the deep blue confines of Manhattan's 12th Congressional District, four men are usually considered the leading contenders to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler. Then there's Nina Schwalbe, a public health professional with a long-standing connection to the district who has been fighting to break into the crowded race ahead of the Democratic primary in June...

Who Will Replace Jerry Nadler? Meet the Six Candidates W42ST Readers are Watching in NY-12

For the first time in more than three decades, Manhattan’s 12th Congressional District is facing an open race. Nina Schwalbe is a public health expert whose campaign centers on health care, pandemic preparedness, housing, climate, democracy reform, immigration and economic justice...

US Ebola Spending Plunged 99% in Five Years Since Last Outbreak

“This is what happens when you defund the public health systems designed to keep us safe,” said Nina Schwalbe, a senior scholar at Georgetown University’s Center for Global Health Policy & Politics, who helped establish USAID’s Covid-19 vaccine access initiative...

‘We’re not ready’: US lags on pandemic preparedness after Covid, experts say

Officials also need to get better at communicating uncertainty, said Nina Schwalbe. “We say things too simply, and then people lose their trust.” But people can handle uncertainty “because the world is an uncertain place”, she said...

Inside Jack Schlossberg’s Chaotic Campaign to Revive Camelot

At a recent candidate forum, for example, the candidates were asked to name their top accomplishments in public service. Ms. Schwalbe said she had distributed 500 million Covid-19 vaccines; another candidate discussed helping launch a ferry service in the East River.

Inside Jack Schlossberg’s Chaotic Campaign to Revive Camelot

At a recent candidate forum, for example, the candidates were asked to name their top accomplishments in public service. Ms. Schwalbe said she had distributed 500 million Covid-19 vaccines; another candidate discussed helping launch a ferry service in the East River...

Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg opposes military support for Israel, claims US already lost war in Iran

Candidate Nina Schwalbe said she also supported a US ban on selling weaponry to Israel. “The destruction in Gaza is unacceptable. I’m ashamed America has supported it,” she said...

What do Democratic candidates running for New York’s 12th Congressional District have in store for theater community if elected?

Next month, the Democratic primary takes center stage, and a handful of hopefuls are vying to replace retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler in New York’s 12th Congressional District. Their hopeful territory also happens to include New York’s vibrant theater community...

Four Men Are in the Back of a Taxi. Where Are the Women?

A high-profile New York congressional race is full of qualified women candidates. As ever, they’ve been left out of the frame. When four men are framed as the candidates to watch, it reinforces the idea that leadership looks a certain way — and that anything outside of that frame is peripheral...

At Jewish forum, NY-12 candidates wrestle with anti-Zionism and antisemitism.

Just across town from an anti-Israel protest the night before, Democratic candidates for Congress gathered at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue on the Upper West Side...

Candidates vying to represent Upper West Side in Congress in heated forum.

A forum for candidates running to represent New York’s 12th Congressional District in the House turned unexpectedly spicy when front-runners Jack Kennedy Schlossberg and Micah Lasher began trading barbs. Asked at one point if she had anything to add, Nina Schwalbe, a public health researcher, who has long led international vaccine efforts, said, “No. I’m happy to watch the boys fight"...

Met Opera patrons warned of measles exposure after La Bohème matinee

Opera lovers who caught a matinee of La Bohème at the Metropolitan Opera House last month later received emails from the Met Opera letting them know that one of their fellow attendees had measles, the opera house has confirmed... “There is a balance between panic and responsible public health,” Schwalbe said. “That's where it really depends on the details of the case”...

12 Questions with the Underdogs of New York’s 12th Congressional District Race

Nina Schwalbe, Public Health ’93, is a sixth-generation New Yorker and public health leader who has long focused on vaccine distribution and health care equity. Schwalbe’s other work has included negotiating lower prices for cervical cancer vaccines and championing the recognition of same-sex couples working at the United Nations...

Artificial intelligence for research capacity strengthening: Two reviews and a pathway to shift power in global health

Global health research has been shaped by inequalities rooted in colonial legacies. Researchers in wealthier countries have, in general, led the establishment of research priorities and knowledge generation. Artificial intelligence tools are rapidly changing how research is done...

Explosive measles outbreaks are a sign of things to come

The immediate priorities are clear: restore a truly independent Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices, reinstate the CDC and NIH staff and funding that form the backbone of American public health, and reverse the defunding of our global disease surveillance systems. These are not partisan demands. They are the minimum requirements for a functioning public health system...

Nina Schwalbe discusses her bid for Jerry Nadler's congressional seat 

On the campaign trail, Schwalbe is bringing a different kind of experience to the race: public health expertise. Schwalbe has made her scientific background a cornerstone of her run for Congress. She joins NY1 political anchor Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” to make her case for the seat. 

Meet a candidate in contentious NY congressional race

Democratic candidate Nina Schwalbe joins PIX on Politics Daily with Dan Mannarino to discuss her platform focused primarily on health care. Nina, herself, is a public health expert who worked on the country’s COVID-19 response under the Biden Administration.

Public health takes center stage in US midterm campaigns: ‘It’s already been politicized’

“The Trump administration has taken an axe to our health and our rights,” said Nina Schwalbe, a public health leader who is running to represent New York’s 12th congressional district. “This is nothing short of malice, neglect and ignorance.”

Nina Schwalbe: global health advocate running for US Congress

Profile, in one of the world's oldest and most prestigious medical journals highlights Schwalbe’s extraordinary career in global health and her urgent call to restore scientific expertise and evidence-based leadership to the U.S. Congress. The profile details Schwalbe's work leading vaccine procurement and delivery programs that reached more than 100 countries.

District Twelve's Candidate Interview with Public Health Advocate Nina Schwalbe

"Nina Schwalbe is a public health practitioner and advocate who is running for Congress in New York’s Twelfth District. I spoke to her last week for my podcast District Twelve, which you can check out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or right here on this page"...

Who’s Running to Replace Jerry Nadler? 7 People and Counting

How many people does it take to fill Representative Jerrold Nadler’s shoes? Technically one, but the number of Democrats fighting to succeed him, now that he has announced that he will not seek re-election, is far higher. Amid nationwide upticks in measles and other viral diseases, Nina Schwalbe, a vaccine scientist and public health researcher, felt drawn to run to fight Mr. Trump’s public health policy agenda.

A WSR Conversation With Candidate Nina Schwalbe in the Race to Represent the UWS in Congress

WSR: Hi Nina, let’s start here. This is your first time running for political office, why was this the right moment and right race to do so?

Schwalbe: There’s no time to waste in changing what’s happening in Washington D.C. I’m a public health expert and advocate, and on Day 1, this current administration destroyed public health, both at home and abroad. Nobody in Congress was standing up for it...

The Race at the Center of Everything

Although the less well-known candidates (those outside of the Lasher, Bores, Schlossberg trio) will be hard pressed to accumulate a critical mass of attention between now and June 23rd. Dr. Nina Schwalbe, particularly to those unfamiliar with her campaign, stole the show on multiple answers, offering interesting and nuanced perspectives on public health...

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Pandemic preparedness

The World Health Organization has doubled down on the May 2026 deadline for an annex on the pandemic agreement. It would be a mistake for negotiators to seek “consensus for the sake of consensus,” said Nina Schwalbe, senior scholar at Georgetown University’s Center for Global Health Policy and Politics.

State Forward

The World Health Organization has welcomed a pointed move by California, New York, and Illinois to join its Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, or GOARN — even as the U.S. government in Washington, D.C., steps back from the U.N. health agency. Nina Schwalbe warns that this isn’t a substitute for national leadership. “There is no viable workaround to a functioning CDC partnering with the rest of the world through WHO,” she says.

Nine Democrats Take the Stage - and the Fight to Succeed Nadler Begins

The two-hour forum — jointly hosted by Broadway Democrats, Hell’s Kitchen Democrats and Columbia University College Democrats — drew a crowd that packed the venue, plus another 400 viewers on Zoom. Near the end of the evening, Schwalbe — a public health professional who helped lead the Biden Administration’s global vaccine effort — said she wished public health had received more attention. “Every time I sit in our subway system in New York I think, ‘We’re screwed.’ We’re not ready for the next pandemic.” If elected, she added, “I will be the only Democrat in Congress with a PhD in public health.”

Nina Schwalbe, public health scientist and vaccine superstar, is running for Congress.
If she wins, she will be the only Democratic member of Congress with a PhD in public health.

“I’m Nina Schwalbe, and I’m running for Congress, and I’m everything Donald Trump warned you about,” she said.

When she heard Jerry Nadler’s seat in her district, New York’s 12th, was up for grabs—she’s a sixth generation New Yorker, born and bred—Nina made a decision that not many with her background and credentials would make: she would run for Congress.

ANTI-ICE IN NY-12

Several of the Democrats running to succeed Nadler showed at a Wednesday candidates forum that they’re on the same page when it comes to the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement tactics: They want ICE abolished.

“We’ve got to abolish ICE. We can’t reform it, we’ve got to abolish it,” said Nina Schwalbe, a public health researcher.

Power on display in Davos, but does dialogue wield any of it? What to expect at this week's World Economic Forum in Davos. Plus, one health leader announces her bid for U.S. Congress, while another criticizes the state of Nigeria's health system

From health to House. Nina Schwalbe, a long-time global public health leader, is running for Congress in New York’s 12th Congressional District, pitching herself as a candidate with real-world experience at a moment she says demands new leadership.

Schwalbe argues on LinkedIn that federal systems meant to keep people safe — and the guardrails of democracy itself — are under threat...

Trump announces withdrawal from 66 global organisations

On Jan 7, 2026, US President Donald Trump issued a presidential memorandum announcing the country’s withdrawal from 66 “organizations, conventions, and treaties [that] are contrary to the interests of the United States”. These include 31 UN and 35 non-UN organisations, several related to global health. Nina Schwalbe, CEO of Spark Street Advisors and Senior Scholar at Georgetown’s Center for Global Health Policy and Politics, called it “a huge blow”...

My best friend is running for Congress

My best friend is running for Congress in New York City. These things happen.

I’ve known her more than 40 years and we’ve been close all that time. She has lived all over the world, while I’ve mostly been hunkered down in Washington DC. But our paths overlapped physically and professionally. Now, I’m following her–figuratively–on this newest adventure.

NYC public school hosts Mamdani's political pick, flouting policy

NY-12 NODS: The influential Democratic clubs of New York’s 12th District will help determine the outcome of the packed primary to succeed retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler.

Several clubs are set to cohost a candidates' forum next week.

The primary is expected to be one of the most expensive in the state.

Democrat Nina Schwalbe, Public Health Leader, Takes on DC's Political Establishment as She Files to Run in NY-12 Primary

Nina is a renowned public health leader, vaccine scientist and advocate who has focused her career on fixing broken systems so people can live better, healthier and more affordable lives.

Democrat Nina Schwalbe, Public Health Leader, Takes on DC's Political Establishment as She Files to Run in NY-12 Primary

Driven by the recklessness of the current administration and the failure of the political establishment to stop it, New York health expert and activist Nina Schwalbe has declared herself as a candidate for the open Congressional seat in NY-12.

Morning Digest: Louisville's Democratic mayor faces a rematch with progressive challenger

"The destruction of the public health system is dangerous now and it will get worse,” Schwalbe told Straus News. “I’m a lifelong New Yorker, and I think there is space for people who have experience outside elected office.”

Exclusive: Health Activist Nina Schwalbe Enters Race to Replace Congressman Nadler

Health expert and community activist Nina Schwalbe is the latest candidate to toss her hat into the crowded race to succeed Jerry Nadler in Congress. She says the attacks on the public healthcare system by the Trump administration is a motivating factor. “The destruction of the public health system is dangerous now and it will get worse,” she warned in an exclusive interview with Straus News.

Exclusive: Health Activist Nina Schwalbe Enters Race to Replace Congressman Nadler

"Washington is systematically dismantling our democracy, putting New York, America, and the world at risk, and Congress is failing to stop it,” says Schwalbe. “This administration is fueling disinformation, propagates false science, and has cut even the most basic services."

Exclusive: Health Activist Nina Schwalbe Enters Race to Replace Congressman Nadler

“My family has lived in District 12 for six generations. I grew up and gave birth to my two sons here. I cared for my parents as they died here. District 12 is my home,” said Schwalbe.

Who's Running to Replace Jerry Nadler? 10 People and Counting.

How many people does it take to fill Representative Jerrold Nadler’s shoes? Technically one, but the number of Democrats fighting to succeed him, now that he has announced that he will not seek re-election, is far higher.

Why is the US pulling out of 31 U.N. groups? And what's the impact?

President Trump's executive order to withdraw the United States from 66 international organizations, agencies and commissions is reverberating across the globe. Many people who work in the international arena are parsing the order and working to understand the implications and impact.

What’s In — and What’s Missing — in the New U.S. Strategy for Global Health

"The private sector is all over this document. There's a lot of lip service to more efficient, etc. But really, this is about outsourcing to the private sector."

WHO formally adopts pandemic agreement after three years of negotiation

Nina Schwalbe, the founder of global health think tank Spark Street Advisors, described the treaty as “a landmark agreement… that will make countries better prepared for the next pandemic”.

Are Donald Trump and US politics bringing global health to its knees?

"Until recently, the USA provided about 30% of global health funding. It was dominant in supplying HIV/AIDS medication and funded a major part of medical research. Much of this has now stopped with Donald Trump restricting gender affirming care, withdrawing from the WHO and holding funds from USAID - and the list goes on."

WHO members reach deal on how the world would tackle future pandemics

"This is a historic moment and a show, that with or without the U.S., countries are committed to working together and to the power of multilateralism," Nina Schwalbe, the founder of global health think tank Spark Street Advisors, told Reuters.

Countries Agree on Treaty Aimed at Preventing Global Health Crises

“It shows that with or without the U.S., the world can pull together for global health, and a recognition that pandemics require global solidarity,” said Nina Schwalbe, a global health consultant who has held leadership roles in U.S. and international organizations and who followed the negotiations closely. “They pushed past their red lines and they got to agreement. That’s no easy feat for 191 states. And there’s a lot in there. It’s maybe not as strong as we wanted on many issues, but there’s lots to build on.”

Countries reach ‘historic’ agreement to tackle future pandemics, WHO says

“This is a historic moment and a show, that with or without the US, countries are committed to working together and to the power of multilateralism,” Nina Schwalbe the founder of global health think tank Spark Street Advisors, told Reuters.

Global health in crisis: a conversation with Nina Schwalbe

"The US provides 40% of international development assistance globally and about 30% in health. … The payment system has frozen, and the people who would need to turn it back on no longer work there. … There was a lot of pushback from activists that you can't stop HIV treatment midstream. … We don't have the CDC in the discussion anymore. They're not even in the room. … It's not if, it's when we have the next pandemic, and it may be here already. … These people have spent their whole life trying to make the world a better place, and in one email, they were fired."

World Health Organization Urges Trump to Reconsider Exit

President makes second attempt to leave UN health agency. Experts say decision could undermine health security worldwide.

What a debt ceiling breach could mean for health care

Health care experts warn that the impact of the U.S. breaching the debt limit could be stark.