Russia's Shadow on Global Health, Ukrainian Culture as Medicine, and Hong Kong's COVID-19 Wave
Russia's Shadow on Global Health, Ukrainian Culture as Medicine, and Hong Kong's COVID-19 Wave
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January 16, 2025 
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Editors' Note It has been a hard week. We are shaken by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. We are heartbroken by the death of Paul Farmer. Our writers try to make sense of the events of the last seven days. We share an analysis on how the Ukraine-Russia conflict darkens the future of global health. A list of Ukrainian books and movies clarifies the context for what's happening in Eastern Europe. We interview the dean of the medical school at the University of Hong Kong, who discusses the soaring COVID-19 cases in the region. Another article reports on how countries transitioning away from zero-COVID strategies are coping. And an op-ed by Ali H. Mokdad and Christopher Murray, from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, calls out blind spots at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the need for reform at the U.S. health agency.
As always, thank you for reading, and be well. —Thomas J. Bollyky and Mary Brophy Marcus, Editors
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