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A man stands in front of a burning barricade during a protest against the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in Cap-Haitien, Haiti on July 22, 2021.

Pandemic Protests: When Unrest and Instability Go Viral

by Samantha Kiernan, Bayan Galal, Serena Tohme, Thomas J. Bollyky

Ensuring health security is essential for maintaining national security

Urbanization
Painting of the Staten Island Quarantine Facility—built in 1799 to care for yellow fever patients, where by the 1850s all passengers from newly arrived ships with signs of a disease were quarantined. The image is an oil painting showing a bustling waterway with lots of tall ships with sails lowered and smaller vessels ferrying cargo to them. GETTY IMAGES/Keith Lance

Plague Ships, Shotgun Mobs, and the "Saffron Scourge"

by Jason Socrates Bardi, Caroline Kantis

Recalling the massive, deadly New Orleans yellow fever epidemic of 1878—and what lessons it holds for coronavirus today

Cuban doctors receive Cuban and Italian flags during a farewell ceremony before departing to Italy to assist, amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus in Havana, Cuba, on March 21, 2020. the photo shows doctors lined up taking flags of Italy and cuba. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
Migration

Medical Diplomacy—Lessons From Cuba

by Hannah Todd

COVID-19 is a chance to design more efficient, equitable, and ethical health care responses during a crisis