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A woman with long dark hair in a light blue blouse and black mask searches for something in a black tote bag as she walks past a blue sign with orange letters reading "monkeypox vaccination area"

The Monkeypox Public Health Emergency

Health law expert Lindsay Wiley outlines the legal tools the U.S. government has to respond to monkeypox

Gender
A woman walks amid a tent city set up by Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) after an earthquake in the Aegean port city of Izmir, Turkey, November 1, 2020.

An Overlooked Need In Global Emergencies

by Bahar Aldanmaz

Amplified in crises, period poverty is often overlooked in government responses

The story title comes from Shakespeare: " The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks / That flesh is heir to"—photo is of British actor Kenneth Branaugh holding a skull in the film Hamlet (1996). The photo shows the actor bathed in orange light and dressed in period garb holding a skull in a contemplative pose. GETTY IMAGES/Mondadori
Governance

The Thousand and One Natural Shocks of COVID-19

by Kevin O’Rourke, Alize Ferrari

Assessing psychological impacts of coronavirus—the second in a two-part series on the mental health burden of COVID-19

A million blooming flowers—and then some! Here a woman works inside her mustard field on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, on March 26, 2015. The photo shows a woman bending over in a field of bright yellow blossoms. REU-TERS/Danish Ismail
Governance

We Must Let a Million Flowers Bloom

by Poonam Muttreja

For India to thrive, the voluntary, non-governmental organization sector must survive

Education in Africa is being disrupted along with everything else—chickens here in a classroom converted into a poultry house because of COVID-19 in the town of Wang'uru, Kenya, on August 28, 2020. Picture shows a large gaggle of chickens inside a classroom, clucking around. One stands atop an overturned bucket. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Poverty

The Double Threat of COVID-19 in Africa

by Tom Frieden, John Nkengasong

Deaths from health-care disruptions due to COVID-19 are almost certain to outnumber deaths from the coronavirus itself

Estimated incidence per 100,000 people on November 3. Projections are based on no change in social distancing or mask use. The image shows a map of the United States colored according to each state's estimated incidence. IHME/Chris Troeger
Governance

COVID-19 Has a Strong Chance of Winning on November 3

by Christopher Troeger

Surging infection numbers suggest coronavirus cases will continue to increase in every state until the U.S. election

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reflected in a woman's eye as she watches his address to the nation following the outbreak of coronavirus in Manchester, England, on September 22, 2020. The photo shows a macro lens image of an eye with the image of the PM reflected in it. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Trade

Britain's Moral Bankruptcy Over COVID-19 Vaccines

by William A. Haseltine

Why a study set to deliberately infect people with coronavirus is unethical, unnecessary, and likely to be uninformative

An intubated patient tries to gesture at a medical worker holding his hand at the Sotiria hospital ICU during the coronavirus outbreak, in Athens, Greece, on April 25, 2020. Picture shows the hand of a patient in a hospital bed being held by the blue-gloved hand of a medical worker. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis
Poverty

Scaling up Surgery and Anesthesia, Post-Coronavirus

by Craig D. McClain, Laura Hoemeke, Natalie Sheneman

Expanding access to surgery and anesthesia globally would be a win–win for health security and universal health coverage

People wearing protective face masks wait for their rapid antigen test results outside a community center, amidst the spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, India, on September 17, 2020. The photo shows a large crowd of people from behind the bars of an iron fence. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Governance

Human Rights and the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Oluwatemilorun Adenipekun

Governments have an obligation to guarantee the continued protection of the public's rights during and after a pandemic

Students attend a class at the beginning of the school year amid fears of the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Sanaa, Yemen October 18, 2020. The photo shows a darkened classroom with several students facing the camera. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Governance

COVID-19—A Review of Community Participation

by Oluwatemilorun Adenipekun

Citizen participation can reduce damages caused by the pandemic and—crucially—help identify a sustainable path forward

Addressing pandemic preparedness after COVID-19 will require going deeper than the surface. Here a worker sanitizes surfaces inside the Inox Leisure movie theatre in Mumbai, India, October 13, 2020. The photo is striking, showing a worker spraying disinfectant wearing a blue suit descending down a theater staircase where all the seats and carpet are bright red. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni
Trade

Back to Basics After COVID-19

by Sonya Stokes

Investing in Primary Care Now Will Prepare the U.S. for the Next Pandemic

A man smokes a cigarette next to a mural of a man wearing a protective mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 30, 2020. The photo shows a man wearing a mask pulled down around his chin smoking. Next to him is a mural of a worried-looking man in a mask. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Food

COVID-19 Shows Us It's Time to Tackle Obesity and Overweight

by Katherine Leach-Kemon, Christopher Troeger, Theo Vos

Lessons and cautionary tales from the anti-smoking movement show us a way to move forward

A volunteer places American flags on the National Mall in Washington DC—representing some of the more than 200,000 lives lost in the United States to coronavirus—on September 22, 2020. The photo shows a young woman on one knee planting a small American flag in the ground. Many more can be seen blurred and out of focus in the foreground. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Governance

National Security Risks and the American Weak Link

by Ans Irfan, Cynthia Golembeski, Jonathan Williams, Ashley Bieniek-Tobasco

We should address U.S. investment choices in Public Health Infrastructure and Universal Health Care after COVID-19

[Image 16 x 9 = The prince of Denmark's anguish is apparent in this 1948 photo of Laurence Olivier (1907–1989) and Jean Simmons (1929–2010) as Hamlet and Ophelia in Olivier's filmed version of Shakespeare's play. Photo shows a distraught looking Olivier and a concerned Simmons on a sound stage in this production still. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Governance

The Thousand Natural Shocks of COVID-19

by Kevin O’Rourke, Christopher Troeger, Alize Ferrari

Assessing the psychological impacts of coronavirus—first in a two-part series on COVID-19 and its mental health burden