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Chinese scientists and officials wait at the Hubei Animal Epidemic Disease Prevention and Control Center during a visit with a World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of COVID-19, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, on February 2, 2021.

Revisiting the Origin Story of COVID-19

by Erin M. Sorrell, Julie E. Fischer

And why lab security in the age of COVID should be a priority

Governance
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

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

A pharmacist holds a medicine containing chlorine dioxide at the Farmacia Boliviana, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cochabamba, Bolivia, on July 21, 2020. The photo shows a man wearing a mask holding up a wine glass filled with a bright yellow liquid. REUTERS/Danilo Balderrama
Poverty

A Wake-Up Call Both Brutal and Urgent

by Tamara Hafner, Javier Guzman

For faster medical product access in low- and middle-income countries, make long-term investments in regulatory systems

Health-care workers, nurses, and doctors, protesting under the movement called "Take Care of Care" during the coronavirus crisis, at the MontLegia CHC Hospital in Liege, Belgium, on May 15, 2020. The photo shows a large number of health workers standing together and holding up a heart symbol above their heads. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Governance

Collateral Damage of the U.S. Withdrawal from the WHO: Frontline Responders

by Sonya Stokes

Retreating from WHO in the middle of a pandemic dishonors and endangers health-care workers at home and around the globe

A funeral worker wears a face mask with an illustration of Jesus, outside Los Ceibos hospital amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 15, 2020. The photo shows the worker in protective head covering and mask. on his mask is an image of Jesus with a rainbow colors on his robe. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos
Urbanization

Religion and COVID-19—Keeping Faith in the Battle Against Coronavirus

by Samantha Kiernan, Lily Cohen

Faith leaders and their organizations can and should serve as crucial allies in the fight against COVID-19—and many are

Youtubers wearing masks of pigs film a video at a shopping district, which has fewer people than usual amid the coronavirus outbreak in Tokyo, Japan, on May 19, 2020. The photo shows two people wearing pig masks and dark suits standing with clear plastic umbrellas open. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Food

Coronavirus and America's Food Supply

by Edward Mack

Swift action to ensure worker safety, robust food inspections, and sustained supply chains should be top U.S. priorities

Migrant worker Cesar Lopez works the fields amid an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Salinas Valley, California, on March 30, 2020. Picture shows Cesar working with a hoe in his hand. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Food

COVID-19 and America’s Migrant Workforce

by Meighan Stone, Haydn Welch

Need health care and groceries? Congress should protect the immigrant workforce—even if the Trump Administration won't

A woman walks past an artwork by Athina Robie depicting Aids awareness ribbons at an exhibition inside Athens, Greece, Syntagma metro station marking World Aids Day on December 1, 2005. The photo shows a blurred figure walking past a mural with lots of multi-colored AIDS ribbons, reminiscent of an Andy Warhol. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis
Governance

What the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Can Teach Us About COVID-19

by Magdalene K. Walters

The impacts of stigma, fear, and bureaucracy in emerging epidemics

Cooking jackets are laid down and displayed as part of a COVID-19 protest by workers of the cafe and restaurant business demanding more help from the government in Brussels, Belgium, on May 7, 2020. The photo shows an array of shirts, mostly white but a few black ones, laid out over thousands of square feet of a lawn. It's a striking photo. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Poverty

A Call for Global Solidarity

by Amanda McClelland

If COVID-19 has taught anything, it's that we are one world—and a world where many places need money and technical help

Health care workers wheel the bodies of deceased people from the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center during the coronavirus outbreak in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on April 4, 2020. The photo shows two people in blue protective suits wheeling people away from a hospital entrance. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Urbanization

I Am an ER Doctor in New York City

by Vineet Kumar Sharma

The unseen mental and emotional cost of the COVID-19 pandemic—chronicled in the journals of one emergency physician

Physician Assistant Cori Kostick demonstrates a booth used to administer tests for coronavirus at the Brigham and Women Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 5, 2020. The photo shows the worker behind a protective barrier with incorporated gloves, allowing her to work with patients on the other side. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Urbanization

Coronavirus Testing in New York—Well Short

by Tsion Firew

A call to prioritize COVID-19 testing for first responders from a city ER doctor who can't get a test, even with a fever

U.S. President Donald Trump looks at his briefing papers as he answers questions during an interview with Reuters about China, the coronavirus pandemic and other subjects on April 29, 2020. The photo shows the president at his desk in the Oval Office. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Governance

Pandemic Reparations and Justice in Global Health Governance

by David P. Fidler

Does seeking damages from China for COVID-19 achieve justice or reveal that justice is a product of power politics?

Migrant workers, who were stranded in the western state of Gujarat due to a government lockdown, inside a train as they leave for their homes in Ahmedabad, India, on May 2, 2020. The image shows a bright red train with people inside and a woman walking by the train outside. REUTERS/Amit Dave
Environment

The Trillion-Dollar Question With COVID-19

by Luke Shors, Michael Ferrari

How significant is climate on coronavirus transmission?