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Nicole Spencer, 24, a medical student who suffers from Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), organizes her weekly medication.

Young Americans Prioritize Health Care in 2024 Election

by Anil Cacodcar

The chair of the Harvard Public Opinion Project explains why young Americans view health care as a top election issue

Governance

a woman walks past a poster of a NHS worker

The Demise of the National Health Service

by David McCoy

Lessons for universal health care

Migration

"Last to Leave and the First to Die"

by Taylor Hirschberg, Mario El Khoury

Afghanistan's LGBTQI+ community needs support

A public health information sign is seen with St. Paul's Cathedral seen behind amidst a lockdown during the spread of the coronavirus disease pandemic, London, Britain, January 7, 2021.

Migration

Spread of COVID-19 Variants Adds to Urgency of Disease Control Efforts

by Jennifer B. Nuzzo, Gigi Kwik Gronvall

Increasing evidence suggests new COVID-19 variants are more transmissible between people

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

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks at an event in Minsk, Belarus, September 17, 2020.

Governance

Leading by Example: COVID-19 Infections at the Highest Levels of Government

by Priyanka Sethy, Samantha Kiernan

Gender

Violence in Times of Coronavirus—The Ugly Truth

by Amber Peterman, Megan O’Donnell, Karen Devries, Alessandra Guedes

We cannot afford to unsee domestic abuse after COVID-19—we need a world free from violence against women and children

Firefighters wearing protective suits spray disinfectant at the National Monument area to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 17, 2020. Photo shows several workers in bright red protective suits walking though an open area spraying from tanks they carry on their backs. A monument can be seen in the background. REUTERS/Antara Foto/Wahyu Putro

Governance

Southeast Asia Needs Its Own CDC

by Swee Kheng Khor, Jeremy Lim, Li Yang Hsu, Jemilah Mahmood

COVID-19 is a baptism by fire and highlights the need for an effective, durable disease control authority in the region

A player checks his cards during the finals of the Russian Masters Poker Cup at the Azov-City, Russia, gambling zone, south of Russia's southern city of Rostov-on-Don, on September 23, 2010. Photo shows a pair of hands holding up the corners of two cards to reveal a pair of aces. A large stack of chips is in the background. REUTERS/Vladimir Konstantinov

Governance

All Bets Are Off for Measuring Pandemic Preparedness

by Sawyer Crosby, Joseph L. Dieleman, Samantha Kiernan, Thomas J. Bollyky

Three standard measures don't predict how countries fare in COVID-19—so how do we better prepare for the next pandemic?

A woman gets her eyes tested at a free eye-care camp on the occasion of Indian politician Babasaheb Ambedkar's death anniversary in Mumbai, India, December 6, 2019. The photo shows an older woman with testing glasses on her face. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

Poverty

COVID-19 Highlights the Need for Universal Health Coverage

by Anthony McDonnell

Universal health coverage is achievable for all countries—and in the aftermath of the pandemic, it should be implemented

“Nobody knows anything,” said Hollywood screenwriter William Goldman, who wrote the 1969 classic Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross. The photo is an original movie poster of the movie with the words across the bottom, "Not that it matters, but most of it is true." GETTY Images/Movie Poster Image Art

Governance

Expertise, Coronavirus, and the New Normal

by Charles Ebikeme

North–south divide in the time of coronavirus may be a preview of what will emerge on other side of the pandemic

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, U.S. President Donald J. Trump, and French President Emmanuel Macron all giving recent press briefings on COVID-19. The composite photo shows the four leaders speaking variously at podiums in their countries. REUTERS/Michel Kappeler/Markku Ulander(Lehtikuva)/Kevin Lamarque/Loic Venance

Governance

What We Talk About When We Talk About Coronavirus

by Roopa Dhatt, Ilona Kickbusch

A gendered and political analysis of world leaders’ COVID-19 pandemic statements in March 2020

An aerial view of the Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 26, 2020—during the ongoing crisis over the coronavirus pandemic. The photo is a gorgeous shot taken from the sky showing the slums cascading down the mountain to the coast, which is dotted with modern skyscrapers, and the ocean beyond. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

Poverty

Untrained Drug Sellers Replacing Doctors—A Challenge for COVID-19

by Mishal S. Khan

Success controlling COVID-19 in lower-income countries will depend on implementing strategies appropriate to those areas

Volunteers take a break as they set up beds inside the Novi Sad Fair to accommodate people who suffer mild symptoms of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Novi Sad, Serbia, March 27, 2020. This is a striking image of two people resting on the edge of plain metal bed frames in a large space in which many, many more bed frames are placed. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Trade

EU: Strongly United for Health—Deeply Divided on the Economy

by Ilona Kickbusch, Susan Bergner

Lock-step solidarity during COVID-19 pandemic is challenged by policy questions within and "mask diplomacy" from abroad