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    Here We Go Again: U.S. Policy and Health Security

    by David P. Fidler

    Framing pandemics as security threats failed to prepare the United States for COVID-19

    A security person looks out from the entrance to the Pfizer World Headquarters as activists rally for global access to the COVID-19 vaccine, in New York, July 14, 2021.
    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

    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
    Governance

    The Question of Booster Vaccines in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    by Saudamini V. Dabak, Dian Faradiba, Myka Harun Sarajan, Jirathorn Sutawong, Yot Teerawattananon, Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai 

    High-income nations aren't the only ones seeking the COVID-19 vaccine "holy grail"

    A health worker prepares a dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Central Vaccination Center inside the Bang Sue Grand Station (railway station), in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 21, 2021.
    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

    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

    Don’t Discriminate Against Those Who Remain Uninfected

    by David J. Scheffer

    Could barring people who were never sick from returning to work and school perversely incentivize getting COVID-19?

    A medical professional shows a negative test for novel coronavirus in front of Mane Garrincha Stadium, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brasilia, Brazil, on April 21, 2020. The photo shows a health worker holding a test at the camera with a stadium in the background. the photographer is using a telephoto/macro lens so that everything is blurred out in the shot, including the man, with the exception of the small plastic cassette-like test. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
    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

    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

    Unvaccinated in Nigeria and Still Waiting on a Jab

    by Annie Chan

    Scaling up COVID-19 antivirals to fight new variants is now more important than ever

    DOCUMENT DATE:  January 26, 2022  A woman walks past a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) campaign truck during a mass vaccination exercise at Wuse market in Abuja, Nigeria January 26, 2022.
    Gender

    Women in Health Care: A Call for Pandemic Equity

    by Roopa Dhatt, Choolwe Jacobs, Becca Reisdorf

    At the G20 in Rome, it's time for a gender-responsive approach to COVID-19

    Doctor Tatjana Peric treats a patient suffering from COVID-19 on International Women's Day at the intensive care unit of the Clinical Center of Vojvodina, in Novi Sad, Serbia, March 8, 2021.
    Governance

    The Unpaid Debt of Underinvestment in Public Health

    by Sonak D. Pastakia, James Akiruga Amisi, Tina Tran, David Mazza

    Limited progress on the social determinants of health has left populations in Kenya and elsewhere vulnerable to COVID-19

    A boy stand in front of a graffiti promoting the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Mathare slums of Nairobi, Kenya, on May 22, 2020. This is a powerful photo of a young boy walking in front of a sinister depiction of the virus with a face that appears to be sneeringly looking at the boy. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
    Governance

    Coronavirus: A Twenty-Year Failure

    by David P. Fidler

    Unheeded warnings and past pandemic preparedness policy failures have left the world vulnerable to COVID-19

    A worker in protective gear directs a masked passenger disembarking from the cruise ship Grand Princess in Oakland, California on March 10, 2020 amid concern over the growing COVID-19 pandemic. The picture shows a man wearing a mask and a cowboy hat standing facing a health worker in full protective gear. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
    Trade

    mRNA Therapeutics: The Technology That Saved the World

    by Vibhor Mishra, Tulika Rastogi

    COVID-19 vaccines catapulted mRNA technology into the spotlight, and now it's used to cure previously untreated diseases

    a mural of biochemist and researcher Katalin Kariko, senior vice president at BioNTech, best known for her contributions to mRNA technology and the COVID-19 vaccines. Photo taken in Budapest, Hungary, on August 28, 2021.
    Governance

    Why the WHO?

    by Chelsea Clinton, Eric A. Friedman, Lawrence O. Gostin, Devi Sridhar

    The World Health Organization is essential to convening scientific experts and the world’s best thinking on COVID-19

    The headquarters of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2020. The photo shows the WHO HQ. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse