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    Bridging the Data Divide in COVID-19

    by Tom Achoki

    Collaborative health data networks and open access would give boundless opportunities to advance disease surveillance

    Migrant workers protect themselves from heat as they wait to board a train to their home state of eastern Bihar, at the end of the coronavirus lockdown in New Delhi, India, on May 21, 2020. The image shows two men sharing a yellow scarf. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
    Governance

    In Africa’s COVID-19 Response, Strive, Don’t Settle

    by Vanessa Kerry

    Broad and equitable health systems could finally be within reach for African countries—closer than the world realizes

    Maasai elders, wearing traditional clothes and facemasks due to coronavirus, gather within the Orboma Manyatta in Sekenani, near the Maasai Mara game reserve in Kenya, on August 10, 2020. This is a striking photo that shows a number of the elders in brightly colored reddish clothing on a clear day against a backdrop of what appears to be a village. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
    Governance

    Preparing for the COVID-19 Surge in the United States

    by Ali H. Mokdad

    States such as Louisiana, New York, Michigan, and North Carolina are likely to be among the hardest hit

    Normally bustling tourist mecca Bourbon Street lies deserted in the early afternoon during shelter in place orders to slow the spread of coronavirus in a photograph of New Orleans on March 27, 2020. The photo shows a view of the entrance to Bourbon street, which would normally be packed with tourists and other people, almost completely empty. REUTERS/Drone Base
    Migration

    The Ripple Effect of U.S. Immigration Policies During COVID-19

    by Tomas Arango, Caroline Lee, Hannah Todd

    Self-inflicted problems of unsafe detentions and deportations of people with coronavirus impede effective U.S. responses

    Migrants in the "Remain in Mexico" program queue in Juarez, Mexico, on July 8, 2020 to renew their permission to stay legally in Mexico to wait for their immigration hearing in the United States. This is a powerful image showing people lined up seated with their backs to a chain-link fence covered in barbed wire. Some of them hold packets of papers. One of them has his head resting in his hands. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
    Urbanization

    Bridging the Digital Divide in COVID-19

    by Anne Peacock

    Global pandemic should catalyze long-term solutions to increase internet access inside more homes for social resilience

    We are facing a digital moment of truth as a result of the new coronavirus. A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration and picture produced on May 13, 2017. the image shows the silhouette of a man on a laptop with green ones and zeroes, reminiscent of the film "The Matrix" projected over the image. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration
    Governance

    COVID-19 Is Smoke and Mirrors—What Matters Is International Law

    by Ilona Kickbusch

    Health is political, and the best political choice at the moment would be to strengthen WHO's legal power—not destroy it

    A boiler stack at the Sugar Cane Growers cooperative in Belle Glade, Florida on January 6, 2010. The image shows a large smokestack belching out black billows and blocking the cloudy sky.
    Governance

    Is It the End of COVID-19 as We Know it?

    by Mary Brophy Marcus

    IHME Director Christopher Murray weighs in on the state of the pandemic, the new omicron vaccine, and flu season

    A close-up photo of a hand in a black medical glove shows Dr. Mayank Amin preparing a Moderna COVID booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants, at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, September 8, 2022.
    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

    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

    The Seismic Shift in Mental Health Care Since COVID-19

    by Katherine Leach-Kemon, Damian Santomauro, Alize Ferrari, Ruri Syailendrawati

    Isolation, job loss, and gender based violence contributed to the uptick in people living with anxiety and depression

    a woman wearing a white patterned t shirt wipes tears off her face
    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

    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
    Governance

    North Korea's COVID-19 Crisis: An Impossible Outbreak in the "Impossible State"

    by Mary Brophy Marcus, Samantha Kiernan

    Victor Cha, Korea chair at CSIS, on the health, political, and economic factors shaping North Korea's outbreak

    Hundreds of women dressed in pink and white traditional North Korean gowns stand in rows in a central area of Pyongyang, North Korea, on Women's Day in March 2022.
    Environment

    The Trillion-Dollar Question With COVID-19

    by Luke Shors, Michael Ferrari

    How significant is climate on coronavirus transmission?

    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