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    On COVID-19, the United States Still Lags Behind Peer Countries

    by Christopher Troeger, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Thomas J. Bollyky

    The United States continues to have among the highest rates of mortality from COVID-19 in the world

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    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

    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
    Food

    COVID-19: This Crisis Should Make Us Stronger

    by Ali H. Mokdad

    As efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 succeed, those who are better off must help the most vulnerable

    Medical staff pose for a portrait in a combination of photos at Harborview Medical Center during the coronavirus pandemic outbreak in Seattle, Washington on April 8, 2020. Picture is a composite photo with a grid of health care workers wearing scrubs. A few are wearing masks. REUTERS/David Ryder
    Governance

    Taiwan's Response to COVID-19 and the WHO

    by Jason Socrates Bardi, Thomas J. Bollyky

    An interview with Taiwanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaushieh Joseph Wu on Taiwan's response to COVID-19 and the WHO

    Taoyuan health worker Wang Tsui-lien rides a scooter to deliver care packages and to check on people who have been ordered to be under self-quarantine, in Taoyuan, Taiwan, on March 25, 2020. Photo shows a motorcycle on an abandoned street in an urban setting. REUTERS/Ann Wang
    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

    [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 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

    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
    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

    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.
    Governance

    COVID-19: A Wake-Up Call to Africa for Investing in Responsive and Resilient Health-Care Systems

    by Tom Achoki

    How COVID-19 is highlighting the importance of investing in countries' health-care systems

    A health worker collects a swab sample from a young girl during free mass testing for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya
    Gender

    Don't Let COVID-19 Push Women and Girls Behind

    by Natalia Kanem

    COVID-19 response plans can only be effective if they properly address the needs of women and girls

    A girl wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walks past a graffiti in homage to the medical staff, at the San Martin hospital, in La Plata, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina January 21, 2021.
    Urbanization

    One Year From the Front Lines of COVID-19 in New York City

    by Sonya Stokes

    Frontline providers found a solution to communication breakdown during the pandemic: talking to each other

    Healthcare workers walk through Mount Sinai Hospital as the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in New York, U.S., April 5, 2020.
    Governance

    The Mexico-United States Border, COVID-19, and Global Health Diplomacy

    by Germán Guerra, Emanuel Orozco Nuñez, Frida Romay, V. Nelly Salgado de Snyder

    Mexico and the United States need to reformulate their bilateral health diplomacy in the aftermath of COVID-19

    A mother and her son walk after crossing the Rio Bravo river to turn themselves in to U.S Border Patrol agents to request for asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S.,as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
    Governance

    Just How Do Deaths Due to COVID-19 Stack Up?

    by Christopher Troeger

    Despite a likely undercount in many places, COVID is among the leading causes of death in most countries  

    Volunteer undertakers help carry the coffin of 64-year-old Yoyoh Sa'diah who passed away due to complications related to COVID-19, at home in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, on July 8, 2021.