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    How to Future-Proof Medical Supplies

    by Peter Gourevitch, Deborah Seligsohn

    Building resilience in COVID-19's wake will require multiple strategies, including strengthening our medical stockpile

    A health worker in a demonstration calling on federal and local authorities to provide more Personal Protective Equipment outside New York-Presbyterian Medical Center in Manhattan on April 9, 2020. The image shows a man wearing a mask and holding a small sign above his head that says, "We need protection equipment." REUTERS/Mike Segar
    Migration

    There Is No Place Like Home for the Holidays

    by Samantha Kiernan, Priyanka Sethy

    U.S. air travel reaches record levels during the pandemic as COVID-19 cases surge across the country

    A man, wearing a red Santa Claus costume complete with a hat, beard, and bag full of toys, holds a scroll as he poses for a picture while sitting next to a decorated Christmas tree on a salt formation in the Dead Sea, near Ein Bokeq, Israel on November 15, 2020.
    Governance

    Global Health Security Lessons from the U.S. Biodefense Response

    by Sunny Jha, Robert Carter III

    The COVID-19 pandemic exemplified how an institute concerned with biodefense could pivot to serve public health needs

    James Knight of U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases trains U.S. Army soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division.
    Aging

    Coronavirus in Toronto—Lessons Lost on a Second SARS

    by Allison Daniel

    The city's COVID-19 response is strongly informed by the experience of the earlier outbreak—but by no means exceptional

    Bird's eye view: visitors take in a panoramic scene of the city of Toronto, Canada, from the 553 meters (1815 feet) high CN Tower, which just reopened after coronavirus restrictions on July 15, 2020. The photo shows a woman wearing a mask looking out from the skyview of the tall building with the Toronto cityscape beneath her. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
    Environment

    A Wake-Up Call for Healthier Design

    by Etta Madete

    Good design principles and simple measures to prevent the spread COVID-19 inspired by African traditional health centers

    Traditional healer Bi Mwanahija Mzee folds root medicine in a piece of paper to give to a mother who complains of her child's constipation in Zanzibar City, Tanzania on January 31, 2019. The photo shows the healer facing the camera and sitting between two other women and a child. REUTERS/Nicky Woo
    Environment

    Coronavirus in Samoa

    by Nicola Hawley

    Serendipitous twist of a tragic 2019 measles outbreak may have left small island nation unusually prepared for COVID-19

    A Samoan beach before the coronavirus crisis—pictured on June 2, 2017 in Saleapaga, Samoa after New Zealand Prime Minister announced a $5.15 million aid package to help boost Samoa's tourism industry. The picture shows a tropical beach in Somoa with gorgeous palm trees and grass huts. GETTY Images/Phil Walter
    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
    Governance

    Wanted: Global Access to Paxlovid

    by Katherine Leach-Kemon, Elizabeth Serieux, Christopher Troeger

    Equitable access to COVID-19 antiviral therapy remains elusive, with many middle-income nations left out

    A security agent wearing a white protective mask, white polo shirt, and black slacks, walks along the shoreline of a white sand beach with crystal blue waters in Cuba
    Governance

    Coronavirus Epidemiology This Week

    by Tom Frieden

    We won’t stop COVID-19 until we focus on the data that matter

    The image shows a heat map of the United States with states colored according to the higher number of tests coming back positive
    Governance

    Why Social Policies Make Coronavirus Worse

    by Emily Mendenhall

    Too late for COVID-19, but strengthening safety nets and health security in U.S. would help us respond to future threats

    A mannequin with a surgical mask on display where a vendor sells packages of masks on a corner in the Chelsea neighborhood during the outbreak of the coronavirus in New York City on March 27, 2020. The photo shows a mannequin wearing a blue mask. REUTERS/Mike Segar
    Governance

    National Security Risks and the American Weak Link

    by Ans Irfan, Cynthia Golembeski, Jonathan Williams, Ashley Bieniek-Tobasco

    We should address U.S. investment choices in Public Health Infrastructure and Universal Health Care after COVID-19

    A volunteer places American flags on the National Mall in Washington DC—representing some of the more than 200,000 lives lost in the United States to coronavirus—on September 22, 2020. The photo shows a young woman on one knee planting a small American flag in the ground. Many more can be seen blurred and out of focus in the foreground. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
    Governance

    Global Health Needs a New Approach to Evidence Grading

    by Luke Shors, Amit Chandra

    COVID-19 crisis highlights how some important questions have to be answered without the benefit of experimental studies

    Statue of the Turkish Folkloric Figure Nasreddin Hoca, who looked for his keys in a well-lit place because it was too dark to look for them where they were. Photo shows a statue of the famous figure riding backward on a donkey. GETTY Images/Corbis/Chris Hellier