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    Long-Term Impacts of Coronavirus in South Korea

    by Scott Snyder

    Despite South Korea’s high capacity for response, COVID-19's spread may incite human, economic, and political disasters

    South Korean soldiers in protective gear sanitize a shopping street in Seoul, South Korea on March 4, 2020. The image is striking showing the soldiers dressed in silver space-suit looking protective gear walking down a more or less abandoned street in what appears to be a normally busy shopping district. REUTERS/Heo Ran
    Poverty

    Homelessness in Times of Coronavirus—A Way Forward for the United States

    by Parkes Kendrick, Herbert C. Duber

    COVID-19 challenges us to reform affordable housing and social services that support people experiencing homelessness

    With the dome of the U.S. Capitol in the background, a homeless man named Damu stretches on the National Mall in Washington, U.S., May 27, 2020. The photo is striking, with a man in silhouette standing on a hill with his legs spread wide. in the background slightly to his left is the congressional building. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
    Migration

    Coronavirus, War, and Yemen in Between: A Recipe for Disaster

    by Walid A. Al-Soneidar, Nezar N. Al-Hebshi

    Without a collective effort to suppress COVID-19 in conflict zones, people in those areas will pay the highest price

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    Governance

    After the Mandates End

    by Christopher Murray, Ali H. Mokdad

    Preparing for the next COVID-19 variant

    People with and without masks attend the Florida State Fair as the new omicron “stealth variant” BA.2 spreads, in Tampa, Florida, February 11, 2022.
    Urbanization

    Africa and Coronavirus—Will Lockdowns Work?

    by Salma Abdalla, Sandro Galea

    Here's why countries in Africa should chart their own paths in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic—and two ways they can

    A general view of shacks during a nationwide twenty-one day pandemic lockdown in an attempt to contain coronavirus infections in Umlazi township near Durban, South Africa, on March 31, 2020. The photo shows a hillside covered with tin shacks, some colorfully painted. REUTERS/Rogan Ward
    Governance

    10 Good Things That Happened in Global Health in 2021

    by Haydn Welch

    There were milestones and moments to celebrate, despite the shadow of COVID-19

    Employees look for holes in mosquito netting at the A to Z Textile Mills factory where insecticide-treated bed nets are produced, in Arusha, Tanzania, on May 10, 2016.
    Migration

    Medical Diplomacy—Lessons From Cuba

    by Hannah Todd

    COVID-19 is a chance to design more efficient, equitable, and ethical health care responses during a crisis

    Cuban doctors receive Cuban and Italian flags during a farewell ceremony before departing to Italy to assist, amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus in Havana, Cuba, on March 21, 2020. the photo shows doctors lined up taking flags of Italy and cuba. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
    Governance

    The Inequity of Vaccine Passports

    by Samantha Kiernan, Serena Tohme, Kailey Shanks

    Tracking the global use of COVID-19 vaccine certificates

    Guardia Civil officer watches as passengers, wearing protective face masks, walk upon arrival from Paris at Adolfo Suarez Barajas airport as Spain reopens June 2020
    Urbanization

    Coronavirus in East Africa

    by Moses Tetui

    Disease-induced divisions and challenges to regional blocs are set to deepen in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic

    A man coughs as children walk past roadside, during the coronavirus pandemic in Nairobi, Kenya April 19, 2020. This is a powerful image of two children looking at a man who is coughing into his had with his head turned. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
    Governance

    Racism as a Public Health Crisis

    by Jason Socrates Bardi, Thomas J. Bollyky

    Interview with Minneapolis City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins on the intersection of race, health, and COVID-19

    Minneapolis City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins, who gave this interview. IMAGE from Brooke Ross Photography
    Gender

    Systemic Racism in Mammogram Guidelines

    by Zahra Khan

    Breaking down U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations in the COVID-19 pandemic

    Wigs and head scarves for patients with breast cancer are seen on mannequins at a center run by the "Reto" Group for Full Recovery of Breast Cancer in Mexico City October 18, 2012. The photo shows a room with mannequin heads and wigs. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
    Governance

    Laboratory Diagnostics—Rarely Appreciated Until Something Goes Wrong

    by Erin M. Sorrell, Gigi Gronvall, Julie E. Fischer

    Problems with COVID-19 testing highlights need for strong U.S. labs to detect, control, and respond to emerging diseases

    Molecular epidemiology: a laboratory worker at the Wielkopolska Center for Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery in Poznan, Poland performs diagnostic tests for the novel coronavirus on March 3, 2020. Picture shows a lab worker in a white lab coat sitting at a bench surrounded by test tubes preparing samples for analysis. REUTERS/Agencja Gazeta/Lukasz Cynalewski