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    Writing a More Inclusive Playbook: How COVID-19 Is Impacting LGBTQ+ Communities Around the World

    by Samantha Kiernan, Dominic Bocci

    Policymakers should heed lessons learned in 2020 to craft a more inclusive and effective pandemic response

    A member of the LGBT community participates in the annual Diversity March, which this year has been downscaled amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in downtown Montevideo, Uruguay September 25, 2020.
    Governance

    A Tale of Two Countries During COVID-19

    by Renzo R. Guinto, Sumegha Asthana

    India and the Philippines have seen parallel health system challenges during the pandemic

    People whose jobs were affected by COVID-19 restrictions wait in lines to receive cash assistance from the government, at an elementary school in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, April 12, 2021.
    Governance

    How the Origins of COVID-19 Became Politicized

    by Yanzhong Huang

    Where the coronavirus came from is no longer a scientific question—thanks to narrative spin, agendas, and misinformation

    COVID-19 has seen its share of protest and political theater—like one in London on August 9, 2020, to call attention to Brazil, a country also subject to conspiracy theories over the virus' origins. The photo shows a crowd of performance artists demonstrating with costumes and fake blood splashed everywhere. REUTERS/John Sibley
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    The Problem of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Teens

    by Laszlo Bollyky

    One high school senior says the decision to vaccinate should rest with teenagers

    Ava Kreutziger, 14, gives Croix Hill, 15, a high five after Croix received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Ochsner Center for Primary Care and Wellness, in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 13, 2021.
    Governance

    COVID-19's Repercussions on Public Health Policy and Law in the United States

    by James G. Hodge

    The pandemic has triggered regressive state-based law and policy reforms across America

    A man holds a flag during a march in opposition to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mandates on the National Mall in Washington, D.C
    Governance

    Noncommunicable Diseases Kill Slowly in Normal Times and Quickly in COVID-19 Times

    by Thomas J. Bollyky, Serena Tohme, Samantha Kiernan

    Why addressing chronic diseases is crucial for future pandemic preparedness

    A patient suffering from COVID-19 and diabetes, is pictured inside a capsule as Red Cross paramedics transfer him from a hospital to another in Mexico City, Mexico, on June 8, 2020
    Governance

    Omicron BA.5: What to Know About COVID-19's Latest, More Contagious Variant

    by Mary Brophy Marcus

    Public health expert Ali H. Mokdad answers our COVID questions this week 

    A woman in a white and black t-shirt wears a face mask uses a handheld fan as she walks on a street on a hot day, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China July 19, 2022. A colorful white, green, pink and yellow mural is pictured in the background.
    Governance

    Uncertainty and the COVID-19 Pandemic

    by Abraham D. Flaxman, Kevin O’Rourke

    Understand and embrace uncertainty to get the most out of forecasts

    A man wears a protective facemask decorated with a question mark in lower Manhattan during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York, U.S., May 22, 2020. Picture shows a well groomed man who appears to be in his 30s wearing a mask adorned with a huge question mark. REUTERS/Mike Segar
    Governance

    What's Next for COVID-19?

    by Tom Frieden

    Containment of the coronavirus would make an enormous difference to health around the world. Is it still possible?

    A colorized scanning electron microscope image of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, which causes COVID-19. Image shows a colorful molecular world with a bunch of worm-like dendrites, presumably biological material like cells, and bright orange cluster of spheres in the middle of the image. NIAID-RML image
    Governance

    Don't Wait for COVID-19 to End Before Addressing Cardiovascular Diseases

    by Gregory A. Roth, Catherine O. Johnson , Katherine Leach-Kemon, Elizabeth Serieux

    Unfortunately, many countries are likely to be battling both diseases for a long time

    Health-care workers wait to take off their personal protective equipment after the end of a check-up camp for the COVID-19) at a slum in Mumbai, India on June 14, 2020.
    Governance

    Institutional Failures in COVID-19

    by Les Roberts

    The pandemic shows us why organizations should separate nurturing partner and policing health authority roles

    General view during a press conference of the World Health Organization (WHO) organised by the Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva Switzerland July 3, 2020.
    Trade

    Back to Basics After COVID-19

    by Sonya Stokes

    Investing in Primary Care Now Will Prepare the U.S. for the Next Pandemic

    Addressing pandemic preparedness after COVID-19 will require going deeper than the surface. Here a worker sanitizes surfaces inside the Inox Leisure movie theatre in Mumbai, India, October 13, 2020. The photo is striking, showing a worker spraying disinfectant wearing a blue suit descending down a theater staircase where all the seats and carpet are bright red. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni