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People push a cart with culled mink at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6, 2020.

Limited Information Hampers Understanding of U.S. Farmed Mink Outbreaks

by Steve Pool

Comparing the U.S. and Danish responses to COVID-19 outbreaks in mink populations

Environment
Attitudes toward leprosy are represented in this watercolor commissioned by Henry S. Wellcome around 1912 from Richard Cooper, a graphic artist known for his advertisements for the London Underground. Painting shows people scrambling to get away from a leper who strolls by, ringing a bell. In their haste, the crowd has left an infant on the roadside. CC-BY 4.0 from Wellcome Collection.

“Less a Leper Than I Have Been”

by Christopher Lee Manes

Book of documentary poetry recalls Louisiana's Carville Hospital and early 20th century experience of leprosy in America

A security guard stands at attention at a hotel near Algiers, Algeria on Feb 4, 2020—where people evacuated from the Wuhan area in China are quarantined as a preventive measure because of coronavirus. Photo shows a guard wearing a face mask. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina
Governance

Coronavirus—Unknown Source, Unrecognized Spread, and Pandemic Potential

by Daniel Lucey, Kristen Kent

With novel coronavirus expected to become pandemic, it’s past time to prioritize Africa where cases are likely occurring

Test tube with Coronavirus name label is seen in this illustration taken on January 29, 2020. Photo shows a gloved hand holding a test tube labeled, “2019 nCoV” with two boxes ,marked “Positive” and “Negative.” The positive box is checked. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Governance

UPDATED: Timeline of the Coronavirus

by Caroline Kantis, Samantha Kiernan, Jason Socrates Bardi, Lillian Posner

A frequently updated tracker of emerging developments from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic

Zhang Changchun shows a lung CT of his mother—53-year old Yang Zhongyi—a suspected case of coronavirus in Wuhan, China on Jan. 25, 2020. The case was unconfirmed at the time of the photo, said her son. The photo shows a hand holding a blue-tinted piece of X-ray film with lots of images of sections of lung scanned by the CT instrument. REUTERS/Zhang Changchun Handout.
Food

The Market, the Clinic, the Lung, and the Lab

by Jason Socrates Bardi

An interview with University of Iowa expert Stanley Perlman on what we know and what we don’t about the new coronavirus

A mother and her child wear a mask to prevent contacting a new coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea, January 26, 2020. The photo shows the two face to face with each other, but their faces are covered almost completely below their eyes by the dust masks. REUTERS/Yonhap
Governance

Why Global Governance of Disease Matters for the Emergence of a Novel Coronavirus

by Rebecca Katz, Alexandra L. Phelan

As WHO manages outbreak, how can we strengthen global governance tools and ensure existing systems fit an evolving world

Medical staff transfer a patient of a highly suspected case of a new coronavirus at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong on January 22, 2020. Picture shows a patient on a wheeled bed surrounded by four health care providers moving him with another caregiver walking in front. They all are covered head-to-toe in blue protective gear. REUTERS/cnsphoto
Governance

The Politics of the Coronavirus Outbreak

by Swee Kheng Khor

Why are outbreaks common in Asia, and what political choices can governments make to reduce risk of infectious diseases?

A tourist wearing a mask visits Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China January 22, 2020. The photo shows a woman in a black mask in the foreground with a huge portrait of Chairman Mao visible in the background, along with a uniformed officer standing guard. REUTERS/Jason Lee
Governance

Will “Mysterious” Virus Soon be Named?

by Samantha Kiernan, Jason Socrates Bardi

The WHO is forming a committee to pick an official name for 2019-nCoV, the new coronavirus—but what do we do until then?