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UPDATED: Timeline of the Coronavirus

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

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

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

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

A Sensible Approach to Omicron

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New estimates suggest omicron is just 3 percent as deadly as delta

A Sensible Approach to Omicron

South Asia Needs to Upgrade Its Pandemic Agenda

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A focus on regional collaboration is imperative

South Asia Needs to Upgrade Its Pandemic Agenda

On COVID Shockers, Vaccine Disparities, Nagging the White House, and Next-Gen Physicians

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An interview with longtime global public health physician and Partners In Health cofounder Paul Farmer

Paul Farmer at the Koidu Government Hospital in Koidu, Sierra Leone in 2015.

Does Healthier Mean Wealthier? Measuring Countries' Economic Performance During the Pandemic

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An effective government response to COVID-19 doesn't necessarily correlate with economic gain

Workers wipe down doors at a train station during the coronavirus disease outbreak in Singapore on August 17, 2020.

A Disparate Group of Places Lead the Way Through a Grim Pandemic Winter

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Minnesota, Austria, and Saudi Arabia are using evidence-based strategies to save lives and protect health systems

A man, wearing a protective face mask, walks past a closed shop after the Austrian government announced a lockdown including the closure of all non-essential shops, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Vienna, Austria on November 17, 2020

Indonesia Charts an Innovative Path on COVID-19 Vaccination

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Poised for an ambitious vaccine rollout, the country must use all tools available to mitigate the worst of the pandemic

A health worker wearing protective suit and patients exercise at the Patriot Chandrabhaga Stadium which has been converted into a quarantine house amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia

COVID-19: An Investment in Our Economy

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Policymakers and leaders must recognize that an investment in the health of our people is an investment in our economy

A city employee wearing protective gear poses for a photo during a citywide personal care day, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Bogota, Colombia on April 17, 2020.

There Is No Place Like Home for the Holidays

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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.

The Thousand and One Natural Shocks of COVID-19

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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

We Must Let a Million Flowers Bloom

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For India to thrive, the voluntary, non-governmental organization sector must survive

A million blooming flowers—and then some! Here a woman works inside her mustard field on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, on March 26, 2015. The photo shows a woman bending over in a field of bright yellow blossoms. REU-TERS/Danish Ismail