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The Kansas City Chiefs come out of the tunnel for the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, in Kansas City, Missouri, on December 26, 2021.

Sports Teams Took Their Shots, But Fans Lag Behind

by Annie Chan

What NFL, WNBA, and other professional athletes and teams around the globe can teach us about COVID-19 vaccination

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People wearing protective face masks visit the snow-covered Imperial Palace, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Omicron Right Now

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

A health official stands next to a container holding a shipment of more than 400,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, donated by the the British government, in Nairobi, Kenya.
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The Challenge of Pandemic Governance for Low- and Middle-Income Countries after COVID-19

by Md. Rizwanul Islam

LMICs should find better ways to cooperate against global health threats

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Environment

Smoggy Cities

by Haydn Welch

Ghostly images of some of the world's most polluted metropolises

A woman reads a book at the Shinjuku branch of Book and Bed, an accommodation combined with book cafe where guests can sleep in hidden bunks built into a large bookshelf, during a photo opportunity in Tokyo, Japan September 14, 2018.
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Best Books of 2021

by Caroline Kantis

Our top fifteen favorite reads of the year

a mural of biochemist and researcher Katalin Kariko, senior vice president at BioNTech, best known for her contributions to mRNA technology and the COVID-19 vaccines. Photo taken in Budapest, Hungary, on August 28, 2021.
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mRNA Therapeutics: The Technology That Saved the World

by Vibhor Mishra, Tulika Rastogi

COVID-19 vaccines catapulted mRNA technology into the spotlight, and now it's used to cure previously untreated diseases

Dancers with the Berlin State Ballet (Staatsballett Berlin) wear face masks during a dress rehearsal of Don Quixote at Deutsche Oper Berlin, in Germany, on December 1, 2021.
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A Sensible Approach to Omicron

by Ali H. Mokdad, Katherine Leach-Kemon

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

Noella Mulopo, a laboratory technician, writes on a GeneXpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing cartridge in the National Institute for Biomedical Research laboratory (INRB) in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo February 6, 2021.
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R&D—More Than Sharing Vaccines

by Carel IJsselmuiden, Cathy Garner, Francine Ntoumi, Jaime Montoya, Gerald T. Keusch

A complete change is needed in the approach to and funding of global preparedness

Girls stand in a truck during a campaign to raise awareness about illegal and false drugs in Abobo, a suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on October 11, 2018.
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What the African Medicines Agency Needs Most to Succeed

by Michelle D. Gavin

The formation of the AMA is a milestone for drug safety and trust in Africa

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.
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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

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the authorization of the COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11, at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 3, 2021.
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Pandemic Governance Negotiations and U.S. Foreign Policy

by David P. Fidler

Ready or not, the future of pandemic governance will be determined next year

a woman wearing a white patterned t shirt wipes tears off her face
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The Seismic Shift in Mental Health Care Since COVID-19

by Katherine Leach-Kemon, Damian Santomauro, Alize Ferrari, Ruri Syailendrawati

Isolation, job loss, and gender based violence contributed to the uptick in people living with anxiety and depression

Germany soccer players pose before a World Cup match, bringing attention to labor rights abuses in Qatar, at MSV-Arena in Duisburg, Germany, on March 25, 2021. Pool via REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz
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The Summit for Democracy and U.S. Foreign Policy on Global Health

by David P. Fidler

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, this week's summit underscores the need to rethink global health in foreign policy

Empty vials of AstraZeneca/Oxford coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, donated to Kenya by the UK government, are seen after being used, in Nairobi, Kenya, on August 8, 2021.
Trade

The Global COVID-19 Contract Conundrum

by Bridie Telford, Julia Barnes-Weise, Laura Hoemeke

The critical role of contracts in determining access to COVID-19 vaccines