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A man adjusts a face mask and is wearing a black shirt that reads "TRIPS WAIVER NOW!" He stands in front of rows of empty chairs.

Sharpening the Tools in the Pandemic-Ending Toolbox

by Bryan Mercurio

After nearly two years of negotiation, the WTO makes a decision about COVID-19 vaccine production and access

Governance
A woman in a red coat and blue mask checks her phone as she walks by a stall with colorful children's puppets

How the U.S. COVID-19 Response Lost the Plot After Omicron

by Samantha Kiernan, Haley Lescinsky, Joseph L. Dieleman, Thomas J. Bollyky

The reasons why the United States is struggling with COVID-19 are changing

Ricksha pullers wearing face shields and blue medical masks carry passengers in a row rickshas with yellow, orange, and green covers amid the COVID-19 outbreak, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on June 1, 2020.
Poverty

Bangladesh Has Malaria in Its Sights

by Tahmid Hasib Khan

One step closer to a world without mosquito nets

Mayor of Belo Horizonte, Gabriel Azevedo, sporting a grey t-shirt, rides a bike in front of tall trees at Praça da Liberdade, one of the most important touristic sites of Belo Horizonte, Brazil in July 2020.
Governance

In Brazil, a City Councilor from Belo Horizonte Has Big Plans

Gabriel Azevedo quotes de Tocqueville, owns a jazz bar, and rides a bike—he's the modern leader his hometown needs

People pass by a promotional image of Fox News' Tucker Carlson on a building in New York, on March 13, 2019.
Governance

Tucker Carlson Blasts the Pandemic Treaty as a Threat to the American Way of Life

by David P. Fidler

The Fox News pundit joined the global health debate and invited viewers to think about what he said—so I did

A woman in a green sari receives a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, outside her house during a door-to-door vaccination drive on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, on December 15, 2021.
Governance

Building COVID-19 Vaccine Production Capacity in LMICs

by Reid Adler, Julia Barnes-Weise, Ana Santos Rutschman, Bridie Telford

Patents aren't really the problem—usually

A nurse in a blue protective suit, white mask, and green hair net prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at the Ngaliema Clinic in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, April 29, 2021.
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COVID-19 "Vaccinodromes" and the Power of Partnership

by Freddy Nkosi

How government-NGO collaborations can boost vaccination in Africa

Hundreds of women dressed in pink and white traditional North Korean gowns stand in rows in a central area of Pyongyang, North Korea, on Women's Day in March 2022.
Governance

North Korea's COVID-19 Crisis: An Impossible Outbreak in the "Impossible State"

Victor Cha, Korea chair at CSIS, on the health, political, and economic factors shaping North Korea's outbreak

A young man in a white shirt wearing a blue surgical mask hugs his brother, wearing navy blue, as he wails mourning the loss of his father from COVID-19
Governance

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

by Christopher Troeger

Despite a likely undercount in many places, COVID-19 is the leading killer in most of Latin America and Western Europe

DOCUMENT DATE:  January 26, 2022  A woman walks past a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) campaign truck during a mass vaccination exercise at Wuse market in Abuja, Nigeria January 26, 2022.
Governance

Unvaccinated in Nigeria and Still Waiting on a Jab

by Annie Chan

Scaling up COVID-19 antivirals to fight new variants is now more important than ever

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

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 person in a protective suit squeezes through a locked gate of a residential compound, during a COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown in Shanghai, China, on April 21, 2022.
Governance

The Economic Cost of China's Lasting Zero-COVID Strategy

by Katharina Hauck, Roshni Mehta

Refusing to buy global mRNA vaccines risks lives and livelihoods

A notice about the shortage of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine supplies is posted at a vaccination center in Mumbai, India, on April 8, 2021.
Governance

Vaccine Equity: Changing the Status Quo

by Shashika Bandara

High-income countries need to take responsibility for COVID failures and commit to a realignment of global structures

A masked pedestrian walks over Westminster Bridge in London, on January 27, 2022.
Governance

What to Know About "Stealth" Omicron 

Professor Ali H. Mokdad gives the rundown on the omicron subvariant BA.2