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A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the "Comirnaty" Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a vaccination centre in Ronda, Spain

To Boost or Not to Boost: It's Complicated

by John P. Moore, Luciana Borio, Céline Gounder

It's probably too soon for most Americans to get another shot

Trade
A girl carries a bucket with laundry on her head while heading home as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Yoff neighbourhood, Dakar, Senegal on January 26, 2021.

To Decolonize Global Health, We Must Examine the Global Political Economy

by Pooja Yerramilli

We cannot talk about decolonizing without discussing colonialism's most fundamental legacy in global health

Arlette Kavugho, 40, a mother of six who survived an Ebola infection stands in Katwa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on October 2, 2019 holding 16 months old Kambale Eloge, whose mother died of Ebola. Photo shows Arlette holding the baby in front of a clinic while two other health workers stand in the background. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Poverty

Tentative Victory Against Ebola in Eastern Congo

by John Campbell

Success against Ebola through quarantines, contact-tracing, and good hygiene bodes well for future response to COVID-19