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Bar Manager Nicolas de Soto mixes a Calvados-based cocktail at ECC in Chinatown, London December 3, 2010.

Alcohol: A Public Health Blind Spot

Richard Yoast on alcohol consumption and how philanthropies could help curb excess drinking   

Governance
Colombian anti-drugs policemen guard stacks of marijuana seized from the rural area of El Jagual at a military police base in Popayan October, 23, 2011.

Changing Drug Use in Colombia and Peru

by Alfonso Silva-Santisteban

People who use drugs should use them in the safest and most informed way

A silky medusa, Colobonema sericeum, its white tentacles against a deep blue background, seen during a mid-water transect during the third Voyage to the Ridge 2022 expedition.
Environment

Deep Sea Discoveries and Global Health

by Mary Brophy Marcus

Humans have only begun to explore the ocean's potential for healing diseases

A worker dries fabrics at a dye factory in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, on March 9, 2022.
Poverty

Tolerating the Pain: Accessing Medical Morphine in Bangladesh

by Tasnim Ahmed

Roadblocks to getting opioids leave seriously ill patients coping with unbearable pain

A security agent wearing a white protective mask, white polo shirt, and black slacks, walks along the shoreline of a white sand beach with crystal blue waters in Cuba
Governance

Wanted: Global Access to Paxlovid

by Katherine Leach-Kemon, Elizabeth Serieux, Christopher Troeger

Equitable access to COVID-19 antiviral therapy remains elusive, with many middle-income nations left out

A community police officer in blue jeans squats low to the ground and holds out two hands full of shiny metal 45mm caliber bullets
Governance

A Gram Per Gun

by José Pablo Ampudia

How U.S. guns fuel Mexican cartels' drug empire

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.
Governance

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

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reflected in a woman's eye as she watches his address to the nation following the outbreak of coronavirus in Manchester, England, on September 22, 2020. The photo shows a macro lens image of an eye with the image of the PM reflected in it. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Trade

Britain's Moral Bankruptcy Over COVID-19 Vaccines

by William A. Haseltine

Why a study set to deliberately infect people with coronavirus is unethical, unnecessary, and likely to be uninformative

Addressing pandemic preparedness after COVID-19 will require going deeper than the surface. Here a worker sanitizes surfaces inside the Inox Leisure movie theatre in Mumbai, India, October 13, 2020. The photo is striking, showing a worker spraying disinfectant wearing a blue suit descending down a theater staircase where all the seats and carpet are bright red. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni
Trade

Back to Basics After COVID-19

by Sonya Stokes

Investing in Primary Care Now Will Prepare the U.S. for the Next Pandemic

People at a coronavirus testing center on July 2, 2020 in Mugda Medical College in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where half of the medical equipment in public health facilities goes unused according to the authors. The photo shows a crowd of people wearing masks waiting on line in chairs while a health worker in full protective gear walks beside them. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Poverty

Who Gets What and Why?

by Héctor Castro

Countries need informed decision-making through health technology assessment to allocate resources during the pandemic

Volunteers wait for their names to be called before testing and taking part in a COVID-19 clinical trial at the Wits RHI Shandukani Research Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 27, 2020. Picture shows a waiting room full of people. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
Trade

Vaccine Nationalism and Africa

by Evaborhene Aghogho Nelson 

African Union calls for a “People's Vaccine” as African Academy of Sciences begins mapping local clinical trials sites

The "Fearless Girl" statue is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange following first trading session since its March coronavirus lockdown in the Manhattan borough of New York City on May 26, 2020. The photo shows the statue with a huge American flag in the background. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Trade

Patent Pools and the Pandemic—A Renewed Debate

by Bashar Malkawi

In light of COVID-19 we need to revisit patent pools and their potential for pro-competitive and anticompetitive effects

Is this the stuff vaccines are made of? This publicity photo shows two samples of a vaccine against COVID-19, capped in Russian colors, at the Gamaleya Research Institute in Moscow on August 6, 2020. Picture shows two vials, one with a red cap and one with a blue. REUTERS/Russian Direct Investment Fund
Trade

Vaccine Dreams and Russian Reality

by Judy Twigg

Putin's gamble on an untested cure has high stakes—it could pay off if it actually works but will cost lives if it fails

Going out in a storm is a tough choice. Here a woman braves a sandstorm in Timbuktu, Mali, on July 29, 2013. Far worse is the decision many face today whether to brave COVID-19 for other health care. The photo shows a woman with a baby on her back walking through a desert. The wind is blowing strongly, as evidenced by the billowing cloth on their heads. REUTERS/Joe Penney
Aging

Mothers, Children, and the Terrible Choice Between COVID-19 and Other Infections

by Chip Lyons, Chris Collins

Decisive action is required now to protect the most vulnerable from HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during the pandemic