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Governance
The U.S. Capitol dome is reflected on an ambulance at sunset in Washington, U.S. November 10, 2020.

Heroes of Health

by Isabella Turilli

Emergency medical technicians were lauded as heroes during the pandemic, but many struggle to make a living wage

Urbanization
Traffic jam is seen in morning rush hour after the government eased nationwide lockdown following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Hanoi, Vietnam May 25, 2020.

The Golden Hour: The Critical Time Between Life and Death

by Laura Hoemeke, Nigel Rossiter, Sylvio Augustin, Alejandra Cortés-Rodríguez, Michelle Joseph

From road traffic injury prevention to definitive trauma care 

A student watches an online lecture in a digital mobile education library—which provides mobile phones to children who lack access for education during COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, on October 16, 2020. The photo shows a small child at a school desk with a mobile phone on the table in front of them. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Governance

Big Data Requires Big Thinking on Data Governance

by Stefan Germann

We need concrete guidelines now to secure data privacy and address missing data, missed use of data, and misuse of data

Four of the world's two billion children under the age of fourteen sit on a bench in the playground at St John's Primary School in in London on July 16, 2020 amid the spread of coronavirus. The photo shows four kids on a bench. One of them is looking at the camera. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs
Food

Children, Hunger, Stress, and Coronavirus

by Hannah Todd, Nicky Joseph

We need to identify at-risk U.S. children and expand safety nets worldwide to keep kids fed, immunized, and looked after