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Nurse Tatsanee Onthong, 26, receives help putting on PPE before attending to a COVID-19 patient in the ICU at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 22, 2020. Picture shows a nurse being helped into her PPE. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

COVID-19: It Ain’t Over Until There’s PPE All Over

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None of us are safe until all health workers are protected. The time to start is now.

A health worker in a demonstration calling on federal and local authorities to provide more Personal Protective Equipment outside New York-Presbyterian Medical Center in Manhattan on April 9, 2020. The image shows a man wearing a mask and holding a small sign above his head that says, "We need protection equipment." REUTERS/Mike Segar

How to Future-Proof Medical Supplies

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Building resilience in COVID-19's wake will require multiple strategies, including strengthening our medical stockpile

A Truce in the Trade War Will Save American Lives

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Immediately lifting all tariffs on personal protection equipment will enable doctors and nurses to safely do their work

Masks are seen on a production line manufacturing masks at a factory in Shanghai, China January 31, 2020. New York City alone could face a shortage of millions of masks in the coming months. The image shows a human hand with two bright orange bandaids on the thumb and middle finger picking its way across a huge pile of masks. REUTERS/Aly Song

Six Proactive Steps in a Smart Trade Approach to Fighting COVID-19

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Tariffs, subsidies, waivers, licensure, and what a trade agenda to support the fight against coronavirus might look like

Container ship RDO Concord sails through the Suez Canal on November 17, 2019. The picture places the viewer in the wake of a massive freighter stacked high with metal shipping containers as a smaller patrol-type boat passes in the foreground. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany