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Health-care workers wait to take off their personal protective equipment after the end of a check-up camp for the COVID-19) at a slum in Mumbai, India on June 14, 2020.

Don’t Wait for COVID-19 to End Before Addressing Cardiovascular Diseases

by Gregory A. Roth, Catherine O. Johnson , Katherine Leach-Kemon, Elizabeth Serieux

Unfortunately, many countries are likely to be battling both diseases for a long time

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Students wear face masks during a health-care action rally dedicated to COVID-19 in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia on February 3, 2020

Tackling the World’s Most Vexing Diseases Through Data

by Lauren A. Do, Patricia G. Synnott, Siyu Ma, Daniel A. Ollendorf

A call to re-shape the way policymakers make health decisions by getting the most cost-effective priorities straight

Cigarette butts are seen in front of exhibited skulls during the Day of Skulls celebrations in La Paz, Bolivia November 8, 2019. The photo shows two human skulls laid out with flowers in a ceremonial way with a number of burned cigarettes in the foreground. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

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COVID-19 and Tobacco: Unmasking the Smoke Screen

by José Luis Castro, Dina Mired

World No Tobacco Day 2020 exposes the false dichotomy between public health and the economy when it comes to Big Tobacco