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A giant red, white, and blue lit-up U.S. flag can be seen behind a person wearing a mask while walking in Times Square after the CDC announced new guidelines regarding outdoor mask wearing and vaccination during the COVID outbreak in New York City, New York, on April 27, 2021.

The United States Needs a Foreign Health Service

by Matthew Brown

Advancing American interests in global health requires transforming U.S. health diplomacy

Governance
A woman with long dark hair in a light blue blouse and black mask searches for something in a black tote bag as she walks past a blue sign with orange letters reading "monkeypox vaccination area"

The Monkeypox Public Health Emergency

Health law expert Lindsay Wiley outlines the legal tools the U.S. government has to respond to monkeypox

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
Trade

A Truce in the Trade War Will Save American Lives

by Susan Shirk, Yanzhong Huang

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

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
Trade

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

by Jennifer A. Hillman

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

A person walks up a giant LGBTQ+ Pride Flag installed on the steps of Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park to celebrate World Pride in New York City on June 14, 2019. Photo shows the legs and feet of someone wearing white pants and white sneakers walking up a wide staircase that fills the frame and is brightly adorned in rainbow hues. This is a striking photo. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Governance

Can the U.S. Be Among the First to Eliminate HIV Transmission?

by Magdalene K. Walters

Will the recently launched “Ready, Set, PrEP” program be a meaningful step toward HIV/AIDS elimination in the U.S.?