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An intubated patient tries to gesture at a medical worker holding his hand at the Sotiria hospital ICU during the coronavirus outbreak, in Athens, Greece, on April 25, 2020. Picture shows the hand of a patient in a hospital bed being held by the blue-gloved hand of a medical worker. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis

Scaling up Surgery and Anesthesia, Post-Coronavirus

by Craig D. McClain, Laura Hoemeke, Natalie Sheneman

Expanding access to surgery and anesthesia globally would be a win–win for health security and universal health coverage

Gender
Goodman Makanda, who's involved in efforts to make tuberculosis and COVID-19 testing more acceptable and accessible for South African men, in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa, on March 24th 2019. The photo shows a man sitting in a clinic with various monitors and equipment. An eye exam is visible on the wall. MSF/Jelle Krings

Afraid to Die, Afraid to Go to the Clinic

by Ruvandhi Nathavitharana, Isabel Foster

Amplifying tuberculosis survivor perspectives to encourage men to seek care for COVID-19 in South Africa and elsewhere

Residents walk along a house on a flooded street heading to a shelter ahead of the expected landfall of the "super cyclone" Amphan, in the Dacope of Khulna district, Bangladesh, on May 20, 2020. Photo shows two people walking and hanging on to a building as they navigate the flooded streets. AFP/Munir uz Zaman via Getty Images
Environment

Family Affair: Coronavirus and the Climate Crisis

by Gaurab Basu, Samir Chaudhuri

In the Bay of Bengal, where Cyclone Amphan collided with COVID-19, a glimpse of why we need environmental sustainability

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
Governance

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

A man is seen in silhouette as he smokes a cigarette at his shop in Peshawar, Pakistan May 28, 2019. The image shows a dark silhouette of a man in profile smoking and filling the air around him with smoke. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
Trade

Smoke and Mirrors in Bangladesh

by Bungon Ritthiphakdee

Three lessons we can learn from Bangladesh about tobacco industry influence and corruption

Zhang Changchun shows a lung CT of his mother—53-year old Yang Zhongyi—a suspected case of coronavirus in Wuhan, China on Jan. 25, 2020. The case was unconfirmed at the time of the photo, said her son. The photo shows a hand holding a blue-tinted piece of X-ray film with lots of images of sections of lung scanned by the CT instrument. REUTERS/Zhang Changchun Handout.
Food

The Market, the Clinic, the Lung, and the Lab

by Jason Socrates Bardi

An interview with University of Iowa expert Stanley Perlman on what we know and what we don’t about the new coronavirus

Factories emit smoke in Jilin province, China, across the Songhua River from where an elderly man exercises on the morning of Feb 24, 2013, after Chinese authorities announced plans to curb pollution. The photo shows the man in the foreground, back to the camera, with buildings on the other side of the river pouring out smoke. REUTERS/Stringer
Environment

Wildfires, Air Quality, and the Risk of Lung Diseases

by Christopher Troeger

Respiratory diseases caused by invisible "PM2.5" particles released by wildfires are a significant health risk to people

Chinese men work at a brick production plant in Xian, northwest of China's Shaanxi province on April 27, 2005. The photo shows a man pulling bricks off a stack where they were presumably kiln fired and placing them into a stack in the foreground. the overall color of the photo is brick red, suggesting that the dust is everywhere.
Trade

Tackling Occupational Diseases in China

by Yanzhong Huang

With 200 million or more workers exposed to unsafe conditions, holding employers accountable remains a daunting task