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Research assistant Marion Hong, of RNA medicines company Arcturus Therapeutics, conducts research on a vaccine for COVID-19, in San Diego, California, on March 17, 2020.

Gain of Fiction: How COVID Origins Motivated Defunding of U.S. Science

by Gigi Gronvall

Defunding scientific research in the United States has halted disease cure studies amid multiple infectious crises

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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, on May 20, 2025.

Tracking the Progress of "Make America Healthy Again"

by Anya Hirschfeld

A report card for the Trump administration's health agenda based on confirmation hearings and actions taken to date

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris receive an update on the COVID-19 pandemic at the CDC, in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 19, 2021.
Governance

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Needs to Be Reformed

by Ali H. Mokdad, Christopher Murray

A new CDC era calls for empowering local health experts and explaining "the why" behind policy recommendations

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins bump elbows after testifying before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss about vaccines and protecting public health during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Washington, U.S., September 9, 2020.
Governance

Eroding Faith in Public Health Leaders

by William A. Haseltine

Examining political pressures and public trust in public health leadership

In a country that didn't lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, a sign assures people that the bar is open during the COVID-19 outbreak—outside a pub in Stockholm, Sweden, on March 26, 2020. Picture Shows two side-by-side chalk placards in front of a restaurant advertising a happy hour inside. One of the signs reads, "I assure you WE'RE OPEN." REUTERS/Colm Fulton
Governance

Separated by a Common Infection

by Amar Bhidé, Leif Pagrotsky

A mess of coronavirus responses—from Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, and the U.S. federal government to U.S. states

A mannequin with a surgical mask on display where a vendor sells packages of masks on a corner in the Chelsea neighborhood during the outbreak of the coronavirus in New York City on March 27, 2020. The photo shows a mannequin wearing a blue mask. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Governance

Why Social Policies Make Coronavirus Worse

by Emily Mendenhall

Too late for COVID-19, but strengthening safety nets and health security in U.S. would help us respond to future threats

A usually bustling Metro station in Bethesda, Maryland nearly empty at rush hour last week, when Governor Larry Hogan ordered the shutdown of all bars and restaurants in the state due to coronavirus. The picture shows a long escalator tube almost empty. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Governance

Quarantined: Federalism in Action at Home and Abroad

by Catherine Powell

Lessons from around the world on how national and subnational governments can cooperate in response to COVID-19

A health technician analyses blood samples for tuberculosis testing in a high-tech TB laboratory in Carabayllo, an area in Lima, Peru on May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo
Poverty

Diabetes and TB—A Complicating Combo

by Kirsten Wiens

Though they are entirely different types of diseases TB and diabetes exacerbate each other in surprising—and costly—ways