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A masked pedestrian walks over Westminster Bridge in London, on January 27, 2022.

What to Know About "Stealth" Omicron 

Professor Ali H. Mokdad gives the rundown on the omicron subvariant BA.2

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on COVID-19 in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, in Washington, DC, on March 30, 2022.

U.S. Foreign Policy, Global Health, and the Challenge of Institutional Reform

by David P. Fidler

Rethinking U.S. engagement on global health requires transforming domestic and international institutions

White flags placed across 20 acres of the National Mall represent Americans who have died of COVID-19. The Washington Monument stands in the distance, in Washington, D.C., September 2021.
Governance

Biodefense Leadership and National Security: Lessons from the Goldwater-Nichols Reforms

by Kenneth Bernard

The U.S. government needs transformational reform to combat threats to health security

A medical worker in a protective suit walks near the residential area at Jordan, after the expand of mandatory coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing, in Hong Kong, China January 19, 2021
Governance

What Happens When Zero-COVID Countries Lift Restrictions

by Ruri Syailendrawati, Annie Chan, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Ali H. Mokdad

How Singapore, Australia, Vietnam, and others are transitioning

People with and without masks attend the Florida State Fair as the new omicron “stealth variant” BA.2 spreads, in Tampa, Florida, February 11, 2022.
Governance

After the Mandates End

by Christopher Murray, Ali H. Mokdad

Preparing for the next COVID-19 variant

Villagers ride a motorcycle in a haze hit Dumai, in Indonesia's Riau provinc
Governance

Noncommunicable Diseases and Foreign Policy on Global Health

by David P. Fidler

The pandemic and climate change will deepen foreign policy disinterest in NCDs

Service members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces gather near BM-21 "Grad" multiple rocket launchers during tactical military exercises at a shooting range in Kherson, Ukraine, on January 19, 2022
Governance

The Ukraine Crisis, COVID-19, and Global Health

by David P. Fidler

The Russian threat to Ukraine has nothing to do with the pandemic, but the situation has implications for global health

Indonesian President Joko Widodo talks with locals during a door to door mass vaccination program against coronavirus disease
Governance

Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic Hinges on Trust

by Christopher Troeger, Thomas J. Bollyky

Science alone won't pull us out of the pandemic

People wander through a COVID memorial made of 26,661 white flags at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California, on November 20, 2021.
Governance

No Future But A Shared Future

by Lawrence O. Gostin, Kevin A. Klock, Sam F. Halabi, Katie Gottschalk, Katherine Ginsbach

An excerpt from "Legal Tools for Pandemic Preparedness"

A man refreshes himself and his dog at a fountain, in Madureira Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 19, 2019.
Environment

Adapting Our Cities to the Future 

by Michael Brauer

Why cities need to plan for climate change now 

A man waits to cross a street in front of Shinjuku station, a normally crowded street during the weekend, after the government expanded a state of emergency to include the entire country last week following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan, April 19, 2020
Governance

Up and Out of the Darkness

by Ted Alcorn

COVID-19 forced many into isolation, bringing attention to the long-term effects of loneliness on health

Humayun's Tomb was lit up pink and green to celebrate India’s milestone of administering one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses, in New Delhi, India, on October 21, 2021.
Governance

The Pandemic and the Future of India's Foreign Policy

by Šumit Ganguly

Mismanagement of COVID-19 at home squandered India's advantages in vaccine diplomacy

a farmer wearing a mask plows a field
Governance

Indonesia's Foreign Policy and the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Fitriani

Jakarta tests a new foreign policy strategy on the challenges created by COVID-19

U.S. President Joe Biden sits in front of a large UShosts a virtual COVID Summit from the White House in Washington, DC, on September 22, 2021.
Governance

President Biden's COVID-19 Summit and the Shift in Pandemic Geopolitics

by David P. Fidler

The pandemic is fading in importance for balance-of-power politics