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Environment

A child flies a kite inside a giant inflatable plastic bubble during a performance of the artistic group Cirk La Putyka called "Isolation" in a park, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Prague, Czech Republic

The Psychological Toll of the Pandemic: What Isolation Does to the Brain

by Robin Blades

The worldwide increase in isolation during COVID-19 is sure to exact a psychological toll on people across the globe

Governance

General view during a press conference of the World Health Organization (WHO) organised by the Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva Switzerland July 3, 2020.

Institutional Failures in COVID-19

by Les Roberts

The pandemic shows us why organizations should separate nurturing partner and policing health authority roles

U.S. President-elect Joseph R. Biden prepares to remove his face mask to deliver remarks during a voter mobilization event at the Michigan State Fairgrounds in Novi, Michigan on October 16, 2020.

Governance

Reflections on the Election in Pandemic America

by David P. Fidler

The devastating COVID-19 pandemic has not transformed U.S. politics on health