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Corrections officer Anthony Willingham displays Naloxone nasal spray, part of an opioid anti-overdose medicine kit for inmates to take with them upon release, before a training session for inmates at the Queensboro Correctional Facility in Queens, New York, U.S., April 9, 2018.

Opioid Overdoses Are Reaching New Highs in Washington, DC

by Isabella Turilli

The U.S. capital's opioid crisis is fueled by a lack of comprehensive public policy

Governance
President Joe Biden delivers a speech at a wooden podium while wearing a dark blue suit with a white shirt and striped tie

Changing Foreign Policy on Cyberspace: Lessons for U.S. Global Health Engagement

by David P. Fidler

Proposals to transform U.S. cyber foreign policy can inform rethinking global health engagement

Activists take part in a mock funeral at Glasgow Necropolis during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 13, 2021.
Environment

The Glasgow Summit and U.S. Foreign Policy on Climate Change

by David P. Fidler

Domestic politics, not diplomacy, will determine what "America is Back" means for climate change

A close-up photo of the U.S. and Chinese flags hanging gently from poles at the White House in 2015.
Governance

The COVID Pandemic—A Global Crisis in an Era of Great Power Rivalry 

by Thomas Wright

The United States must prepare for future pandemics in a geopolitical world

People at a coronavirus testing center on July 2, 2020 in Mugda Medical College in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where half of the medical equipment in public health facilities goes unused according to the authors. The photo shows a crowd of people wearing masks waiting on line in chairs while a health worker in full protective gear walks beside them. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Poverty

Who Gets What and Why?

by Héctor Castro

Countries need informed decision-making through health technology assessment to allocate resources during the pandemic

Global health security seeks to avoid installations like this one of crosses and balloons at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 8, 2020—a tribute to 100,000 victims of coronavirus. The photo shows an art installation of crosses, balloons and flag on the beach. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
Governance

On the Framework Convention on Global Health

by , Martín Hevia

The convention offers a human rights-based legal foundation for global health security—which is exactly what we need now

Amy, a two-year-old migrant from Honduras seeking asylum with her parents, crawls on a dirt road after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States in Penitas, Texas, on April 1, 2019. The photo shows a small child craling on the ground near a giant border fence. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
Migration

Children of Immigrants and Their Mental Health Needs

by Hannah Todd, Eliza Martin

We should create more comprehensive, accessible, and culturally sensitive initiatives for U.S. children of immigrants

Each state's progress towards reduction in symptoms and cases, health system readiness, and increased testing. The image shows a map of the united states with four colors according to outbreak status. SOURCE: Covid Exit Strategy
Governance

COVID-19 This Week—The Looming Question: Internal Travel Restrictions

by Tom Frieden

To reduce risk, we must close bars and other indoor spaces, reduce crowds, mask up, wash hands, and increase distancing

A militarized approach to contact tracing is shown here as National Guard members at the Washington State Department of Health support contact tracing efforts in Tumwater, Washington—on May 20, 2020. The photo shows the guard members standing around a cubicle space talking. A table in the foreground is decorated with a drawing of a dinosaur and emblazoned with the words "I eat COVID-19 for breakfast. REUTERS/Jason Redmond
Governance

Contact Tracing Requires Building Trust

by Sandra Mullin, Denene Jonielle Rodney

As states gear up their contact tracing efforts, here’s how they should approach getting buy-in within their communities

Share of COVID-19 tests that are positive globally. The image is a graph. CC-BY/Our World in Data
Governance

COVID-19 This Week: The Tide Is Beginning to Turn, But Is Still Very High

by Tom Frieden

The better we understand coronavirus, our risk, and our response with real-time intelligence, the better we can fight it

Chairs are pictured on top of tables in a classroom at Watlington Primary School during the last day of school, amid the coronavirus outbreak in Watlington, Britain, on July 17, 2020. The photo shows a number of tables with chairs stacked upon them. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
Governance

COVID-19 This Week: On the Brink

by Tom Frieden

The United States is a global outlier—a long way from vaccines or containment, even as we consider reopening schools

The image shows a heat map of the United States with states colored according to the higher number of tests coming back positive
Governance

Coronavirus Epidemiology This Week

by Tom Frieden

We won’t stop COVID-19 until we focus on the data that matter

"We cannot afford to unsee domestic abuse after COVID-19," the authors write. Here women wearing masks take part in a protest against gender violence in Santiago, Chile, on December 6, 2019. The photo is a striking image of women wearing red masks lined up, each person holding a hand over one eye of the person in front of them. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares
Gender

Violence in Times of Coronavirus—The Ugly Truth

by Amber Peterman, Megan O’Donnell, Karen Devries, Alessandra Guedes

We cannot afford to unsee domestic abuse after COVID-19—we need a world free from violence against women and children

Data reporting exists but is "woefully inadequate and regrettably incomplete," like these mostly empty COVID-19 testing kits at the CDC serology testing site in Washington, DC, on June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Poverty

One Weak Link and the Whole Thing Falls Apart

by Thoai Ngo , Charlotte Brasseux

A more structured, uniform, and comprehensive U.S. approach is needed to collect, report, and analyze coronavirus data