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Not All U.S. States Struggled Equally Against COVID-19

Not All U.S. States Struggled Equally Against COVID-19

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What the U.S. death toll would have looked like if every state had performed as well as New Hampshire

Not Your Canaries in the Coal Mine

Not Your Canaries in the Coal Mine

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New CDC guidelines fail to protect frontline workers from COVID-19

Spread of COVID-19 Variants Adds to Urgency of Disease Control Efforts

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Increasing evidence suggests new COVID-19 variants are more transmissible between people

A public health information sign is seen with St. Paul's Cathedral seen behind amidst a lockdown during the spread of the coronavirus disease pandemic, London, Britain, January 7, 2021.

A Disparate Group of Places Lead the Way Through a Grim Pandemic Winter

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Minnesota, Austria, and Saudi Arabia are using evidence-based strategies to save lives and protect health systems

A man, wearing a protective face mask, walks past a closed shop after the Austrian government announced a lockdown including the closure of all non-essential shops, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Vienna, Austria on November 17, 2020

COVID-19 Has a Strong Chance of Winning on November 3

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Surging infection numbers suggest coronavirus cases will continue to increase in every state until the U.S. election

Estimated incidence per 100,000 people on November 3. Projections are based on no change in social distancing or mask use. The image shows a map of the United States colored according to each state's estimated incidence. IHME/Chris Troeger

Scaling up Surgery and Anesthesia, Post-Coronavirus

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

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

Back to Basics After COVID-19

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Investing in Primary Care Now Will Prepare the U.S. for the Next Pandemic

Addressing pandemic preparedness after COVID-19 will require going deeper than the surface. Here a worker sanitizes surfaces inside the Inox Leisure movie theatre in Mumbai, India, October 13, 2020. The photo is striking, showing a worker spraying disinfectant wearing a blue suit descending down a theater staircase where all the seats and carpet are bright red. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni

Falling Through the Cracks: COVID-19 and the Rise of Maternal Deaths in Africa

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Africa's unified pandemic response has saved lives, but reduced access to routine services puts women's health in danger

A woman walks past a graffiti promoting the fight against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya, on May 22, 2020. This is a striking photo of a woman in a blue dress wearing a facemask walking past a peach-colored wall with a graffiti of the Earth, also wearing a facemask, with bloodshot eyes and crying. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Vaccine Nationalism and Africa

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African Union calls for a "People's Vaccine" as African Academy of Sciences begins mapping local clinical trials sites

Volunteers wait for their names to be called before testing and taking part in a COVID-19 clinical trial at the Wits RHI Shandukani Research Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 27, 2020. Picture shows a waiting room full of people. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

In Thailand, Noncitizen Health Matters

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National progress on migrant health is expansive, effective, and has helped Thailand avoid the worst of the coronavirus

A girl from a migrant worker family that came to Thailand from Myanmar and lost their jobs due to COVID-19, lines up for free food in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 23, 2020. The photo shows a small girl wearing a facemask looking at the camera. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Racism as a Public Health Crisis

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Interview with Minneapolis City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins on the intersection of race, health, and COVID-19

The photo shows the council vice president standing in front of a slate-colored brick wall with her hands together looking at the camera.

The Kids Are (Not) Alright

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Analyzing the evidence against—and in support of—reopening schools during COVID-19

U.S. school systems are stuck between two bad choices. A classroom chair rests between two dismantled water fountains at Edmondson Westside High School in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 28, 2020. The photo shows a red chair in a beige-colorored hallway where two porticos feature white porcelain basins now dry for the pandemic. REUTERS/Tom Brenner