Safety

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Revisiting the Origin Story of COVID-19

And why lab security in the age of COVID should be a priority

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

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

Trade

Britain's Moral Bankruptcy Over COVID-19 Vaccines

Why a study set to deliberately infect people with coronavirus is unethical, unnecessary, and likely to be uninformative

Poverty

A Wake-Up Call Both Brutal and Urgent

For faster medical product access in low- and middle-income countries, make long-term investments in regulatory systems

Governance

Collateral Damage of the U.S. Withdrawal from the WHO: Frontline Responders

Retreating from WHO in the middle of a pandemic dishonors and endangers health-care workers at home and around the globe

Urbanization

Religion and COVID-19—Keeping Faith in the Battle Against Coronavirus

Faith leaders and their organizations can and should serve as crucial allies in the fight against COVID-19—and many are

Food

Coronavirus and America's Food Supply

Swift action to ensure worker safety, robust food inspections, and sustained supply chains should be top U.S. priorities

Food

COVID-19 and America’s Migrant Workforce

Need health care and groceries? Congress should protect the immigrant workforce—even if the Trump Administration won't

Governance

What the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Can Teach Us About COVID-19

The impacts of stigma, fear, and bureaucracy in emerging epidemics

Poverty

A Call for Global Solidarity

If COVID-19 has taught anything, it's that we are one world—and a world where many places need money and technical help

Urbanization

I Am an ER Doctor in New York City

The unseen mental and emotional cost of the COVID-19 pandemic—chronicled in the journals of one emergency physician

Urbanization

Coronavirus Testing in New York—Well Short

A call to prioritize COVID-19 testing for first responders from a city ER doctor who can't get a test, even with a fever

Governance

Pandemic Reparations and Justice in Global Health Governance

Does seeking damages from China for COVID-19 achieve justice or reveal that justice is a product of power politics?

Environment

The Trillion-Dollar Question With COVID-19

How significant is climate on coronavirus transmission?