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U.S. President Joe Biden looks on as he prepares to sign executive orders at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 2, 2021.

Weighing Biden's First Executive Orders to Address COVID-19

by William A. Haseltine

Plaudits and missed opportunities

Governance
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

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

by Ali H. Mokdad, Maja Pašović

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

A man, wearing a red Santa Claus costume complete with a hat, beard, and bag full of toys, holds a scroll as he poses for a picture while sitting next to a decorated Christmas tree on a salt formation in the Dead Sea, near Ein Bokeq, Israel on November 15, 2020.
Migration

There Is No Place Like Home for the Holidays

by Samantha Kiernan, Priyanka Sethy

U.S. air travel reaches record levels during the pandemic as COVID-19 cases surge across the country