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A graduate student at the Penn Center for Research on Coronavirus and Other Emerging Pathogens, demonstrates a viral RNA extraction at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 16, 2021

Public Health Backlash Hurts Master's Program Enrollment

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New caps on student loans and federal job cuts could be steering some away from degrees in public health

They are informally honored—but are they officially counted? Activists stand at sunrise to memorialize victims of the coronavirus, near the Washington Monument in Washington, DC on August 27, 2020. The photo shows the monument in the thin morning lite with a silhouette line of people standing in the foreground. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Two Hundred Thousand and (Not) Counting

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The U.S. failure to collect social and community data hampers efforts to control COVID-19 and to address health inequity

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

Data for Contraceptive Security Decision-Making

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Newly launched interactive visualization tool will help measure and track access to contraceptives and guide programs

Jiejin Qiu, six months pregnant with her first baby, poses underwater during a photo shoot at a local wedding photo studio in Shanghai on September 5, 2014—as China began easing its one-child policy. The photo shows the expecting mother floating underwater in a dream-like shot. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Children of Immigrants and Their Mental Health Needs

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

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

Condoms, Cookstoves, Seatbelts, and Face Masks

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Forget all the self-righteous, public judgement—let's find better ways to cajole people into wearing face masks

An Afghan man sells protective face masks during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kabul, Afghanistan June 18, 2020. The photo shows a man in front of a small cart with masks on display. in the background is a mural of hands raised. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

The Ripple Effect of U.S. Immigration Policies During COVID-19

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Self-inflicted problems of unsafe detentions and deportations of people with coronavirus impede effective U.S. responses

Migrants in the "Remain in Mexico" program queue in Juarez, Mexico, on July 8, 2020 to renew their permission to stay legally in Mexico to wait for their immigration hearing in the United States. This is a powerful image showing people lined up seated with their backs to a chain-link fence covered in barbed wire. Some of them hold packets of papers. One of them has his head resting in his hands. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

White Supremacy in Global Health

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A Juneteenth pledge to continue the ever-changing march toward anti-racism, ending oppression, and achieving justice

General view of George Floyd's memorial site on June 4, 2020 following more than a week of nationwide protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The photo shows a mural to Floyd with lots of flowers and signs laid out in front. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi

Commercial Determinants of Health in COVID-19

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Often part of the problem in pandemics, private sector businesses can be part of the solution as well and protect people

Customers wearing facemasks are reflected in a mirror as they stand on an escalator inside the department store Le Printemps Haussmann in Paris, France, amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 28, 2020. The photo shows people on an escalator with the photo showing mirror images on the left and right of the frame. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

We Need a Pro-Poor and Pro-Black Response to COVID-19

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Concentrate testing in poor Black and Latinx neighborhoods now and plan for an equitable distribution of future vaccines

A woman wears a mask during a Black Lives Matter protest in Centenary Square in Birmingham, England following the death of George Floyd who died in police custody in Minneapolis, on June 4, 2020. The picture shows a woman in a striking mask adorned with the words Floyd Life "Mattered." REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff

The Color and Gender of COVID: Essential Workers, Not Disposable People

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Women of color sit at the intersection of race and gender disparities—they should be at the center of policy solutions

A woman looks into the camera during a demonstration to protest the shooting of Michael Brown and the resulting police response to protests in Ferguson, Missouri August 15, 2014. The photo shows a woman with a red bandana tied around her face. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Silenced Voices in Global Health

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The field has come a long way from its colonial past, but global health still falls short of being diverse and inclusive

A woman living with HIV/AIDS stands in her hut in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri on July 23, 2005. The photo shows the woman with a wrap covering her mouth. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri