Interviews

Our editorial team sits down with the voices shaping global health today

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A masked pedestrian walks over Westminster Bridge in London, on January 27, 2022.

What to Know About "Stealth" Omicron 

Professor Ali H. Mokdad gives the rundown on the omicron subvariant BA.2

Governance
A man clears rubble from a psychiatric hospital that was destroyed by Russian forces

From Aleppo to Mariupol

Attacks on medical facilities in Syria and Ukraine will leave lasting scars

Older people in wheelchairs and blue masks line up to receive the vaccine against the COVID-19 during a vaccination session for elderly people over 85 years old, at a church in Taipei, Taiwan on June 15, 2021.
Aging

Aging Gracefully in Taiwan

Mayor-physician Ko Wen-Je's quest to reshape Taipei for seniors

Hundreds of women dressed in pink and white traditional North Korean gowns stand in rows in a central area of Pyongyang, North Korea, on Women's Day in March 2022.
Governance

North Korea's COVID-19 Crisis: An Impossible Outbreak in the "Impossible State"

Victor Cha, Korea chair at CSIS, on the health, political, and economic factors shaping North Korea's outbreak

A mother with long brown hair reads the label of a formula can in front of partially-empty grocery store shelves amid a nationwide shortage in Houston, Texas, on May 19, 2022.
Food

How the U.S. Baby Formula Shortage Affects Low-Income Families

Families living in poverty are making impossible trade-offs between food, rent, and essentials like formula and diapers

a man rides a horse in phoenix
Environment

Rising from the Ashes

An interview with Phoenix, Arizona, Mayor Kate Gallego

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of the Freetown, Sierra Leone, speaks at the Concordia Summit in Manhattan
Governance

Transforming Freetown After War

An interview with Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, mayor of Sierra Leone's capital city

Sunkirum, a solar-powered canoe, sails on the Pastaza River in the Amazon in Ecuador, where the Achuar Indigenous people have lived for thousands of years.
Environment

Indigenous Land Guardianship Around the World 

An interview with conservationist and Nia Tero founder Peter Seligmann 

The Parkroyal Collection Pickering, in Singapore, is a "green" hotel, designed with naturally ventilated corridors, solar-powered irrigation, rain water retention and sun shading.
Urbanization

Urban Design and the Shift from "Doing Less Harm" to "Doing Good"

Architects Richard Hassell and Wong Mun Summ on building design that gives back to the community, city, and environment

Andrew Ginther addresses attendees during an introductory press conference
Governance

Addressing Racial Inequity in the American Midwest

An interview with Columbus, Ohio, Mayor Andrew Ginther

A man walks past street art supporting medical professionals during the COVID-19 outbreak in Hong Kong on February 24, 2022. Photo by REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Governance

How Hong Kong Is Coping with a Tremendous Omicron Wave

Gabriel Leung, the dean of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, on the COVID spike

a fire is seen blazing over the parthenon in athens
Environment

How Athens Plans to Beat the Heat

An interview with Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis on how Europe's oldest capital will deal with rising temperatures

Athletes from Poland warm up for the Men's 5000m speed skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in the National Speed Skating Oval, in Beijing, China, on February 6, 2022.
Governance

Skiing, Skating, Swabbing for COVID-19—It's the Olympic Games in Beijing

An interview with Brian McCloskey, head of the Beijing 2022 Medical Expert Panel 

People wearing protective face masks visit the snow-covered Imperial Palace, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Governance

Omicron Right Now

Public health expert Ali H. Mokdad answers our omicron questions this week