List of Health articles
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The Sydney Opera House at dawn. Australia Is the New Hermit Kingdom
Closed borders have shut out a diverse citizenry.
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Thierry Breton puts a sticker with the European Union flag on a box containing Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccines in Puurs, Belgium on Feb. 22, 2021. Industrial Policy Saved Europe’s Vaccine Drive
The EU got its act together not by banning exports but through classic cooperation with industry.
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Health workers arrange beds for COVID-19 patients at a care center in Amritsar, India, on May 9. Mourning in India
Thanks to social media, grief has become collective—even as the pandemic has made it a lonely affair.
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Demonstrators call on the U.S. government to commit to a global coronavirus vaccination plan. Big Pharma’s Patent Defeat Shows Corporate America Losing Power
The unloved industry could try to fight Biden—or get behind the global drive to vaccinate.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a townhall meeting at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 27, 2015. Forget Trump. Facebook Should Go After Modi.
Around the world, super influencers have used social media to sow chaos. Facebook’s “Supreme Court” should consider them too.
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Frontline COVID-19 coronavirus warriors such as health workers, patients ambulance drivers, crematorium workers, wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suits hold Indian national flags as part of the Independence Day celebrations in Kolkata on August 15, 2020. COVID-19 Is India’s Great Leveler
The coronavirus pandemic has flattened the country’s social order and turned its political divisions upside down.
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks at a mobile treatment center. Stopping Drug Patents Has Stopped Pandemics Before
Loosening property rules over coronavirus vaccines is likely to accelerate—not stifle—the pharmaceutical industry’s creativity.
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U.S. President Joe Biden leaves after he delivered remarks on COVID-19. Can Biden’s Vaccine Patent Waiver End the Pandemic?
Health experts laud a big step forward—but try explaining that to Indian or Brazilian hospitals in a deadly race against time.
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Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic attends a press conference in Vienna. The Rise and Fall of Igor Matovic
Slovakia’s prime minister lost his job to the pandemic, but his example serves as a warning to other corruption-fighters lacking governing experience.
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A Bharatiya Janata Party member wears a face mask at birthday celebrations for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chennai, India, on Sept. 16, 2020. The End of Modi’s Global Dreams
India’s prime minister advanced a muscular foreign policy, but his mishandling of the pandemic is an embarrassing step back.
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A health worker from a women's clinic in Islamabad. The Global Gag Rule’s Long Shadow in Pakistan
Biden repealed major restrictions on U.S. foreign assistance, but anti-abortion ideology still limits crucial reproductive care in the places that need it most.
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india funeral pyres covid cremation For Indians Abroad, Talk of Home Is Terrifying
Watching a catastrophe unfold from afar has left India’s diaspora feeling angry and helpless.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures during a campaign rally ahead of West Bengal Assembly elections in Jaynagar, near Kolkata, India, on April 1. Modi Fiddles While India Burns
What’s unfolding in India is a devastating carnage precipitated by its self-enamored leader.
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U.S. President Joe Biden leaves after speaking about COVID-19 vaccinations. Health Experts Slam Biden’s ‘Massive’ Global Leadership Failure
Biden’s speech to Congress ignores his dithering on COVID-19 vaccine patents, jeopardizing millions of lives in other nations, critics say.
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Workers unload vaccines from an airplane. Vaccines Will Shape the New Geopolitical Order
The gulf between haves and have-nots is only growing.
