List of Health articles
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A World Health Organization official speaks to health workers in Liberia. WHO Says COVID-19 Likely Started With Animals, Not Laboratory Leak
The long-awaited report is unlikely to quell concerns about China’s influence over the investigation.
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The Global Race To Vaccinate The Global Race to Vaccinate
Facing new coronavirus variants and threats of backsliding, the world's effort to protect its most vulnerable populations must accelerate
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MB-web-lead-covid-19-global-response-1500x1000 The COVID-19 Global Response Index
From FP Analytics: A country-by-country assessment of government responses to the pandemic.
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Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks about the pending nominations of key foreign-policy and national security officials. Biden Takes Small Steps Toward Feminist Foreign Policy
Biden’s push for gender equality is a huge change from Trump, but experts stop short of calling it a feminist foreign policy.
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israel covid haredim protests Did Israel’s Security State Fail the COVID Test?
Netanyahu’s focus on maintaining ultra-Orthodox support as the pandemic raged didn’t help him win, but it has left deep scars.
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A representative stands in front of a monitor at Sinopharm CNBG’s COVID-19 vaccine production facility during a media tour in Beijing on Feb. 26. At China’s Borders, “Vaccine Passports” Just Got Real
In announcing it would prioritize travelers who had received Chinese-made vaccines, Beijing sparked outrage in countries where those aren’t available.
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Rafael Grossi speaks at an IAEA press conference. Rafael Grossi Has a Plan to Stop Future Pandemics
The ambitious head of the IAEA is reinventing the nuclear watchdog—though some fear he’s spreading the agency too thin.
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Roberto Burioni photographed in Perugia, Italy, on April 9, 2017. Italy’s Dr. Fauci Talks Like Trump—but Is It Working?
Roberto Burioni fuses science with vulgar rhetoric to combat anti-vaxxers.
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Illustration shows coronavirus cracking a skull to symbolize the failure of social science predictions. Everyone Was Wrong on the Pandemic’s Societal Impact
In March 2020, a study asked experts and laypeople for their predictions. Neither group came close to being right.
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Volunteers install U.S. flags in Washington. U.S. Exceptionalism Created Deadly COVID-19 Failures
The U.S. calamity wasn’t Trump’s fault alone—but it doesn’t have to happen again.
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china-pandemic-failure-Li-Wenliang-Tomasz-Walenta-illustration The Chinese Government’s Cover-Up Killed Health Care Workers Worldwide
Bad advice based on false information led to fatal mistakes.
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A nurse shows a package of the AstraZeneca vaccine at a doctor’s surgery in Senftenberg, a town in southern Brandenburg, Germany, on March 3. Once Again, Europe Is Sabotaging Its Own Vaccine Rollout
The decision to halt administration of AstraZeneca vaccines is unscientific, will derail the reopening, and could result in thousands of unnecessary deaths.
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Slovakian Prime Minister Igor Matovic and Health Minister Marek Krajci speak at Kosice International Airport. What Happened to Slovakia’s Coronavirus Success Story?
The country’s swift fall shows that managing a pandemic is a marathon, not a sprint.
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People line up outside a mass COVID-19 vaccine center at the Millennium Point center in Birmingham, England, on Jan. 11. Scarcity and Ethics
The pandemic is offering a crash course to wealthy countries on dealing with problems they can’t buy their way out of.
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Workers pack syringes at the Hindustan Syringes and Medical Devices factory in Faridabad, India, on Sept. 2, 2020. To Democratize Vaccine Access, Democratize Production
U.S. and European COVID-19 shots aren’t enough. It is time to tap into Africa, Asia, and Latin America’s enormous production capacity.
