The race to develop pharmaceutical products targeting COVID-19 has quickly expanded to encompass hundreds of research projects. As of June 2020, there were over 140 vaccine candidates in development,…
The COVID-19 pandemic has advanced two trends: the US-China confrontation and the increasing importance of soft power in the networked world. These developments present Japan and South Korea…
Crises tied to drinking water affordability, quality, and accessibility are on the rise in the twenty-first century in locations and economies where we might not expect them: cities in middle…
Adverse effects from climate change are occurring faster than anticipated, which is bad news for global health. Since climate change became a prominent issue in the 1990s, experts…
The inability of Russia and Saudi Arabia to agree on production quotas for countries that are not part of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (referred to as OPEC+…
“The microbe that felled one child in a distant continent yesterday can reach yours today and seed a global pandemic tomorrow. How can we procrastinate any…
Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity, a book sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) and boasting fifteen international authors, describes alcohol policies as authoritative decisions made by government or non-government…
When I visited Iran this summer, severe panic attacks, depression, and anxiety—longstanding byproducts of post-traumatic stress disorder—caused me to seek out a trauma therapist. After weeks of contacting Iranian pharmacies,…
Cybersecurity of medical devices is not only an issue of privacy, but a matter of life and death. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should increase its leadership role…
On February 24 and 27, 2019, unidentified attackers set fire to two Ebola treatment centers operated by Médecines Sans Frontiers (MSF) in the cities of Katwa and Butembo in…
