Coronaviruses

NIH director Francis Collins at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Washington, DC, July 2, 2020. Image: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner/Bloomberg/Getty

Francis Collins' Take

Illustration by Gail Ward, courtesy of Innovations for Poverty Action

Q&A: The Massive Bangladesh Mask Trial, Unmasked

A nurse holds the hand of a patient in a COVID-19 ward of the Redemption hospital in Monrovia on July 1, 2021. Image: Emmanuel Tobey/AFP/Getty

Africa’s Third Wave Hits Liberia

A young girl is at MSF’s cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment center with her uncle at Naseerullah Khan Babar memorial hospital, Peshawar. Nov. 1, 2020 Image by Nasir Ghafoor/Courtesy of MSF

Covid-19 Hinders Pakistan's Progress on Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

A Syrian man wearing a face mask walks in front of COVID-19 posters, Damascus. April 1, 2020.

Keeping the Lights on in Syria

A Nepalese health worker takes a nasal swab of a parliamentary lawmaker for a coronavirus PCR test in Kathmandu on May 5. Image: Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via Getty

Help Wanted: Digital Innovations to Bridge Diagnostic Gaps

Puvirnituq Town, Nunavik, Canada

When COVID-19 Hit, Nunavik’s Midwives Delivered

The World Health Assembly, which sets WHO priorities, convenes virtually May 24 – June 1. Image: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

A High-Stakes World Health Assembly, Previewed

Argentines protest in Buenos Aires against new COVID-19 restrictions. April 17, 2021. Image: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

Argentina and Covid-19: ‘The Worst Time Is Right Now’

Demonstrators, wearing face masks due to COVID-19, clash with riot police during a protest against President Sebastian Pinera's government in Santiago, Chile on April 27, 2020.

Chile: Covid May Be Surging, but So Is Civil Society

A Red Cross worker in Narok, Kenya, where an anthrax outbreak in 2019 was swiftly contained.

Learning from the “Near Misses”

Older adults in Quito, Ecuador receive their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine yesterday. Image: Rafael Rodriguez/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Tech Companies Have a Role in Expanding Vaccine Access, Information