Coronaviruses

COVID-19 made the future even more uncertain for many vulnerable undocumented immigrants in Massachusetts, including this family who arrived from South America 6 years ago, photographed Mar. 24, 2020 in East Boston

COVID-19’s Impact on Undocumented Immigrants in Western Massachusetts

Fantanesh Gedefe, in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region, washes her face from water stored in the “leaky tin.” Facial cleanliness is an integral component of the SAFE strategy for trachoma elimination. Brent Stirton/Getty Images Courtesy of the International Trachoma Initiative.

Dramatic Reduction in Blindness is Good News—Let’s Finish the Job

Humanitarian supplies wait at the Tienditas International Bridge in the border city of Cucuta, Colombia on February 21, 2019. Image: Lokman Ilhan/Anadolu Agency/Getty

When Our Valuation of Democracy Wavers

Donald Trump and Joe Biden spar in the first presidential debate. Cleveland, Ohio, September 29, 2020. Image: Scott Olson/Getty

That Was Bad

Donald Trump and Joe Biden spar in the first presidential debate. Cleveland, Ohio, September 29, 2020. Image: Scott Olson/Getty

That Was Bad.

A woman wearing a mask watches a traditional ceremony in La Paz, Bolivia on September 21, 2020. Image: Gaston Brito/Getty Images

“You Carry Your Suffering Alone”: COVID-19’s Extra Burden on Women

Actress Vera Miles in Hitchcock’s horror classic “Psycho,” 1960. Image: Archive Photos/Getty

Do Societies Panic?

Surgeons operate in a hospital in Sotouboua, Togo. Image: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

To Prepare for Pandemics, Invest in Surgical Care

A man waves a US flag in front of the Colorado State Capitol building during a demonstration to protest coronavirus stay-at-home orders. Denver, April 19, 2020. Image: Jason Connolly/AFP/Getty

To Fix the US Coronavirus Response, Start with Culture

COVID: The case for culture

Student CoVideo Animation Still - 3 Figures In Front of White World Map

COVideo19: Bloomberg School Students Translate the Science

Scientist Xinhua Yan works in the lab at Moderna in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Feb. 28, 2020. Image: David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty

At Risk for COVID-19? Warp Speed Vaccine Trials Want You