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This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round magenta objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, is the virus that causes COVID-19. The virus shown was isolated from a patient in the U.S. Credit: NIAID-RML

COVID-19 Expert Reality Check

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.

A Chaudoir funeral home employee disinfects the coffin of a COVID-19 victim in Namur, Belgium on April 20, 2020. Image: John Thys/AFP via Getty Images

Make All COVID-19 Deaths Count

The U.S. Capitol--inverted--on June 5, 2003. Image: Stefan Zaklin/Getty Images

How to Turn Around the US Coronavirus Response

COVideo19: Bloomberg School Translate the Science in Gujarati

A woman arranges dried fish at the deserted fish market in Rufisque on April 9, 2020.

The Public Health Case for Massive Debt Relief for Africa

COVideo19: Bloomberg School Translate the Science in Igbo

Community Ebola responders and Ministry of Health workers in West Point. Monrovia, Liberia. September 2014. Image: M. Holden Warren

In Liberia, Resources are Scarce—but Contact Tracing Is Second Nature

People take shelter after flood waters from Hurricane Harvey inundated Houston, Texas. August 29, 2017. Image: Joe Raedle/Getty

Disaster Relief in the Face of COVID-19

Allison Bracy of Fontana hugs her daughter Brielle Bracy, 10, while attending a rally with hundreds of demonstrators to protest the death of George Floyd during the coronavirus pandemic in Riverside, California, June 4, 2020.

Lisa Cooper on Why the Racism Roiling America Is a Public Health Issue

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Baltimore Protesters Weigh the Risks—and Take to the Streets