After COVID-19, we must rethink how we find and produce new drugs
How we manufacture and distribute any COVID-19 vaccine are issues we need to address today, if we want to be prepared for the pandemics of the future.
COVID-19: Global donors pledge $8.8 billion for vaccines
A variety of donor countries and organizations have pledged $8.8 billion to GAVI, the vaccines alliance, at a funding summit.
Coronavirus: what a second wave might look like
These five charts show how a second, or repeated waves, of COVID-19 could develop. These could be caused by relaxing of lockdown measures or a mutating virus.
Cell death and cytokine storms: how your body's innate immune response is crucial to battling COVID-19
A range of innate immune responses could be responsible for COVID-19 deaths. Here's how an overreaction by our immune system can prove fatal.
Pandemics are here to stay. Here's how to prepare for the next one
Pandemics like COVID-19 will become part of our new normal. Here's what this one has to teach us about how to respond more effectively in the future.
Genomic Data Policy Framework and Ethical Tensions
This white paper aims to begin addressing the need for new or modified policies by proposing a genomic data policy framework and corresponding set of ethical tensions for policy-makers, b...
28 million elective surgeries may be cancelled worldwide: how non-COVID-19 medical care is suffering
A backlog of operations that have been postponed due to COVID-19 could take almost a year to clear, new research shows.
Coronavirus is leaving pregnant women with tough choices and bleaker outcomes
The UN Population Fund measured the pandemic's possible impact on three key sexual and reproductive health services, including births and access to contraception.
A Global Framework for Youth Mental Health
For centuries, the high rate of childhood mortality was the single biggest challenge facing society. Today, youth mental health issues have replaced this. This report offers a blueprint f...
How 2 out of every 5 jobs lost during COVID-19 may not come back
Only three new jobs are created for every 10 layoffs caused by coronavirus, according to new research by the University of Chicago.
An epidemiologist and an exposure scientist explain: how to stay safe when flying
An exposure scientist and infectious disease epidemiologist walk readers through what to consider and how to minimize risks when it comes to air travel.
Lessons from China: This is how COVID-19 could affect globalization
The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to trigger the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression - could it spell the permanent end of globalization?