Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Earth at night

The brave new world of 2021

Thursday, January 21, 2021

A member of Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government fires a weapon on a pickup truck during a battle with Islamic State militants in Giza Bahreya, in Sirte, Libya October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Hani Amara

The key trends to watch this year on nonstate armed actors

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, January 15, 2021

FOTO DE ARCHIVO: Personas esperando para ser examinadas de COVID-19 en Shah Alam, Malasia, el 7 de enero de 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: Regional pandemic preparedness matters

Mely Caballero-Anthony

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Pupils of Kilimani Primary School attend class while wearing face masks following the full-reopening of schools in the country after the government closed all learning institutions due to COVID-19. (Photo by Dennis Sigwe / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Remember the fundamentals as we build back better in girls’ education

Stephanie Psaki and Karen Austrian

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

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How a Baltimore design initiative is rethinking cityscapes to promote economic recovery from COVID-19

Emily Breiter, Pavlina Ilieva, Kuo Pao Lian, and Kristen Mitchell

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Higher Ed

Higher education’s reopening decisions affected the most vulnerable students

Kristen E. Broady, Eliana Buckner, Jennifer Umanzor, and Sarah Wheaton

Monday, January 11, 2021

Girl holds a globe above her head.

How can we implement education for climate action and climate justice?

Christina Kwauk

Monday, January 11, 2021

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.- In the photo, a specialist works in a clinical laboratory amid the pandemic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Less affected by covid-19 than the rest of the continents, Africa begins a race for the vaccine. The continent hopes to vaccinate "3% of Africans between now and March 2021 and 20% by the end of next year," declared the regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Matshidiso Moeti, in Brazzaville.

Africa in the news: AfCFTA launches, Africa secures COVID-19 vaccines, and Niger and the Central African Republic vote

Saturday, January 9, 2021

Licensed professional clinical counselor Aimee Vaughn with Guidestar counseling, working from home as she speaks with a client virtually through Telehealth, April.9, 2020.A Vaughn 1

Mental health innovation is important for economic recovery and upward mobility

Gregory Ferenstein

Friday, January 8, 2021

Hanoi, Vietnam.- In the photos taken on December 28, 2020, the Academy of Military Medicine (AMM) carried out the experimental injection of the Nano Covax vaccine against Covid-19 to the volunteers of the group corresponding to the dose of 50 micrograms (mcg). Of the 20 volunteers in the 25 mcg dose group, they remained stable, without the presence of side effects. The first phase of the trial is expected to finish in a month and a half.

What state-party relations mean for COVID-19 management in Southeast Asia

Thomas Pepinsky

Thursday, January 7, 2021