Public Health

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador shakes hands with girlds while visiting towns in the southwestern state of Guerrero, as Mexico's health ministry urged people to mantain a "healthy distance" to avoid infection and the spreading of coronavirus (COVID-19), in Ayutla de los LIbres, Mexico March 15, 2020. Mexico's Presidency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Order from Chaos

AMLO’s feeble response to COVID-19 in Mexico

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, March 30, 2020

Nine-year-old Eve looks out of the front window at home, as the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases grow around the world, in London, Britain, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Future Development

Awakening in the post-pandemic world

Dennis J. Snower

Friday, March 27, 2020

An advisory sign urges motorists to stay home on Interstate 84 near the Providence Medical Center in Portland, Ore., on March 26, 2020. Oregon is enforcing a statewide executive order to stay home except for essential needs as more extreme social distancing measures aim to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and flatten the curve. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Up Front

Careful or careless? Perspectives on the CARES Act

Grace Enda, William G. Gale, and Claire Haldeman

Friday, March 27, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A patient infected with coronavirus is carried on a stretcher by a French rescue team before being transferred by a helicopter of the civil security (Securite Civile) from Strasbourg university hospital to Pforzheim in Germany as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in France, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo

Order from Chaos

Now is the time to revisit the Global Health Security Agenda

Bonnie Jenkins

Friday, March 27, 2020

Reports

Access to Health Care

Medicines in India: Accessibility, affordability and quality

Prachi Singh, Shamika Ravi, and David Dam

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

A woman wears a mask on Wall St. near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Report

The global macroeconomic impacts of COVID-19: Seven scenarios

Warwick J. McKibbin and Roshen Fernando

Monday, March 2, 2020

Cigarettes are displayed behind the counter of a convenient store.

Report

Development of a computational modeling laboratory for examining tobacco control policies: Tobacco Town

Ross A. Hammond, Todd B. Combs, Austen Mack-Crane, Matt Kasman, Amy Sorg, Doneisha Snider, and Douglas A. Luke

Monday, December 30, 2019

Immigration

The moral and policy failures of immigration detainee vaccination policy

John Hudak and Christine Stenglein

Monday, November 25, 2019

Newport and Camel cigarettes are stacked on a shelf inside a tobacco store in New York July 11, 2014. U.S. cigarette maker Reynolds American Inc is in talks to acquire rival Lorillard Inc in a multi-billion dollar deal that would reshape one of the world's biggest and most profitable tobacco markets, the companies said on Friday. In a statement confirming what people familiar with the matter previously told Reuters, Reynolds, No.2 player in the United States with brands including Camel and Pall Mall, said the talks were consistent with its strategy of weighing options that would help boost shareholder value. Buying Lorillard, which had a stock market value of $22.9 billion on Thursday, would give Reynolds the leading U.S. menthol cigarette Newport and its leading e-cigarette blu.Buying Lorillard, which had a stock market value of $22.9 billion on Thursday, would give Reynolds the leading U.S. menthol cigarette Newport and its leading e-cigarette blu. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1EA7C02A001

Report

Simulating the effects of tobacco retail restriction policies

Todd B. Combs, Virginia R. McKay, Joseph T. Ornstein, Margaret Mahoney, Kerry Cork, Deena Brosi, Matt Kasman, Benjamin Heuberger, Ross A. Hammond, and Douglas Luke

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Blog Posts

Police officers check identity cards of commuters before letting them cross a checkpoint during a partial lockdown after Pakistan shut all markets, public places and discouraged large gatherings amid an outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Karachi, Pakistan, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Order from Chaos

Pakistan teeters on the edge of potential disaster with the coronavirus

Madiha Afzal

Friday, March 27, 2020

A commuter wearing a protective face mask walks inside metro installations as the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Mexico City, Mexico March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Gustavo Graf

Order from Chaos

As coronavirus hits Latin America, expect serious and enduring effects

Charles T. Call

Thursday, March 26, 2020

FILE PHOTO: European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and British Prime Minister's Europe adviser David Frost 5 are seen at start of the first round of post -Brexit trade deal talks between the EU and the United Kingdom, in Brussels, Belgium March 2, 2020. Oliver Hoslet/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Order from Chaos

Brexit is not immune to coronavirus

Amanda Sloat

Thursday, March 26, 2020

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