COVID-19 Archives

07.09.2020 a face mask with a white background

What Covid-19 Teaches Us About the Food System

The fallout of the pandemic is plunging much of the world – including communities in our own backyard – into severe food insecurity.

Guest Author Pauley Tedoff

06.22.2020 a pack of pills on a pink background

Birth Control During Covid-19

A deeper understanding of the impacts of telecontraception can help promote creative solutions that persist long after social distancing ends.

Guest Authors Julie Dorland, Lauren Schoen, Stephanie Morain, Leah Fowler

06.18.2020 a stencil of a face mask

Health Equity

Pharmacies for Covid-19 Care

Community pharmacists and pharmacies are available to help vulnerable communities access care during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Guest Authors Kathryn Phillips, Lisa Kroon, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Michael P. Douglas, Kharissa L. Reyes

06.12.2020 a woman with long hair wearing a necklace and a floral dress

Heidi Larson

PHP Fellow Pat Williams profiles Heidi Larson to discuss the narrative of Covid-19 and to offer a global perspective on the coronavirus pandemic.

Fellow Pat Williams

Editor Nicholas Diamond

06.02.2020 a diagram of a state

Change of State

Analysis of Google location history revealed how effective emergency declaration, social distancing, and shelter-in-place were at influencing behavior.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

05.22.2020 a woman smiling at the camera

Mona Sarfaty

Mona Sarfaty, Director of the Program on Climate and Health, identifies the intersection of the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change.

Fellow Gray Babbs

Editor Nicholas Diamond

05.15.2020 a woman smiling at the camera

Katie Swenson

Katie Swenson, Senior Principal at MASS Design Group, outlines the role of cities in creating the conditions for health during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Fellow Pat Williams

Editor Nicholas Diamond

05.08.2020 a man wearing glasses and a suit

Georges Benjamin

Georges Benjamin of the American Public Health Association discusses how to build the public health system of the future and how Covid-19 changed his work.

Fellow Pat Williams

Editor Nicholas Diamond

05.06.2020 a crumpled white paper with black writing on it

The Federal Response to Covid-19 We Should Have Expected

There have been mistakes of investment, implementation, and communication, but what we’ve learned most critically is that public health is political.

Editor Michael Stein

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