The coronavirus pandemic has underscored the critical role of public health in protecting people around the world. But the crisis has also exposed the need for more investment to help prevent a pandemic of this magnitude from happening again. As part of our weekly series taking your questions to the experts, The World’s Elana Gordon moderated a discussion with Dr. Howard Koh of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Scientists in Singapore appear to be making advances with a new antibody test to help track the spread of COVID-19, while in the US, the Trump administration’s response has been hampered by its declining trust in science. Turkey and Russia have agreed to a ceasefire deal in Syria’s Idlib province. And immigration experts warn that a new office of US Department of Justice could increase denaturalizations of US citizens.