by Samantha Tracy — Stretching from the edge of the Pacific Ocean to the top of the Hollywood sign, Los Angeles (L.A.) is the second largest city in the United States with a population of nearly four million people. The sprawling metropolis has faced intense challenges grappling with the pressures of pandemic response, vaccine…

by Vanessa Beltran — The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States is approaching 200,000 per day. News outlets repeatedly report cities and towns that shatter the case record yet again. As the Color of Coronavirus project demonstrates, the communities impacted by the highest COVID-19 cases and death rates are Black, Indigenous, and…

By Radhika Tampi — Much of the recent conversation surrounding children and COVID-19 has focused on school reopenings and whether children are responsible for transmitting SARS-CoV-2 to adults. But why have the media considered them only as vectors of disease? What about the effects of COVID-19 on children themselves? Speaking to the myriad health…

By Ayah Mohammed Hamdan — “How should we try to understand the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black and Brown populations?” In commencing the dissection of this complex, sobering topic, Governor Patrick Deval, the 71st Governor of Massachusetts uplifts the basic, foundational public health issues: generational housing insecurity, financial impoverishment, education inequities, social determinants of…

By Elizabeth Alpert — On June 24, 2020, the Voices in Leadership discussion between Mayor Marty Walsh and Dr. Michelle Williams spotlighted the role of leadership during a global pandemic and national reckoning with systemic racism. Mayor Walsh, the 54th Mayor of the City of Boston, declared racism to be an emergency and public…

By Mahaa M. Ahmed — The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of nearly 180,000 people in the United States. As the pandemic rages on, it has magnified the vast inequities that exist in our world. Early observations coupled with narratives from healthcare workers indicated that Black and Latinx individuals were being affected by COVID-19…

by Miranda So — The current COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly every country since it was first reported in China last December. Globally, the number of cases has surpassed 18 million, with a cumulative death toll of 700,000 as of August 4, 2020. Germany’s approach to handling this public health crisis has been hailed…

By Anshu Shroff — Perú has the second-highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Latin America. This is despite the fact that the country was the first in the region to order a lockdown and roll out economic packages to its citizens. Its socio-economic context has played a significant role in its setbacks, despite…

By Kristina Lyons — Not too long ago, protests in the wake of the murder of more Black Americans by the U.S. police dominated news headlines, while the COVID-19 pandemic carried on, reaching record highs of global daily tallies of cases. Many communities around the world, already challenged with finding a balance between public…