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COVID-19

Trump takes questions at coronavirus briefing

The human cost of the Trump pandemic response? More than 100,000 unnecessary deaths.

By Michael Riordan | Biosecurity, Opinion, Science Denial

coronavirus covid-19 mask autumn leaves

The A1 Verse: The cruelest months

By Thomas Gaulkin | Biosecurity, Special Topics

trump qanon conspiracy coronavirus covid-19 berlin germany

The A1 Verse: America’s fast-expanding disruption

By Thomas Gaulkin | Biosecurity, Science Denial, Special Topics

Nuclear war, public health, the COVID-19 epidemic: Lessons for prevention, preparation, mitigation, and education

By Andrew Futter, Samuel I. Watson, Peter J. Chilton, Richard J. Lilford | Biosecurity, Nuclear Weapons

President Donald Trump and King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia talk together during ceremonies, Saturday, May 20, 2017, at the Royal Court Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Official White House Photo Shealah Craighead)

Why US-Saudi Arabia relations will continue to be close, even when climate action reduces demand for oil

By Jean-François Seznec | Climate Change

Former secretaries of state John Kerry and Colin Powell

Convention takeaway: Democrats (and some Republicans) call for a return to multilateralism

By Halley Posner | Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

Thermometer

COVID-19 to have negligible impact on climate crisis

By Damian Carrington | Biosecurity, Climate Change

The A1 Verse: Fear and Contagion in Los Angeles

By Thomas Gaulkin | Biosecurity

What can a pandemic teach us about nuclear threats?

By Ted Lieu | Biosecurity, Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Nuclear Weapons, Uncategorized

Hiroshima blast and fire damage, US Strategic Bombing Survey map.

Hiroshima and COVID-19

By Robert Jay Lifton, Charles B. Strozier | Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Nuclear Weapons

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What it means when COVID-19 antibodies fade

By Jackie Flynn Mogensen | Biosecurity, Special Topics

Pandemic failure or convenient scapegoat: How did WHO get here?

By Thomas Gaulkin | Biosecurity