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In 2020, as tens of thousands of people in the United States continued to test positive for COVID-19 each week, many wondered if it was really time to reopen the economy. Credit: US Army. CC BY 2.0.

How the US gained and then lost the ability to make medical masks

By Vic Suarez | Biosecurity

The A1 Verse: Choose your own pandemic

By Thomas Gaulkin | Biosecurity, Special Topics

Trump supporters gather for an indoor campaign event.

How Lara Trump and other presidential surrogates flout pandemic best practices—indoors

By Matt Field | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies