Health

Reducing air pollution is vital to protect public health and meet climate targets. Yet policy and action in this area often falls short.

Sociologist Sara Farris explains how the lens of social reproduction offers a way to understand the structural under-valuing of the work that keeps society on its feet.

As the struggle against the pandemic continues, geopolitical tensions are contributing to fraying public confidence in vaccines across Europe.

The pandemic has reconfigured the way we use and think about urban space. Will it be sufficient for a fairer, healthier city to emerge?

Being the junior partner in a coalition is always a difficult balancing act – especially in a health crisis.

The Hungarian government has attempted to exploit the pandemic for its own ends – at great cost to the population.

Claas Kirchhelle traces the history of disease, public health, and international cooperation from cholera to Covid-19.

The health crisis has been a clear moment of rupture but change will depend on the choices, movements, and ideas that define our response.

Its remit may be global health but the World Health Organization is not immune to growing world power rivalry.

While the link between the climate crisis, Covid-19, and food systems is increasingly apparent, more remains to be done in policies and the agro-industry.