May 06 2022
Field Note
In the world’s largest refugee community, open sewage that runs between homes in shallow trenches overflows with frequent flooding. Children, many barefoot, play in fields at the bottom of hills, …
MAY 2022
APRIL 2022
Apr 27 2022
Field Note
Growing up in a farming household in Homa Bay, a rural town in western Kenya along Lake Victoria, Dr. Samuel Oyola was often sick. So were his four older siblings …
Apr 26 2022
Blueprint
In the first year of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, the United States struggled to reach the most vulnerable communities, with Black, brown, indigenous, and immigrant communities less likely to get …
Apr 26 2022
Apr 12 2022
Human Impact
When the Covid-19 pandemic began, only a single lab in Malawi was working to sample SARS-CoV-2 viruses in this country of 19.55 million people. Only four people were working in …
Apr 07 2022
Field Note
It was an eclectic gathering: Tribal leaders, an academic, a wastewater facility operator and a healthcare official, all joining forces in the fight against Covid-19. The spark behind this meeting? A partnership between …
MARCH 2022
Mar 25 2022
Blueprint
During the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, numerous variants of SARS-CoV-2 have emerged. Some have died out, and some have surged globally. They are all SARS-CoV-2, but they differ in …
Mar 08 2022
Blueprint
When José Irumenga, 27, began talking to his tiny Indigenous community in the Ecuadorean Amazon about using Western medicine, including vaccines, to fight a disease born on a distant shore, …
Mar 08 2022
Blueprint
Economic development organizations (EDOs) are mandated to promote the economic wellbeing, vitality, and quality of life of their communities. In the United States, economic development typically involves facilitating growth and …
FEBRUARY 2022
Feb 16 2022
Blueprint
The newest addition to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Covid Data Tracker reports on levels of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater. While researchers, public health departments, and some private companies …