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On Thursday, President Joe Biden beseeched Americans to meet his deadline of having 70 percent of American adults partly or fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by July 4. In a speech, he asked Americans to "knock on doors and talk to friends and neighbors" about getting vaccinated so that the country can reach the much-touted 70 percent threshold — which, public health experts say, marks the point at which the novel coronavirus will slow down and eventually cease in its spread.

When an N95 respirator shortage left hospitals scrambling in 2020, U.S. manufacturers stepped in. Now, those companies are facing bankruptcies and layoffs as Chinese-made masks flood the market again.

The vaccine rollout effort has disrupted the medicine supply chain. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is now reporting shortages of birth control after the company reorganized its priorities to producing COVID-19 shots.

On May 27, the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization met virtually to discuss global COVID-19 vaccine distribution and inequity. Talha Burki reports.

Each and every step of how a kidney gets from donor to receiver is a matter of life and death. One misstep, and a patient’s years-long wait for a transplant, can vanish into smoke. This is what Tinglong Dai used to focus on before the pandemic hit. Dai is a Professor of Operations Management & Business Analytics at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. He specialises in Healthcare Operations. Some of his research investigates how AI and analytics shapes the healthcare ecosystem.