Lessons on COVID-19 from Indigenous and remote communities of the Arctic

AN Petrov, M Welford, N Golosov, J Degroote… - Nature Medicine, 2021 - nature.com
To the Editor—The Arctic provides unique insights into the COVID-19 pandemic that are of
considerable importance to government policies around the world, yet experiences from the …

China can prepare to end its zero-COVID policy

JM Chen, YQ Chen - Nature Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
To the Editor—To date, mainland China has promptly blocked hundreds of COVID-19
outbreaks that are associated with imported cases, enabling it to maintain the zero-COVID …

Can space-based technologies help manage and prevent pandemics?

FM Asrar, D Saint-Jacques, HJ Chapman, D Williams… - Nature Medicine, 2021 - nature.com
To the Editor—The COVID-19 pandemic has put the world at a standstill and has changed
the way everyone works, communicates, studies and provides healthcare. Global …

Southeast Asia is an emerging hotspot for COVID-19

T Chookajorn, T Kochakarn, C Wilasang, N Kotanan… - Nature Medicine, 2021 - nature.com
To the Editor—The rise in COVID-19 cases in India has become an important lesson to the
global community1. Because certain parts of the world have been left vulnerable to COVID …

Indigenous health-care sovereignty defines resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic

AN Petrov, DS Dorough, S Tiwari, M Welford… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
As of March 1, 2023, 2 715 089 COVID-19 cases and 29 717 deaths from COVID-19 have
been recorded in the Arctic, which encompasses Iceland, Greenland, Alaska, the Faroe …

More autopsy studies are needed to understand the pathogenesis of severe COVID-19

SP Layne, KA Walters, JC Kash, JK Taubenberger - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
To the Editor—Since SARS-CoV-2 began spreading in late 2019, a total of 379 million cases
and 5.7 million deaths have been reported so far, with the case-fatality rate of COVID-19 …

Open Letter to G7 and G20 leaders: resolve global crises to secure our future

S Bandara, P Baral, A Joshi, J Muhia… - Nature Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
To the Editor—The world is facing unprecedented global challenges that pose existential-
level threats to the survival of humanity and the planet. Despite the enormity of these …

The battle for COVID-19 vaccines highlights the need for a new global governance mechanism

AM Ekström, C Berggren, G Tomson, LO Gostin… - Nature Medicine, 2021 - nature.com
To the Editor—Although the rapid development of several vaccines against COVID-19 is an
unparalleled scientific accomplishment, one made possible through the collaboration of …

Implementing precision medicine in a regionally organized healthcare system in Sweden

T Fioretos, V Wirta, L Cavelier, E Berglund… - Nature Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
To the Editor—An increasing number of precision medicine initiatives have been launched
worldwide, with Genomics England as the pioneering flagship project 1. Although some …

Has SARS-CoV-2 reached peak fitness?

R Burioni, EJ Topol - Nature Medicine, 2021 - nature.com
To the Editor—For the first time in the history of medicine, the evolution of a virus can be
observed 'as it happens'. Throughout this, molecular tools of unprecedented accuracy are …