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Elana Gordon

ReporterThe World
Elana Gordon covers global health at The World.She also moderates a regular online discussion series about the pandemic that has garnered millions of views through an ongoing partnership between The World and The Studio at Harvard’s Chan School. Elana has spent her journalism career digging into the complexities of health care, inequities, as well as how we live and die. Her stories have been featured on NPR, Kaiser Health News, The Washington Post, and the podcasts “Undark,” “99% Invisible” and “Criminal.” She is a founding member of WHYY’s health and science show, “The Pulse,” and was a 2018-19 Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT. Elana’s reporting on drugs and addiction has taken her across the world, from Vancouver to Lisbon. She is the recipient of multiple Public Media Journalist Association and Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards.
After nearly two years, WTO reaches agreement on COVID-19 vaccines
The spread of monkeypox across the world highlights important lessons
What does the rise in COVID reinfections mean for the world?
In a first for Canada, British Columbia decriminalizes drugs 
How opera techniques are helping people with long COVID breathe better
‘We must choose health for peace and peace for health’: World Health Assembly kicks off
Global COVID Summit tries to reenergize global pandemic response
New estimates reveal deeper death toll in pandemic
‘We’re starting to run on fumes,’ USAID leader warns of global pandemic response
As pandemic response loses steam, global leaders warn world remains vulnerable
In the UK, many health workers feel left behind
More US changes for global travel
Will global failures to make vaccines available repeat with new treatments?
The story behind the syringe that’s key to vaccinating the world
Vaccinating the youngest kids against COVID
The pandemic isn’t over as infections once again increase around the world
Why Hong Kong is experiencing world’s worst COVID surge
Uneven impact: How the pandemic has worsened inequalities
Pandemic at year 2: Lessons learned from how the virus spread
Denmark goes mask-free
Production of mRNA vaccines finally advancing in Africa
Cognitive biases have affected scientists and public in pandemic
Scientists in South Africa create their own version of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine
Lessons from first year of COVAX and the global vaccine rollout
A path out of the pandemic’s emergency phase
The pandemic and pregnancy
The UAE has the highest COVID vaccination rate in the world. What’s its secret?
US travel advisory list surpasses 80 due to omicron surges
A vaccine for the whole world?
Tension mounts over what Moderna owes the world
Responding to omicron with a ‘vaccine-plus’ approach
Global vaccination efforts face bottlenecks as inequities continue   
Supervised injection sites around the world
Responding to omicron
Omicron highlights the need to address HIV and other diseases 
Omicron, pandemic treaty negotiations and more
Why COVID travel bans may do more harm than good
A global treaty to prevent future pandemics?
Will the US expansion of vaccine manufacturing improve global access?
The global trials behind repurposing drugs for COVID
Pregnant and alone: New Zealand couples are challenging travel restrictions
Coronavirus vaccine donations and distribution to low-income countries is falling short
The challenges of COVID vaccinations in conflict zones
The global implications of a Johnson & Johnson booster shot 
US opens to fully vaccinated foreign travelers
In Central Africa, a small lab’s big role in global understanding of COVID-19
More countries are moving away from ‘COVID-zero’ strategy
The pandemic is ushering in a new class of vaccines — ones that use DNA
Israeli (booster) shots heard around the world
At UN, Biden convenes COVID summit with lofty ambitions
Some countries are already vaccinating young kids against COVID-19
The backstory to a proposed waiver on COVID-19 vaccine patents
Lessons from the 2001 Anthrax attacks take on a new meaning
Bangladesh study shows effective way of promoting mask use
Amid surge in overdoses, British Columbia expands experimental ‘safe supply’ program
US leads the world in COVID-19 cases, prompting new travel restrictions from the EU
Boosters in the US fuel global divides
Fear, distrust and hope: scenes from the ground after Haiti’s earthquake
Which vaccines count?
Why much of the world is still waiting for COVID-19 vaccines