Many policies were put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States to
manage the negative impact of the coronavirus. Limiting severe illness and death was one …

This paper aims to further understanding of discourses of responsible bio-political
citizenship during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. This was an interview-based …

A forceful critique of how and why states failed to protect marginalized communities in their
responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and the implications of ignoring the existing …

The early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic generated profound global uncertainty that
disrupted health systems. This paper examines uncertainty about Covid-19 from the …

Data-driven public health policies were widely implemented to mitigate the uneven impact of
COVID-19. In the United States, evidence-based interventions are often employed in “racial …

City of Chicago officials adopted a “racial equity” approach to mitigate the disproportionate
racial impact of COVID-19, yet according to interviews with racially and socioeconomically …

The COVID-19 epidemic exposed a glaring imbalance between the need for hospitalization
and the material and human resources required to meet it. A qualitative study was …

The state‐level COVID‐19 response in the United States necessitated collaboration
between governor'offices, health departments and numerous other departments and outside …

The conceptualisation of 'care deserts' has gained increased public attention in recent years.
This paper engages a reproductive justice framework to investigate the (mis) alignment of a …

An introduction to papers published within the issue is presented in the author discusses
topics on the effects of several models of welfare state, the failure of COVID-19 response in …