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With current increased vaccination rates, health economics fellow Vivian Ho thought it was possible COVID-19 hospitalizations would begin to stabilize in the region — but Hurricane Ida and students heading back to school may have disrupted that trend.

Lack of accountability in electricity contracts has left Ghana with debt and an unreliable power grid, wrote nonresident energy fellow Todd Moss. Moss argued for transparency in energy agreements.

Congratulations to health policy fellow Peter Hotez, recipient of the American Medical Colleges' Robert Wood Johnson Foundation David E. Rogers Award! Hotez, an internationally recognized virologist at Baylor College of Medicine, was recognized for his significant contributions to public health and health care.

Although Ida knocked out most offshore Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production, energy fellow Mark Finley said that the global market, the end of the peak-demand season, and relaxed fuel specifications could help avert major gas shortages and sky-high prices.

Political messaging that casts doubt on vaccines becomes an echo chamber, giving a "megaphone" to government leaders who "don’t have the right info,” cautioned health economics fellow Vivian Ho.