AP: Iran announces its virus death toll passes 30,000 (Vahdat/Gambrell, 10/17).

CIDRAP News: Global study shows deadly convergence of chronic disease, COVID-19 (Van Beusekom, 10/16).

Devex: Q&A: Supporting health workers through the pandemic (Castell, 10/16).

Devex: Q&A: Clinton Foundation on how to ‘sustain the work’ during the pandemic (Lieberman, 10/19).

NPR: How To Reduce Human Suffering: 3 Lessons From A Seminal Public Health Study (Aizenman, 10/16).

Thomson Reuters Foundation: Refugee women in Africa say domestic violence rose during pandemic (Bhalla, 10/15).

Vox: A new study shows malaria’s often neglected toll on a vulnerable population: Pregnant women (Piper, 10/17).

Washington Post: Why the coronavirus is killing more men than women (Guarino, 10/17).