COVID-19 pandemic

Under the advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution to refrain from answering your questions.

— Dr. Anthony Fauci, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on July 29, 2026.

She wants a paternalistic state that, above all, knows what’s best for women and also for potential surrogates.

— Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf, Leipzig-based professor; quoted in Die Zeit about the CDU/CSU's stance on surrogacy.

This is the first time that a director-general has declared a PHEIC (public health emergency of international concern) before convening an emergency committee. I did not do this lightly.

— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, on declaring a global health emergency before convening the emergency committee during the Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda.

Better planning would have resulted in fairer, faster and less costly procurement decisions.

— Baroness Hallett, chair of the Covid Inquiry, summarising the report's conclusions

They're going to be forced into the private market in order to fill the gap, and the private market is much harder to secure financing.

— Aissa Canchola Bañez, director of policy at Protect Borrowers, speaking to TIME about how the new loan limits could push borrowers toward private lenders.