Devex: Short of mental health professionals, Nigeria tries a new approach (Adepoju, 9/29).

Devex: Partnering in a pandemic: Advancing global access to health during COVID-19 (Shue, 9/29).

The Guardian: How Covid sowed the seeds of food security in Johannesburg (Rajaonary, 9/30).

The Hill: Trump downplays CDC guidance on masks (Weixel, 9/29).

PBS News Hour: As global pandemic deaths pass 1 million, how can we get the virus under control? (Brangham, 9/29).

Science: How stigmatizing disease — from COVID-19 to HIV — creates a vicious cycle of sickness (Goldberg/Pasztor, 9/29).

Science: One number could help reveal how infectious a COVID-19 patient is. Should test results include it? (Service, 9/29).

U.N. News: Food loss and waste ‘an ethical outrage’, U.N. chief says on International Day (9/29).

Vox: What Biden can do to fix Trump’s Covid-19 mess (Lopex, 9/29).