COVID-19

A woman with a child and a bednet.

Malaria Services Must be Maintained Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Thanks to development assistance to Uganda’s national response, HIV prevalence in Uganda dropped from 7.3% to 6% between 2011 and 2016. Image: Cynthia Changyit Levin

Cutting Foreign Aid Now Would Be a Bad Move

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“We Need an Army”: A National Plan for Contact Tracing in the US

A ventilator and other hospital equipment in an emergency field hospital to aid in the COVID-19 pandemic in Central Park on March 31, 2020 in New York. Image: Misha Friedman/Getty

Why It’s So Hard to Solve the Ventilator Shortage

A health care worker tests for COVID-19 yesterday in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Photo by RIJASOLO/AFP via Getty Images

In COVID-19, the Africa CDC Faces Its Greatest Challenge

Doctors test hospital staff in a tent outside St. Barnabas hospital in in New York City on March 24, 2020. Photo: Misha Friedman/Getty Images

How Can Hospitals Handle the Surge in COVID-19 Cases?

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan at a press conference yesterday. Photo: Patrick Siebert / Office of the Governor

“Twin Battles” Against COVID-19 and Economic Disaster

President Donald Trump briefs the press on March 21. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

COVID-19’s Painful Lesson in Leadership

A health worker conducts drive-through novel coronavirus testing in Johannesburg yesterday. Photo: Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Africa Prepares for “the Worst”

Overuse of alcohol can negatively affect your body’s immune response to infectious diseases. Kotivalo / Wikimedia Commons

Hold the “Quarantinis”: Alcohol and Novel Coronavirus Might Not Mix

A medical worker handles samples for nucleic acid test at Weishi Medical Laboratory on March 4 in Changsha, China.

The Unknown Unknowns: Diagnosing the New Coronavirus

Downtown San Antonio on 27 January 2014. Image: Jonathan Cutrer / Wikimedia Commons

Coronavirus Cruise Nightmare Ends with San Antonio-Federal Agreement