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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

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round magenta objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, is the virus that causes COVID-19. The virus shown was isolated from a patient in the U.S. Credit: NIAID-RML

COVID-19’s Stop-Gap Solution Until Vaccines and Antivirals Are Ready

Costa Rican farmworker harvesting bananas covered in insecticidal bags.Costa Rican farmworker harvesting bananas covered in insecticidal bags. Image: Madison Stewart

The Deadly Side of America’s Banana Obsession

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

Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca Morocco. Getty Images

Virginity Testing in Morocco: Assault on Dignity, or a Shield Against Assault?

Illustrations: Woman in Africa, man and woman standing apart on 2 mountains, and boy holding a gun by Anna and Elena Balbusso

My Public Health Moment

A child at the Makerere University of Public Health in Kampala is fitted with a "smart jacket" that diagnoses pneumonia faster than a doctor. Image: Isaac Kasamani/AFP/Getty

Global Forum Renews Political Will on Childhood Pneumonia

Active screening for sleeping sickness in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo credit: FIND/Ndung’u 2018

Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Lesson in Elimination?