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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

Gun Sales and Risks Surge with US COVID-19 Cases

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?

A patient holds a packet of tablets received as part of his treatment at Rutsanana Polyclinic in Glen Norah township, Harare, Zimbabwe, June 24, 2019. Image: Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty

We Need to Move Faster to Introduce New TB Drugs

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