Infectious Diseases

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

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

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

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

A medical team transfers a patient to Jin Yintan hospital in Wuhan, China on January 17, 2020. Image: Getty

What to Watch for in the Coronavirus Outbreak