Infectious Diseases

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

A mother at Kakuma District Hospital, Kenya, is happy that her child is HIV-free, thanks to prevention of mother-to-child transmission services. Eric Bond/Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation 2019.

Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Is Creeping Back—Here’s How to Stop It

The measles virus, paramyxoviridae from the Morbillivirus family, transmission microscopy view. Image: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty

The Myth about Herd Immunity

Itayi, 16, and Alice, 13, serve as youth ambassadors raising awareness of HIV in in Mozambique. Image: In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images

We Can Beat AIDS with Youth in the Lead

Philippine medical workers donned protective suits during a press conference by health officials on the country's preparedness against Ebola on October 21, 2014. Image: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty

No Country is Fully Prepared for High-Consequence Infectious Disease Outbreaks