COVID-19
Mar 23, 2021 | In the Media, News
Tiffany Harris, PhD, MS, speaks with Voice of America’s Adam Philips on the challenges the African subcontinent is facing in accessing enough COVID-19 tests, which in turns is affecting the accuracy of their infection statistics. “In South Africa, which does...
Mar 23, 2021 | In the Media, News
Jessica Justman, MD, explains why a recent TIME poll shows that Americans with lower incomes are more likely to access medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Conditions like diabetes and hypertension are more common among people with lower income. They might feel...
Mar 23, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA comments on the trend of falling COVID-19 testing levels during the roll-out of vaccines across the nation. “The same people who are doing the testing are often the same ones doing the vaccinations,” said El-Sadr. “And the attention...
Mar 23, 2021 | Stories from the Field
With the expansion of large-scale HIV prevention outreach efforts and increased accessibility of antiretroviral therapy (ART), the last decade has seen huge progress in the reduction of new HIV infections among newborn infants around the world. However, significant...
Mar 10, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MA shares concern to The New York Times that though New York City’s COVID-19 community transmission rate has slowed down, it has not slowed as much as in other parts of the country. “Everything seems so tenuous and fragile in many ways,”...