Risks, Rights and Health: Laws that condemn men and women to “economic death,” that make illness grounds for punishment, encourage police brutality, keep health services out of reach, keep condoms out of prisons, clean needles out of the hands of injecting drug users and promote risks – these are some of the structures keeping the […]
HIV
By Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos and Dr. Barbara Taylor In February 2019, the federal government updated national HIV goals to end the epidemic in the U.S. by 2030. Those […]
Tuberculosis
In the six weeks before South Africa responded its first diagnoses of COVID-19 with the start of physical distancing measures, more than 47,000 people on average […]
Research & Development
With 2018 data showing highest incidence acute flaccid myelitis since monitoring began, officials say awareness, recognition of rare life threatening condition will be crucial to early […]
Policy
By Karen Carvajal, M.D. Over the course of human history we have come a long way in our fight against the threat of infectious diseases and, […]