New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.
Fri Jul 31, 2020 07:00
The continuing spread of SARS-CoV-2 remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. What physicians need to know about transmission, diagnosis, and treatment of Covid-19 is the subject of ongoing updates from infectious disease experts at the Journal. In this audio interview conducted…
Thu Jul 23, 2020 03:00
On June 15, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court advanced the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Americans by issuing a decision in Bostock v. Clayton County confirming that the prohibition on sex discrimination in employment in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964…
Fri Jul 31, 2020 03:00
In May 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released considerations for the opening of elementary and high schools in the fall in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. The agency also developed a decision tool to guide school systems in deciding when schools should be opened and a…
Wed Jul 29, 2020 03:00
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the dominant cause of hospitalizations in infants with lower respiratory tract infections. In 2015, an estimated 3.2 million hospitalizations for RSV-associated lower respiratory tract infection occurred in children younger than 5 years of age worldwide; 118,000…
Thu Jul 30, 2020 03:00
Yellow fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease. This disease is caused by the yellow fever virus, which is currently enzootic in the forests of South America and sub-Saharan Africa. Spillover transmission of yellow fever virus from the enzootic cycles into humans is now occurring at increasing…
Thu Jul 30, 2020 03:00
The disproportionate effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on African Americans, Latinx Americans, and Native Americans is not unforeseen. Inequities in health, health care access, and quality of care are ingrained in the U.S. health care system. These inequities are not a sign of a broken system: in…
Thu Jul 30, 2020 03:00
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of lower respiratory tract disease and hospitalizations for respiratory illness among infants and young children, resulting in largely predictable annual epidemics worldwide. RSV is a leading cause of infant deaths, primarily in low-income…
Thu Jul 30, 2020 03:00
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes predictable, annual outbreaks of respiratory tract disease in temperate as well as tropical climates around the globe. Infants in the first 6 months of life are particularly vulnerable. Natural infection does not result in sustained immunity, and…
Thu Jul 30, 2020 03:00
Recently, I’ve been inundated with text messages from well-meaning friends and acquaintances checking on how I’m doing. The merciless killing of George Floyd triggered nationwide protests against the racial injustice that has plagued the United States since its inception. Antiracist information,…
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
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