A lot has been said about hesitancy among people deciding whether to get one of the three available COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. But less is said about the hesitancy clinicians feel about speaking to their patients about getting one of those vaccines. As with...
While COVID-19 continues to make public health headlines, a quieter but concerning epidemic is growing in Boston. A rising cluster of new HIV infections in the city is worrying health officials. Since early 2019, 113 HIV cases have been diagnosed in the Boston area,...
Black Americans are significantly more likely to contract COVID-19, be hospitalized from it, and die than white Americans. Yet equitable testing, care, and vaccination access still lag behind. A recent online panel, “COVID-19, Black Communities, and Health Justice,”...
The United States just reached a terrible milestone: 500,000 Americans have died due to COVID-19. Since August 2020, there have been nearly 1.8 million people hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 in the U.S. Now, as of Saturday, February 27, we have another product...
Historically, contact tracing has been used to stop the spread of many communicable diseases, such as sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, and measles. Yet, throughout the country, COVID-19 contact tracing efforts are falling short, leaving large numbers of...