The Bottom Line Boston Medical Center (BMC) played a critical role in bolstering COVID-19 vaccine access and trust in local Black and Latino/a communities through an intentional, multilingual, and multifaceted campaign. The work may set a model for future public...
In mid-July 2022, President Joe Biden was diagnosed with COVID-19. Due to the president’s age, 79, he was at increased risk of hospitalization and death. So, he was prescribed the COVID-19 treatment antiviral drug Paxlovid. Initial studies indicate that Paxlovid...
Despite decades of advances in the testing and treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), nearly 40,000 Americans are diagnosed with the virus every year. HIV can affect anyone of any sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, gender, or age, but disparities exist....
In May 2022, several countries–including the United States–started seeing reports of mpox, the first United States case being in Massachusetts after the patient returned from travel in Canada. The reports of the outbreak, of course, come in tandem with the current...
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, infectious disease specialists, immunologists, and other medical experts from the scientific community found themselves in the spotlight, asked to play an integral part in educating and explaining public health findings and...