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COVID-19: Nations with mandatory TB vaccines show fewer coronavirus deaths
New study finds a correlation, but clinical trials are still in progress Countries with mandatory policies to vaccinate against tuberculosis register fewer coronavirus deaths
Keeping the Coronavirus from Infecting Health-Care Workers
What Singapore’s and Hong Kong’s success is teaching us about the pandemic. The message is getting out: #StayHome. In this early phase of
Frequently Asked Questions about HIV and COVID-19
Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about HIV and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The new resource addresses concerns related to COVID-19
HHS HIV/AIDS Guidelines Panels Release Interim Guidance for COVID-19 and Persons with HIV
The Interim Guidance for COVID-19 and Persons with HIV is now available on the AIDSinfo website. The guidance, which was developed collectively by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
FDA greenlights first 45-minute, point-of-care coronavirus diagnostic test
The FDA has authorized its first rapid, point-of-care diagnostic for the novel coronavirus—allowing physicians in hospitals, clinics and emergency rooms to test a sample for the disease
New study says ‘high temperature and high relative humidity significantly reduce’ spread of COVID-19
A team of researchers unveiled the results of a new study last week that looked at how temperature and humidity may affect the transmission of COVID-19, the