Conducting trials of novel interventions during infectious disease emergencies, such as the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, is increasingly recognized as important…
Flattening the Curve for Incarcerated Populations — Covid-19 in Jails and Prisons
Because of policies of mass incarceration over the past four decades, the United States has incarcerated more people than any…
Covid-19 and Health Care’s Digital Revolution
In the face of the Covid-19 outbreak, Americans are waking up to the limitations of their analogue health care system.…
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally — The U.S. Response to Covid-19
Covid-19 has exposed major weaknesses in the United States’ federalist system of public health governance, which divides powers among the…
Ten Weeks to Crush the Curve
The President says we are at war with the coronavirus. It’s a war we should fight to win. The economy…
An Uncomplicated Delivery in a Patient with Covid-19 in the United States
To rapidly communicate information on the global clinical effort against Covid-19, the Journal has initiated a series of case reports…
A Ventilator Stockpile, With One Hitch: Thousands Do Not Work
While President Trump has assured states that thousands of ventilators remain at the ready, thousands more are in storage, unmaintained…
Most diets lead to weight loss and lower blood pressure, but effects largely disappear after a year
Reasonably good evidence suggests that most diets result in similar modest weight loss and improvements in cardiovascular risk factors over…
Lorena Borjas, Transgender Immigrant Activist, Dies at 59
She helped transgender women in Queens contend with human trafficking, health issues and possible deportation. Her death was attributed to…
Workers on the Pandemic’s Front Lines: Their Stories, in Their Words
Americans who have no choice but to confront the pandemic describe life in a changed world.