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[Comment] Contextualising evidence-based recommendations for the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India
During the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, which began in March, 2021, demand on the health-care system has...
[Editorial] Should we vaccinate children against SARS-CoV-2?
Following sharing with regulatory bodies of phase 3 trial data showing that Pfizer-BioNTech's mRNA BNT162b2 vaccine was ef...
[Newsdesk] Role of the G20 in safe reopening of international travel
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[Corrections] Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2020; published online Dec 23. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30859-8
The COVID-19 pandemic is growing rapidly, with over 37 million cases and more than 1 million deaths reported by mid-Octobe...
[Clinical Picture] Oropharyngeal lymphogranuloma venereum
A 32-year-old previously healthy man presented to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston (MA, USA) with a 2-...
[Media Watch] The eternal cycle of pandemics
The destructive power of pandemics has been demonstrated time and time again throughout human history. In his book P...
[Media Watch] Vaccine development for dummies
When it comes to knowledge on vaccine development, except for the scientists and companies that develop them, few pe...
[Obituary] Rajendra Kapila
The eminent infectious disease specialist succumbed to COVID-19 during a visit to India on April 28, 2021.Rajendra Kapila,...
[Profile] Nina Chanishvili—keeping bacteriophages in the limelight
Nina Chanishvili remembers clearly visiting the laboratory where her uncle worked on bacteriophages—viruses that kil...
[Correspondence] Placing in-vitro heteroresistance in the context of clinical results
We disagree with the conclusions presented by Jacob E Choby and coworkers1Choby JE Ozturk T Satola SW Jacob JT Weiss DS Wi...
[Newsdesk] Global COVID-19 vaccine inequity
On May 27, the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization met virtually to discuss global COVID-19 vaccine distri...
[Correspondence] Fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B and minimally raised ALT during tenofovir therapy
We read with interest the Article by Yao-Chun Hsu and colleagues describing a randomised controlled trial in patients with...
[Correspondence] Proposing an antibacterial mouthwash to prevent gonorrhoea is not sexy
We read with interest the Article by Eric Chow and colleagues on the lack of effectiveness of an antibacterial mouthwash t...
[Newsdesk] Mask confusion in NYC with abrupt CDC guidance changes
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's changes to guidance on mask-wearing has created confusion among ...
[Correspondence] Fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B and minimally raised ALT during tenofovir therapy – Authors' reply
We are grateful to Wen-Juei Jeng and colleagues for their thoughtful comments, which we address herein. We are confident t...
[Newsdesk] Uganda's Sexual Offences Bill—a step backwards
On May 3, 2021, the Ugandan parliament enacted a Sexual Offences Bill that violates international human rights law. ...
[Newsdesk] Measles immunisation gaps in Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted measles immunisation in Africa, increasing risk of outbreaks among children in s...
[Corrections] Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2021; published online April 19. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00227-9
The development of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 has proceeded at an unprecedented pace, resulting in emergency use approval...
[Editorial] The rocky road to universal COVID-19 vaccination
As of May 9, 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused 3 277 272 deaths and disrupted the lives of billions of people. Global...
[Clinical Picture] Typhoidal cells are not always indicative of typhoid fever
An 11-year-old girl presented to Qingdao Women and Children's Hospital affiliated to Qingdao University (Qingdao, Ch...
[Newsdesk] Russia's faltering vaccination programme
Low uptake in Russia of the country's domestically manufactured COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V reflects systemic mistrust in v...
[Newsdesk] Reducing public health risks associated with wet markets
On April 12, WHO released guidelines recommending several actions to reduce risks associated with the sale of live w...
[Clinical Picture] Swollen thumb and bead-like nodules on the forearm
A 74-year-old man presented to Chengdu Second People's Hospital with a 1-month history of painful erythema on the le...
[Media Watch] A history lesson
“Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it”, wrote the renowned Spanish philosopher George Santayana. W...
[Media Watch] Navigating the storm of the 1980–90s AIDS epidemic
2021 marks 40 years since the first recorded AIDS case in the USA. In 1981, the US Center for Disease Control and Pr...
[Profile] Hong Shang—leading HIV/AIDS research in China
Professor Hong Shang has long been a powerhouse in the global HIV/AIDS research community. A leading academic in HIV...
[Profile] Mario Poljak – Central Europe's pioneer in diagnostics
Born in Croatia, the young Mario Poljak loved mountaineering, and climbed Kilimanjaro aged just 15 years old, despit...
[Profile] Loretta Sweet Jemmott—a voice for the voiceless
Gumption is the word Loretta Sweet Jemmott uses to describe her personal and professional journey. As a first-genera...
[Profile] Linda-Gail Bekker—a leader at the service of the world
After medical school, Linda-Gail Bekker was sure she wanted to specialise in geriatrics. Working as a young doctor i...
[Newsdesk] SHEA Spring 2021
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) held its annual spring conference virtually from April 13 ...
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