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As infectious diseases such as SARS, Monkeypox, Polio, HIV, and Ebola travel the globe and garner media attention, Parasites Without Borders staff are curating resources in a timely, ongoing basis. We believe the information posted here is worthy of further examination by the science and medical communities. Our primary goal remains to bring the latest medical and biological information to the forefront for researchers and practicing physicians.

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May 7, 2021

Children make up nearly 21% of new COVID-19 cases | Antibody Response to 2-Dose SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine Series in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients | Performance Evaluation of Serial SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Testing During a Nursing Home Outbreak |

April 29, 2021

The Global Case-Fatality Rate of COVID-19 Has Been Declining Since May 2020 | High-dimensional characterization of post-acute sequalae of COVID-19 | When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated: How to Protect Yourself and Others | Guidance for Operating Youth and Summer Camps During COVID-19

April 23, 2021

KFF/The Washington Post Frontline Health Care Workers Survey | SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity and subsequent infection risk in healthy young adults: a prospective cohort study | COVID-19 neuropathology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital

April 16, 2021

12 Months of Trauma: More Than 3,600 US Health Workers Died in Covid’s First Year | Characteristics and Disease Severity of US Children and Adolescents Diagnosed With COVID-19 | Physical inactivity is associated with a higher risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes: a study in 48 440 adult patients

April 12, 2021

Characteristics and Outcomes of US Children and Adolescents With Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Compared With Severe Acute COVID-19 | Post-covid syndrome in individuals admitted to hospital with covid-19: retrospective cohort study

April 2, 2021

Provisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) | Pfizer-BioNtech announce positive topline results of pivotal COVID-19 vaccine study in adolescents | FDA Authorizes Cue Health’s COVID-19 Test for At-Home and Over The Counter Use

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