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CDC’s “Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal”: Effects of Proactive Social Distancing on COVID-19 Outbreaks in 58 Cities, China Zhanwei Du, postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin, and colleagues examine the effects of proactive social distancing on COVID-19 outbreaks in cities across China…

Reuters: China, scientists dismiss Harvard study suggesting COVID-19 was spreading in Wuhan in August “Beijing dismissed as ‘ridiculous’ a Harvard Medical School study of hospital traffic and search engine data that suggested the new coronavirus may already have been spreading in China last August, and scientists said it offered no…

AP: COVID-19 just the latest epidemic in areas struck by disease “…For millions of people … who live in poor and troubled regions of the world, the novel coronavirus is only the latest epidemic. They already face a plethora of fatal and crippling infectious diseases: polio, Ebola, cholera, dengue, tuberculosis,…

KFF: COVID-19 Coronavirus Tracker — Updated as of June 10, 2020 Data on country government actions in response to COVID-19 have been added to the tracker (6/10). Additional KFF COVID-19 resources on the global situation, as well as those focused on the response and impact within the U.S., are available…

DevPolicy Blog: PNG’s health data: too much of a good thing — part one Manuel Hetzel, research group leader at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and senior lecturer in epidemiology at the University of Basel, Switzerland (6/10). Friends of the Global Fight: Friends Statement On Racial Injustice and…

Devex: The COVID-19 pivot: ‘We don’t all need to become about the pandemic’ “The COVID-19 crisis has forced the neglected tropical disease sector to halt mass drug administrations, which are at odds with social distancing. The END Fund, an initiative that pools investments from donors and directs them to programs…

AP: World leaders won’t gather at U.N. for first time in 75 years (Lederer, 6/8). Devex: NGOs defend breastfeeding as COVID-19 misinformation rages (Welsh, 6/9). International Business Times: HIV Prevention: New Injection Given Every 8 Weeks Can Replace Daily PrEP Pills (Ramaswamy, 6/8). PRI: Past epidemics underscore importance of mental…

The Conversation: South Africa must adopt a localized response to COVID-19. What it would look like Kaymarlin Govender, research director at the Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD); Ayesha BM Kharsany, senior scientist at CAPRISA; Gavin George, program leader at HEARD; and Sean Beckett, research fellow at…

Devex: DFID must remain independent, say watchdog politicians “The group of politicians tasked with scrutinizing U.K. aid has called for the Department for International Development to remain an independent body with Cabinet-level leadership. The recommendations were made by the cross-party International Development Committee, which published an interim report Tuesday on…