Women and children bear substantial morbidity and mortality as a result of armed conflicts.
This Series paper focuses on the direct (due to violence) and indirect health effects of armed …

Background Recent studies suggest certain antiretroviral therapy (ART) drugs are
associated with increases in cardiovascular disease. Purpose We performed a systematic …

Background: Human growth hormone is reportedly used to enhance athletic performance,
although its safety and efficacy for this purpose are poorly understood. Purpose: To evaluate …

Background Measuring the seroprevalence of antibodies to Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is central to understanding infection risk and fatality …

Methods| This study was approved by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Institutional Review Board, and written informed consent was obtained. We tested for SARS …

Abstract Background and Aims The most restrictive nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)
for controlling the spread of COVID‐19 are mandatory stay‐at‐home and business closures …

Background Many mathematical models have investigated the impact of expanding access
to antiretroviral therapy (ART) on new HIV infections. Comparing results and conclusions …

Objective: We sought to determine the relationship between peak hospital workload and
rates of adverse events (AEs). Methods: A random sample of 24,676 adult patients …

Poor air quality is thought to be an important mortality risk factor globally,–, but there is little
direct evidence from the developing world on how mortality risk varies with changing …

Background: A recent randomized, controlled trial showed that daily oral preexposure
chemoprophylaxis (PrEP) was effective for HIV prevention in men who have sex with men …