Macrolide and Nonmacrolide Resistance with Mass Azithromycin Distribution.

Author(s): Doan T, Worden L, Hinterwirth A, Arzika AM, Maliki R, Abdou A, Zhong L, Chen C, Cook C, Lebas E, O'Brien KS, Oldenburg CE, Chow ED, Porco TC, Lipsitch M, Keenan JD, Lietman TMJournal: N Engl J MedPMID: 33176084 November 2020
Mass distribution of azithromycin to preschool children twice yearly for 2 years has been shown to reduce childhood mortality in…

Persistence and Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in an Immunocompromised Host.

Author(s): Choi B, Choudhary MC, Regan J, Sparks JA, Padera RF, Qiu X, Solomon IH, Kuo HH, Boucau J, Bowman K, Adhikari UD, Winkler ML, Mueller AA, Hsu TY, Desjardins M, Baden LR, Chan BT, Walker BD, Lichterfeld M, Brigl M, Kwon DS, Kanjilal S, Richardson ET, Jonsson AH, Alter G, Barczak AK, Hanage WP, Yu XG, Gaiha GD, Seaman MS, Cernadas M, Li JZJournal: N Engl J MedPMID: 33176080 November 2020
A 45-year-old man with severe antiphospholipid syndrome complicated by diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, who was receiving anticoagulation therapy, glucocorticoids, cyclophosphamide, and…

Epidemiology of Covid-19. Reply.

Author(s): Swerdlow DL, Finelli L, Lipsitch MJournal: N Engl J MedPMID: 32220201 March 2020
With regard to the Perspective article by Lipsitch et al. (published Feb. 19 at NEJM.org), cases of Covid-19 (the illness…

Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.

Author(s): Kishore N, Marqués D, Mahmud A, Kiang MV, Rodriguez I, Fuller A, Ebner P, Sorensen C, Racy F, Lemery J, Maas L, Leaning J, Irizarry RA, Balsari S, Buckee COJournal: N Engl J MedPMID: 29809109 July 2018
Quantifying the effect of natural disasters on society is critical for recovery of public health services and infrastructure. The death…