This paper presents data from a recent cross-sectional survey of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in the US, to understand changes in sexual behavior and access to HIV prevention options (i.e. condoms and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)) during the COVID-19 loc...
stress, financial strain, and worry about COVID-19, and spilled over into people’s relationships and interest in sex. More specifically, stay-at-home orders, which were mandated throughout the world to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 (Koo et al.,2020; Lewnard & Lo,2020)...
COVID-19Background: There is increasing evidence of the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant shutdowns on mental health. This issue may be of particuldoi:10.2139/ssrn.3633141Raj, AnitaJohns, Nicole E.Social Science Electronic Publishing...
So, deadly viruses like SARS does not spread as widely nor as fast. COVID-19 is not as deadly as we think, but highly infectious. During the 2009 flu season, tens of million were infected in the United States, but the mortality rate was 0.1% to 0.2%. The world was very scared at ...
Recovery After Severe Illness With COVID A small percentage of people who have COVID need to stay in the hospital to get help breathing. It may depend on things like your age and your overall health. You may be in the hospital for two weeks or more. ...
Secondly, we were unable to further examine the impact on viral load even though it is an important indicator. Due to limited resources in most regions, it was not feasible to perform HIV RNA load testing on patients as required. Thirdly, given the COVID-19 has significant impact on the ...
The emergence of COVID-19 precipitated containment policies (e.g., lockdowns, school closures, etc.). These policies disrupted healthcare, potentially eroding gains for Sustainable Development Goals including for neonatal mortality. Our analysis aimed to evaluate indirect effects of COVID-19 containme...
The Determinants of the Differential Exposure to COVID-19 in New York City and Their Evolution Over TimeCOVIDdemographicsoccupationsracial disparitiesIn this paper, we explore different channels to explain the disparities in COVID-19 incidence across New York City neighborhoods. To do so, we ...
the potential for pre-exposure prophylaxis (better known as “PrEP”) to be a more effective public health measure. Behind what Michele L. Crossley (2002) terms the “perils of health promotion” and the “barebacking backlash” lies the belief that “involvement in sexually risky behaviours ma...
Chrash — Music for the Next Scene– Quad Cities bandChrashreleased their first album since their politically-charged album2017: The Music. This ends up being kind of the band’s COVID album thematically and also what caused the delay. Some great tracks on here, my favorite is “Fox Fear....