Mpox, AIDS and COVID-19 show the challenges of targeting public health messaging to specific groups without causing stigma

Prejudice and stigma can discourage the communities most affected by infectious diseases from seeking care. Inclusive public health messaging can prevent misinformation and guide the most vulnerable.

Ken Ho, Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences • conversation
Dec. 14, 2022 • ~9 min

Contact tracing's long, turbulent history holds lessons for COVID-19

Trust in the confidentiality of contact tracing broke down during the AIDS epidemic. Today, it's faltering again.

Ronald Bayer, Professor Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University • conversation
July 16, 2020 • ~10 min

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