Lessons from AIDS for the COVID-19 Pandemic

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September 29, 2020

Dear Reader, Public health experts have learned crucial lessons from the HIV/AIDS crisis that can be applied to combat COVID-19. Today's lead story examines how to build on that knowledge and use the tools gained during the height of the outbreak to fight our current pandemic. In climate news, a study concludes that 90% of cars on American roads would need to be electric by 2050 for the U.S. to stay on track with the Paris agreement's goal of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius. And we also have a piece on rare reptiles that are vulnerable to extinction because of websites that sell them as pets.

Sunya Bhutta, Senior Editor, Audience Engagement @sunyaaa

Public Health Lessons from AIDS for the COVID-19 Pandemic We can learn from parallels between the coronavirus and HIV crises By William A. Haseltine

Natural Disasters 'Apocalyptic' Fires Are Ravaging the World's Largest Tropical Wetland Infernos in South America's Pantanal region have burnt twice the area of California's fires this year By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega,Nature magazine

Automotive Ninety Percent of U.S. Cars Must Be Electric by 2050 to Meet Climate Goals Any move away from gas-powered cars should also be accompanied by efforts to beef up public transportation By David Iaconangelo,E&E News

Policy & Ethics The American Public Still Trusts Scientists, Says a New Pew Survey So why don't we act like it? By Jacob Carter

Space Nature's Splendor Exceeds Our Imagination When you're unprepared to find exceptional things, you never will By Avi Loeb

Conservation Online Reptile Trade Is a Free-for-All That Threatens Thousands of Species More than one third of all reptile species, including highly endangered ones, are sold internationally, primarily as pets By Rachel Nuwer

Biology Structure and Chemistry Dictate How Cicada Wings Repel Water and Kill Bacteria A new analytical process shows how chemicals affect the nanostructures of an insect's wings By Jillian Kramer

Behavior & Society How to Narrow Achievement Gaps for Underrepresented Students Techniques such as inclusive teaching can inspire "hyperpersistence" By Scott Freeman

The Body Dinosaurs Got Cancer Too Researchers seeking evidence for cancer in dinosaurs found it in a collection of bones at an Alberta paleontology museum.    By Emily Schwing | 03:21

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Millions of Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Tests May Help Fill the Testing Gap The assays may not detect all cases, but they are cheap and could be used at home By Jim Daley | May 2020

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