ALIGNING STAFF SCHEDULES, TESTING, AND ISOLATION REDUCES THE RISK OF COVID-19 OUTBREAKS IN CARCERAL AND OTHER CONGREGATE SETTINGS: A SIMULATION STUDY.

Aligning staff schedules, testing, and isolation reduces the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks in carceral and other congregate settings: A simulation study.

COVID-19 outbreaks in congregate settings remain a serious threat to the health of disproportionately affected populations such as people experiencing incarceration or homelessness, the elderly, and essential workers.An individual-based model accounting for individual infectiousness over time, staff work schedules, and testing and isolation schedul

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HIV incidence among sexual health clinic attendees in England: First estimates for black African heterosexuals using a biomarker, 2009-2013.

IntroductionThe HIV epidemic in England is largely concentrated among heterosexuals who are predominately black African and men who have sex with men (MSM).We present for the first time trends in annual HIV incidence for adults attending sexual health clinics, where 80% of all HIV diagnoses are made.MethodsWe identified newly diagnosed incident HIV

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