COVID-19 Response: Public Health In Action
Our scientists are at the forefront of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are conducting groundbreaking research on everything from the basic biology of the virus to population-level strategies to help stop its spread; holding public forums and press conferences; and advising governments, businesses, and more on safely navigating the crisis.
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Shining a light on nation’s wellbeing during pandemic
Knowledge in action
Our faculty are on the front lines of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing new research, collaborating on projects, and advising governments, businesses, and others.
COVID-19 action briefs
Mental and physical health
Policy and protocol
Reopening
Economic impact
Disease modeling
Vaccines and therapies
Infection and infection control
Global impact and response
How We Feel App offers Individual and Population Insights to COVID 19
Harvard Chan faculty are using crowdsourcing technology to fight the coronavirus. The How We Feel app tracks COVID-19 in local communities, helping scientists better understand and fight the pandemic in the US.
Lockdown measures and relative changes in the age-specific incidence of SARS-CoV-2 in Spain
The first months of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Spain resulted in high incidence and mortality. Little is known about the epidemic dynamics in different age groups, including the relative effect of the lockdown measures introduced on March 15,…
Arresting the spread of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces and in the air using engineered water nanostructures enriched with de novo designed neutralizing peptides
Phillip Demokritou was recently funded by the National Science Foundation to develop a novel nanotechnology intervention technology to reduce transmission of COVID-19 on surfaces and in the air.
News coverage
Our researchers appear daily in media and other outlets worldwide discussing COVID-19. Read the latest.
‘A very difficult set of decisions’
Figuring out who to prioritize for COVID-19 vaccination is an incredibly difficult task, given the vulnerability of a variety of groups, including elderly people, residents of nursing homes and other congregate settings, frontline workers, people with comorbidities, and…
Opinion: Roll out vaccines using honor code
Distributing COVID-19 vaccines according to an honor code could minimize bureaucratic red tape and help hasten the rollout, according to experts from Ariadne Labs and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Most Americans favor government action to end pandemic
A new poll finds that a majority of people in the U.S. strongly back an expansive government effort to combat COVID-19 and to shore up the nation’s sluggish economy.
Press conferences
Our faculty hold frequent press conferences with media. Read transcripts or listen to audio.
Latest press conferences
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Michael Mina, 01/15/21
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, January 15th. Transcript MODERATOR: All right. Dr.…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Howard Koh, 01/08/21
You’re listening to a press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Howard Koh, the Harvey Fineberg professor of the practice of public health leadership. This call was recorded at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday,…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Marc Lipsitch and Barry Bloom, 01/05/21
You’re listening to a press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, and Barry Bloom, Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Research…
Forums and events
We are holding informational forums and other public programming designed to stem the spread of misinformation and contribute to an informed response.
Additional Information and Guidance from Harvard Chan School
The pandemic is having impact well beyond the fields of epidemiology and infectious disease. In almost every public health discipline, new questions are being asked and new research undertaken. Some examples of how Harvard Chan faculty are exploring the wide-ranging impact of COVID-19:
