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Sonia Hernández-Díaz, professor of epidemiology, has co-created an online registry for pregnant women who are or may be inflected with COVID-19 as a resource for information, news, and support. Click here to access the website: International Registry of Coronavirus Exposure in Pregnancy (IRCEP).
Karestan Koenen and Sonia Hernández-Díaz have joined together to launch a survey of stress and mental health among women pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic also with Preregistry.com. Learn more at Health and Wellbeing of Pregnant and Post-Partum Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Julia W. Wu and Sonia Hernández-Díaz have also joined together to launch a survey of vaccine confidence among pregnant women and mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic also with Preregistry.com. Learn more at Vaccine Confidence among Pregnant Women and Mothers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Recent News:
- The Fast Lane for COVID Testing Has Opened Up in the U.S.
Scientific American, April 16 (Michael Mina)
- What You Need to Know about COVID-19 Variants
CommonWealth Magazine, April 13 (Bill Hanage) - Rapid Tests, in Time for Fall Surge
Harvard Magazine, April 8 (Michael Mina) - Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic is Sought in Old Blood Samples
The Wall Street Journal, April 8 (Michael Mina) - As States Expand Vaccines, Prisoners Still Lack Access
AP News, April 6 (Monik Jimenez) - A Shot in the Arm
Harvard Public Health Magazine, Winter 2021 (Jaap Goudsmit) - COVID-19 Vaccines May Reduce Transmission, Experts say, But Vaccinated Americans still Need to Wear Masks in Public. Here’s why.
USA Today, April 3 (Michael Mina) - Recovering from the Emotional Challenges of the Pandemic
The New Yorker, March 30 (Archana Basu) - Officials Warn of Regression in Coronavirus Fight as Cases Rise in Mass. and Across the Nation
Boston Globe, March 29 (Marc Lipstich) - In the U.S., Cases Tick Upward Again as Variants Spread and States Lift Restrictions.
The New York Times, March 28 (Bill Hanage) - Cases in Florida, a National Covid Bellwether, Are Rising — Especially Among Younger People.
The New York Times, March 28 (Bill Hanage) - What will Returning to Normal Feel Like?
Boston, March 26 (Karestan Koenen) - Massive, Cheap Testing is Still a Key Part in Ending the Pandemic: Businesses Could Help
Fast Company, March 26 (Michael Mina) - U.S. Needs to Expand Rapid COVID-19 Testing, Experts Say
AXIOS, March 24 (Michael Mina) - Plan for COVID-19 as Chronic, but Manageable Threat, Experts Say
VOA News, March 24 (Michael Mina) - Putting the Viruses of the World into a Panopticon is No Longer Impossible
The Economist, March 23 (Michael Mina) - There Have Been Many Failures Over Covid. We Cannot Afford to Forget Them
The Guardian, March 22 (Bill Hanage) - When it’s safe to go back to normal
Vox, March 19 (Bill Hanage) - White House to Spend Billions to Increase Virus Testing and Ease Reopening
The New York Times, March 17 (Michael Mina) - First Case of Potentially More Contagious Brazil COVID Variant Found In Massachusetts
WGBH, March 16 (Bill Hanage) - How The West Lost COVID, How Did So Many Rich Countries get it So Wrong? How Did Others Get it So Right?
New York Magazine, March 15 (Michael Mina) - What Will Life in America Be Like in 2022?
The New Republic, March 11 (Marc Lipsitch) - ‘An Accelerated Cauldron of Evolution’: Covid-19 Patients with Cancer, HIV, May Play a Role in Emergence of Variants
The Washington Post, March 11 (Bill Hanage) - Study Finds Mask Mandates, Dining Out Influence Virus Spread
AP News, March 5 (Bill Hanage) - COVID Vaccines May Prevent Spread but Inoculated People Should Still Be Careful
Newsweek, March 5 (Marc Lipsitch) - Vaccine Research Must Include Pregnant Women During COVID and Beyond
The Hill, March 3 (Michelle Williams and Julia Wu) - Biden Promises Enough Coronavirus Vaccine for ‘Every Adult in America’ by the End of May
The Washington Post, March 2 (Bill Hanage) - The Coronavirus Is Threatening a Comeback. Here’s How to Stop It.
The New York Times, February 25 (Marc Lipsitch) - We’ll Probably Never Eliminate COVID-19 from the U.S. It’s Still Worth Trying
Time Magazine, February 25 (Bill Hanage) - Cheap, Quick Coronavirus Tests Have Been Slow to Gain FDA Approval, a Continuing Point of Frustration
USA Today, February 19 (Michael Mina) - Lowering Covid-19 Cases is the Best Thing U.S. Can Do to Improve Chances That Vaccines Will Continue Working, Expert Says
CNN, February 18 (Michael Mina) - How to Stay Mentally Resilient During and After the Pandemic
Psychology Today, February 15 (Karestan Koenen) - Scientists are Trying to Spot New Viruses Before They Cause Pandemics
New York Magazine, February 15 (Michael Mina) - Is it Safe to Visit Grandparents after Getting the Covid Vaccine?
NBC News, February 14 (Bill Hanage) - How Long Can COVID Cases Keep Plummeting?
New York Magazine, February 11 (Michael Mina) - AP-NORC poll: A Third of US Adults Skeptical of COVID Shots
AP News, February 10 (Bill Hanage) - The Battle Over Schools Reopening Heats Up. What are the Facts?
CNN, February 8 (Michael Mina) - Calls Grow for US to Rely on Rapid Tests to Fight Pandemic
AP News, February 6 (Michael Mina) - Israel’s Vaccination Results Point a Way Out of Virus Pandemic
The New York Times, February 5 (Bill Hanage) - Virus Variants Have Us Back Where We Were a Year Ago
The Washington Post, February 4 (Bill Hanage) - Covid-19 Mutations Make Immunity Math Incredibly Daunting
Bloomberg, February 3 (Marc Lipsitch) - The Health 202: How Bad Are These Coronavirus Variants? Here’s What Experts Say.
The Washington Post, February 1 (Marc Lipsitch) - Coronavirus Mutations Add Urgency to Vaccination Effort as Experts Warn of Long Battle Ahead
The Washington Post, January 30 (Marc Lipsitch) - A COVID-19 Testing Startup That Has Served 10 States And Congress Is Under Fire From The FDA
BuzzFeed News, January 29 (Michael Mina) - As New Variants of The Virus Spread, A Race is on to Vaccinate The Public to Protect Against Potentially More Dangerous Strains
The Boston Globe, January 29 (Bill Hanage) - Can the U.S. Keep Covid Variants in check? Here’s What it Takes.
NBC News, January 28 (Bill Hanage) - Crushing the Coronavirus: What’s Biden’s ‘Clear, Unified Approach’ on Testing?
ABC News, January 27 (Michael Mina) - Worrisome New Coronavirus Strains Are Emerging. Why Now?
Wired, January 27 (Bill Hanage) - Why Massachusetts is Vaccinating Young, Healthy Researchers Before Seniors
WGBH, January 26 (Michael Mina) - First U.S. Case of Highly Transmissible Brazil Coronavirus Variant Identified in Minnesota
The Washington Post, January 25 (Bill Hanage) - A Pandemic Playbook for a New Year
CNN, January 25 (Michael Mina) - A Viral Mystery: Does One Infection Prevent Another?
The Boston Globe, January 22 (Michael Mina) - New More Contagious Coronavirus Likely in Massachusetts, But Can Be Contained, Say Local Epidemiologists
WGBH, January 11 (Bill Hanage) - Scientists are Monitoring a Coronavirus Mutation that Could Affect the Strength of Vaccines
STAT News, January 7 (Marc Lipsitch) - Some States Put Residents 65 and Older Next in Line for COVID Vaccines
AARP, January 6 (Marc Lipsitch) - Viral Mutations May Cause Another ‘Very, Very Bad’ COVID-19 Wave, Scientists Warn
Science Magazine, January 5 (Bill Hanage) - Should the U.S. Prioritize Giving More People a First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine?
WBUR, January 5 (Marc Lipsitch) - Can We Do Twice as Many Vaccinations as We Thought?
The New York Times, December 18 (Michael Mina) - FDA Authorizes 1st Home Coronavirus Test That Doesn’t Require a Prescription
NPR News, December 15 (Michael Mina) - Psychologist On Why Funerals Are Fundamental To Processing Grief
NPR News, December 14 (Christy Denckla) - Why 2 Epidemiologists Stopped Working on COVID-19 Research
NPR News, December 13 (Caroline Buckee) - How to End this Pandemic, and Prepare for the Next One
The New York Times, December 9 (Marc Lipsitch) - The Problem with the Positivity Rate
New York Magazine, December 7 (Michael Mina) - One Million New Covid-19 Cases Added to U.S. Total in Just 5 Days
Forbes, December 6 (Michael Mina) - ‘Makes You Ask Why the Hell We Even Bother.’ Infectious Disease Experts Face Disillusionment as COVID-19 Pandemic Worsens
The Boston Globe, December 4 (Caroline Buckee and Michael Mina) - The Covid-19 Vaccines Are a Marvel of Science. Here’s How We Can Make the Best Use of Them
STAT, December 2 (Michael Mina) - More Than 250,000 Are Dead. Why is There So Little Collective Grief?
Elemental, December 2 (Christy Denckla) - ‘Time is of the Essence Here’: High-Risk Groups Await State Vaccine Plan
The Boston Globe, December 1 (Marc Lipsitch) - Could Quick COVID ‘Antigen’ Tests Break the Back of the Pandemic?
CBC Radio, November 29 (Michael Mina) - Should Isolation Periods Be Shorter for People with Covid-19?
The New York Times, November 29 (Michael Mina) - Opinion: How 4 Covid Experts Will Keep Their Families Safe on Thanksgiving
The New York Times, November 23 (Marc Lipsitch) - Simple Activities to Enhance Flourishing
Psychology Today, November 19 (Tyler VanderWeele) - Health Systems Are Using AI to Predict Severe Covid-19 Cases. But Limited Data Could Produce Unreliable Results
STAT, November 18 (Andrew Beam) - How We Can Stop the Spread of COVID-19 by Christmas
Time (Op-Ed), November 17 (Michael Mina) - A Winter Surge in COVID-19 Cases Seems Inevitable. Can We Stop It?
L.A. Times, November 12 (Bill Hanage) - An Effective COVID-19 Vaccine is on the Horizon. We Need to Support Vaccine Advocacy
The Boston Globe, November 12 (Julia Wu and Michelle Williams) - ‘They’re Not Really Doing Anything’: As Covid-19 Cases Spiral, Leaders Around the U.S. Lose Urgency on Prevention
STAT, November 9 (Michael Mina) - Local Public Health Experts Weigh In On Biden’s COVID-19 Plan
WGBH.org, November 9 (Michael Mina) - As U.S. Sets Yet Another Daily Record, Colleges Cases Soar
The New York Times, November 6 (Bill Hanage) - Before Thanksgiving, Colleges Plan to Ramp Up Testing for Coronavirus
The Washington Post, November 2 (Michael Mina)Older News: - Europe’s Covid-19 Cases and Deaths Are Climbing, a Warning for the U.S.
The Wall Street Journal, October 29 (Bill Hanage) - We Asked Five Experts for COVID Thanksgiving Advice
WebMD, October 28 (Marc Lipsitch) - Concerned About COVID-19 Resurgence, Boston Officials Urge All Residents to Get Tested
WBUR.org, October 28 (Michael Mina) - Some Americans Refuse to Wear Masks Even as Their Hometowns Become Covid-19 Hot Spots
The Washington Post, October 27 (Bill Hanage) - Can Herd Immunity Save Us?
Rolling Stone, October 27 (Bill Hanage) - Third Wave of Coronavirus Infections in the U.S.? More Like ‘Wildfire,’ Epidemiologist says
NBCNews.com, October 26 (Bill Hanage) - Daily COVID Case Number in Mass. Tops 1,000 for 1st Time Since May
NBCBoston.com, October 24 (Michael Mina) - Home Tests Could Help in the Fight Against the Coronavirus. So Where are They?
The Washington Post, October 24 (Michael Mina) - We Asked 20 Medical Experts with Kids About Their Pandemic Halloween Plans. Here’s What They Said
CNBC.com, October 23 (Bill Hanage) - National Well-Being Before and During the Pandemic
Psychology Today, October 20 (Tyler VanderWeele) - Public Health Experts Warn Against Herd Immunity Strategy to Manage Covid-19
PRI.org, October 20 (Bill Hanage) - Covid-19 Testing Lags as Cases Increase Across the United States
NBCNews.com, October 19 (Marc Lipsitch) - Fauci Warns Against Thanksgiving Celebrations: How to Stay Safe Indoors from the Coronavirus During Cold Seasons?
USAToday.com, October 16 (Bill Hanage) - What’s Coming This Winter? Here’s How Many More Could Die in the Pandemic
NPR.org, October 16 (Michael Mina) - Perspective: Trump Wants to Try for Herd Immunity. Without a Vaccine, It Could Kill Millions
The Washington Post, October 14 (Marc Lipsitch) - Can Rapid Antigen Tests Fix Contact Tracing in the US?
Qz.com, October 14 (Michael Mina) - Coronavirus Reinfections are Real but Very, Very Rare
The New York Times, October 13 (Michael Mina) - The Third Wave of the Pandemic Is Here
New York Magazine, October 12 (Michael Mina) - 8 Pressing Questions About President’s Trump’s Covid-19 Diagnosis
STAT, October 3 (Michael Mina) - Trump’s Covid is an Indictment of His Handling of the Virus Experts Say
The Boston Globe, October 2 (Bill Hanage and Michael Mina) - Juggling Financial Stress and Caregiving, Parents Are ‘Very Not Ok’ in the Pandemic
Kqed.org, October 1 (Archana Basu) - Op-Ed: Beat Covid Without a Vaccine
The Wall Street Journal, October 1 (Michael Mina) - What Will Cold-and-Flu Season Mean for the Coronavirus Pandemic?
The New Yorker, October 1 (Bill Hanage) - Better, Faster Testing is the Path to an American Comeback
Bloomberg Businessweek, October 1 (Michael Mina) - With the Coronavirus Creeping Back in Mass., Health Experts and Community Groups Call for Action
WBUR.org, September 29 (Caroline Buckee) - What People Get Wrong About Herd Immunity, Explained by Epidemiologists
Vox, September 29 (Bill Hanage and Christine Tedijanto) - Why Has Spain Failed to Contain the Coronavirus Pandemic?
El Pais, September 28 (Miguel Hernan) - Op-Ed: Britain’s Failure to Learn the Hard Lessons of its First Covid Surge is a Disaster
The Guardian, September 27 (Bill Hanage) - How to Feel Confident that a Covid-19 Vaccine is Safe
Yahoo.com News, September 25 (Julia Wu) - Op-Ed: How to Fix Public Health Weaknesses Before the Next Pandemic Hits
The Washington Post, September 24 (Marc Lipsitch and Yonatan Grad) - The Road Ahead: Charting the Coronavirus Pandemic Over the Next 12 Months – and Beyond
STAT, September 22 (Michael Mina) - Epidemiologist: Schools Can Safely Reopen in Communities with Low Infection Rates
WGBH, September 22 (Bill Hanage) - 50 Experts to Trust in a Pandemic
Elemental.Medium.com, September 18 (Marc Lipsitch and Michael Mina) - We Need Covid-19 Mass-Testing. But Who Will Trust the Government to Deliver it?
The Guardian, September 11 (David Hunter) - Kids May Face Mental Health Issues as School Begins Amid Pandemic
HSPH Big 3, September 11 (Archana Basu) - America is Trapped in a Pandemic Spiral
The Atlantic, September 9 (Bill Hanage) - Colleges’ Dilemma: Fight Outbreaks or Send Sick Kids Home
Politico, September 4 (Bill Hanage) - Is it Safe to Fly Right Now? What to Know about Air Travel and COVID-19
Today, September 4 (Michael Mina) - Herd Immunity Alone Won’t Stop COVID-19. Here’s Why.
Popular Science, September 2 (Bill Hanage) - The Mortality Rate is the Last Thing to Rise but Then it’s Very Difficult to Get it Down
El Pais, August 31 (Miguel Hernan) - Could Rapid Coronavirus Testing Help Life Return to Normal?
WBUR.com, August 31 (Michael Mina) - Your Coronavirus Test is Positive. Maybe It Shouldn’t Be
The New York Times, August 29 (Michael Mina) - A New Era of Coronavirus Testing to About to Begin
The Atlantic, August 27 (Michael Mina) - Biogen Conference Likely Led to 20,000 COVID-19 Cases in Boston Area, Researchers Say
The Boston Globe, August 25 (Caroline Buckee) - First Documented Coronavirus Reinfection Reported in Hong Kong
The New York Times, August 24 (Michael Mina) - Opinion: What the CDC’s Guidelines for Polling Places Are Missing
Politico, August 20 (Bill Hanage) - An Epidemiologist Explains Which Workouts Put You at Greater Risk for Getting COVID-19
Msn.com, August 20 (I-Min Lee) - Researching the Pandemic’s Effects on Women
Harvard Magazine, August 18 (Sonia Hernandez-Diaz) - What If ‘Herd Immunity’ is Closer Than Scientists Thought?
The New York Times, August 17 (Bill Hanage) - The Plan That Could Give Us Our Lives Back
The Atlantic, August 17 (Michael Mina) - ‘Hybrid’ School Plans Sound Safe, But They’re the Riskiest Option We Have
The Washington Post, August 14 (Bill Hanage) - COVID-19 Data-Dives: The Many Ways Opening Schools Could Go Wrong
- In a Polarized World, What Does ‘Follow the Science’ Mean?
The Christian Science Monitor, August 12 (Marc Lipsitch - Winter is Coming. Why America’s Window of Opportunity to Beat Back Covid-19 is Closing
Statnews.com, August 10 (Caroline Buckee and Michael Mina) - How Cheap, Rapid Antigen Tests Could Help Ease COVID-19 Testing Delays
NBCNews.com, August 8 (Michael Mina) - How Safe is Your School’s Reopening Plan? Here’s What to Look For
NPR.org, August 6 (Michael Mina) - How the Pandemic Might Play Out in 2021 and Beyond
Nature.com, August 5 (Marc Lipsitch) - How to Think Like an Epidemiologist
The New York Times, August 4 (Marc Lipstich) - Failing the Coronavirus-Testing Test
Harvard Magazine, August 3 (Michael Mina) - Students Can Safely Return to College if Tested for Virus Every Two Days, Study Says
The Washington Post, July 31 (Michael Mina) - How Our “Balkanized” Healthcare System Made the Pandemic Far Worse
Mother Jones, July 30 (Bill Hanage) - A Quick, Cheap Test Would Help Stop COVID-19. So Why Don’t We have One?
USA Today, July 26 (Michael Mina) - Your Coronavirus Antibodies Are Disappearing. Should You Care?
The New York Times, July 26 (Michael Mina) - What Science Says about Childcare, COVID-19, and School Reopenings
FactCheck.org, July 24 (Bill Hanage) - White House Privately Warns 11 Cities Must Take “Aggressive” Action
The Center for Public Integrity, July 22 (Bill Hanage) - Can You Get Covid-19 Again? It’s Very Unlikely, Experts Say
The New York Times, July 22 (Michael Mina) - Rapid, Cheap, Less Accurate Coronavirus Testing Has a Place, Scientists Say
NPR.org, July 22 (Michael Mina) - Interview with Dr. Caroline Buckee on the Uses – and Limitations – of Epidemiologic Modeling to Predict the Spread of COVID-19
NEJM Perspective, July 22 (Caroline Buckee) - Pregnant During a Pandemic? Mental Health of Pregnant and Postpartum Women During COVID-19
Psychology Today, July 22 (Karestan Koenen) - Opinion: It’s Ethical to Test Promising Coronavirus Vaccines Against Less-Promising Ones
PNAS.org, July 22 (Marc Lipsitch) - Crisis Fatigue: Are We Emotionally Overwhelmed?
Webmd.com, July 21 (Karestan Koenen) - What Happens When a Student or Staffer Gets Sick at School this Fall?
The Boston Globe, July 21 (Bill Hanage) - Backlog for COVID-19 Tests Imperils the Push to Contain Infections
The Boston Globe, July 21 (Michael Mina) - Social Solidarity and Widespread Public Trust Needed to Boost Vaccine Confidence During COVID-19
Harvard Chan School – The Big 3, July 20 (Julia Wu) - Parties and Nightclubs: The New Hotspots of Coronavirus Outbreaks in Spain
El Pais, July 20 (Miguel Hernan) - Score of academics call for ‘human challenge’ trials of coronavirus vaccine
The Boston Globe, July 16 (Marc Lipsitch) - Cellphone data shows Massachusetts’ slow return to near-normal
WCVB, July 16 (Caroline Buckee) - Spring’s Coronavirus Surge was Bad, but 32 States are Doing Much Worse Now
USA Today, July 15 (Bill Hanage) - Experts say Trump Administration Move on Hospital Data is Worrisome
The Boston Globe, July 15 (Bill Hanage) - Looking for clues to the spread of coronavirus in Mass.? Try the toilet
The Boston Globe, July 15 (Bill Hanage) - How to fix the Covid-19 dumpster fire in the U.S.
STAT, July 14 (Michael Mina) - Coronavirus Conversations: Are countries prepared for a coronavirus surge?
PRI’s The World, July 13 (Bill Hanage) - A New Understanding of Herd Immunity
The Atlantic, July 13 (Marc Lipsitch) - The Tricky Math of Herd Immunity for COVID-19
Wired, July 12 (Marc Lipsitch) - The Coronavirus Can Be Airborne Indoors, W.H.O Says
The New York Times, July 9 (Bill Hanage) - Challenges to Estimating Total Lives Lost in COVID-19 Decisions
JAMA, July 8 (Tyler VanderWeele) - A Cheap, Simple Way to Control the Coronavirus
The New York Times, July 3 (Michael Mina) - The Other Face Mask Fight: Are They Our Very Best Defense Against Coronavirus?
WBUR, June 30 (Caroline Buckee and Michael Mina) - The Shape of Epidemics
Boston Review, June 26 (David S. Jones) - Pandemic Threatens to Veer Out of Control in the U.S. Public Health Experts Say
The Harvard Gazette, June 26 (Bill Hanage) - COVID-19 is Taking a Toll on Young People’s Mental Health Too
NPR’s Science Friday, June 26 (Archana Basu) - Americans Face New Virus Limbo as Some Reopenings are Halted
The New York Times, June 24 (Bill Hanage) - How to evaluate coronavirus risks from Black Lives Matter protests
Scientific American, June 22 (Caroline Buckee) - Coronavirus coverage and the silencing of female expertise
Undark Magazine, June 22 (Caroline Buckee) - We’re pretending the virus is gone. That’ll make it worse.
The Washington Post, June 20 (Bill Hanage) - Is it safer to fly or drive this summer? Five health experts weigh in
The Washington Post, June 18 (Marc Lipsitch) - A tech investor’s rude awakening on clinical trials sparks an effort to make them faster for COVID-19
STAT, June 16 (Michael Mina) - Americans are weary of lockdowns, but if COVID surges, what then?
The Harvard Gazette, June 16 (Marc Lipsitch, Bill Hanage, Michael Mina) - Could a global ‘observatory’ of blood help stop the next pandemic?
Science Magazine, June 13 (Michael Mina) - The ‘New Normal’ of Visiting America’s National Parks
Smithsonian Magazine, June 12 (Caroline Buckee) - Ending an epidemic: The when and how of vaccines
Harvard Magazine, June 10 (Marc Lipsitch) - Coronavirus shutdowns prevented 60 million infections in the USA, study says
USA Today, June 8 (Michael Mina) - The facts and fiction of pandemic
WNPR.org, June 8 (Michael Mina) - A delicate balance: weighing protests against the risk of coronavirus
The New York Times, June 7 (Marc Lipsitch) - The two different Covid-19 scenarios that worry experts
Vox.com, June 5 (Marc Lipsitch and William Hanage) - Racism is a deadly virus, too: A public health defense of these mass protests
New York Daily News, June 5 (Caroline Buckee) - To reopen campus, colleges prepare to take on coronavirus
WBUR, June 5 (Michael Mina) - Trump’s focus shifts away from coronavirus
The Wall Street Journal, June 5 (Michael Mina) - What could be worse than quarantine? The end of quarantine
Forge, June 2 (Karestan Koenen) - The inside story of how coronavirus spread in Massachusetts
The Boston Globe, June 1 (Michael Mina) - The coronavirus infection rate is still too high. There will probably be a second wave
The Guardian, May 28 (David Hunter) - How COVID-19 Made a Harvard Epidemiologist Into a Public Ambassador for Science
The Harvard Crimson, May 28 (Marc Lipsitch) - To test a vaccine for COVID-19, should volunteers risk their lives?
New Yorker (podcast), May 26 (Marc Lipsitch) - How summer could determine the pandemic’s future
Politico, May 24 (Michael Mina) - COVID-19 Data Dives: Airborne Transmission Increases With Crowding
Medscape, May 23 (Bill Hanage) - Mass. is putting a lot of focus on its coronavirus testing strategy. Will it work?
The Boston Globe, May 22 (Michael Mina) - Treating Mild Coronavirus Cases Could Help Save Everyone
The New York Times, May 22 (Marc Lipsitch) - The world needs Covid-19 vaccines. It may also be overestimating their power
STAT, May 22 (Michael Mina) - Americans Want Health. Will Leaders Listen?
Thrive Global, May 20 (Karestan Koenen) - World-Wide Travel Restrictions Violate International Health Regulations
NPR, May 18 (Marc Lipsitch) - Harvard epidemiologist: More research needed on antibodies that might prevent coronavirus reinfection
Boston Herald, May 16 (Michael Mina) - Was That COVID-19? Antibody Tests Promise Answers But Beware Of Their Limits
WBUR, May 15 (Michael Mina) - Love of neighbor during a pandemic: navigating the competing goods of religious gatherings and physical health
Journal of Religion and Health, May 13 (Tyler VanderWeele) - Good Science Is Good Science
Boston Review, May 12 (Marc Lipsitch) - If we follow Boris Johnson’s advice, coronavirus will spread
The Guardian, May 11 (David Hunter) - Coronavirus: there is no global south exceptionalism
The Conversation, May 11 (David Hunter) - Harvard epidemiologist: Beware COVID-19’s second wave this fall
American Medical Association, May 8 (Marc Lipsitch) - Which Covid-19 Data Can You Trust?
Harvard Business Review, May 8 (Caroline Buckee) - This Is the Future of the Pandemic
The New York Times, May 8 (Marc Lipsitch) - ‘Social bubbles’ allow you to see friends as coronavirus lockdowns ease — but they might not work
CNBC, May 6 (Bill Hanage) - ‘Complacent’ UK draws global criticism for Covid-19 response
The Guardian, May 6 (David Hunter) - Researchers hypothesize that a highly contagious strain of the coronavirus is spreading, but other experts remain skeptical
The Washington Post, May 5 (Bill Hanage) - How to deal with coronavirus-related stress: Harvard expert gives tips
Boston Herald, May 5 (Karestan Koenen) - Could your smartwatch detect the coronavirus?
ESPN, May 5 (Michael Mina) - Discussion: Mental health, stress and resiliency during the coronavirus pandemic
PRI’s The World, May 4 (Karestan Koenen) - ‘Serology’ is the new coronavirus buzzword. Here’s why it matters.
The Washington Post, May 4 (Marc Lipsitch) - All In This Together, Yet Alone In Our Grief
Thrive Global, May 4 (Karestan Koenen) - ‘Biggest failure in a generation’: Where did Britain go wrong?
The Sydney Morning Herald, May 3 (David Hunter) - ‘It doesn’t stay where you started’: Reopening some states heightens the risk of coronavirus surges in others
STAT, April 30 (Michael Mina) - “We are at the best possible point considering where we started”
El País, April 30 (Miguel Hernán) - Fact check: COVID-19 may be ‘here to stay,’ even after a vaccine
USA Today, April 30 (Bill Hanage) - Researchers Built Various Models To Predict Pandemic Shifts. Right Now, They Show ‘A Tremendous Amount Of Uncertainty’
WBUR, April 29 (Caroline Buckee) - UK on Track for One of Europe’s Worst Virus Death Tolls
The New York Times, April 28 (Bill Hanage) - Tens of thousands of additional testing needed each day, researchers say
WCVB Boston, April 28 (Michael Mina) - New idea to speed up coronavirus vaccine research is bold but dangerous
New York Post, April 27 (Marc Lipsitch) - Can We Track COVID-19 and Protect Privacy at the Same Time?
The New Yorker, April 27 (Caroline Buckee) - Harvard Epidemiologist Calls For Careful Consideration When It Comes To Lifting Pandemic Restrictions
WGBH, April 24 (Michael Mina) - The results of coronavirus ‘serosurveys’ are starting to be released. Here’s how to kick their tires
STAT News, April 24 (Michael Mina) - Accurate Statistics on COVID-19 are essential for Policy Guidance and Decisions
- American Journal of Public Health, April 23 (Tyler VanderWeele)
- Top health experts caution against reopening society before coronavirus testing capacity expands
CNN, April 22 (Caroline Buckee) - It’s too soon to declare victory over coronavirus, expert says
The Boston Globe, April 22 (Bill Hanage) - U.S. Confronts New Testing Dilemma: How to Figure Out Who Already Had Covid-19
Bloomberg, April 20 (Marc Lipsitch) - Feeling more anxious and stressed? You’re not alone
The Harvard Gazette, April 16 (Karestan Koenen) - No matter how you crunch the numbers, this pandemic is only just getting started
The Guardian, April 16 (Bill Hanage) - ‘No fast track’ to normal when it comes to reopening economies
The Mercury News, April 16 (Caroline Buckee) - Covid-19 and the Stiff Upper Lip — The Pandemic Response in the United Kingdom
The New England Journal of Medicine, April 16 (David Hunter) - Some social distancing may be needed into 2022 to keep coronavirus in check, new study says
STAT, April 14 (Marc Lipsitch) - UK coronavirus death toll could be far higher than previously shown
Physician’s Weekly, April 14 (Bill Hanage) - Who Is Immune to the Coronavirus?
The New York Times, April 13 (Marc Lipsitch) - Tech giants can help save us from coronavirus — but should we let them?
New York Post, April 11 (Caroline Buckee) - Harvard Immunologist: No Widespread Antibody Testing For Another Month, At Least
WBUR, April 10 (Michael Mina) - This Is Exactly How to Wear a Homemade Mask Safely
Self, April 10 (Marc Lipsitch) - Relearning ways to grieve
The Harvard Gazette, April 10 (Christy Denckla) - When will life return to normal? Expert says US testing is too far behind to know, expects second wave of cases
USA Today, April 8 (Marc Lipsitch) - Coronavirus ‘is the Big One … I hope never to see bigger’: Harvard epidemiologist
USA Today, April 8 (Marc Lipsitch) - Moral guidance on prioritizing care during a pandemic
Public Discourse, April 5 (Joint Statement, Tyler VanderWeele) - We are fighting a 21st-century disease with 20th-century weapons
The Guardian, April 5 (David Hunter) - What we need to know before we can end social distancing
The Washington Post, April 1 (Caroline Buckee) - What we need to know before we can end social distancing
The Conversation, April 1 (David Hunter) - Navigating the Covid-19 pandemic: We’re just clambering into a life raft. Dry land is far away
STAT, April 1 (Marc Lipsitch) - The realities of coronavirus ‘super-spreading’
The Boston Globe, March 27 (Bill Hanage) - How Broad Institute converted a clinical processing lab into a large-scale COVID-19 testing facility in a matter of days
Broad Institute, March 27 (Michael Mina) - On-again, off-again looks to be best social-distancing option
The Harvard Gazette, March 27 (Marc Lipsitch) - Battling the Pandemic of Fear
Thrive Global, March 26 (Karestan Koenen & Jordan Smoller) - Online forum aims to teach how to deal with pandemic stress
Harvard Gazette, March 26 (Christy Denckla) - Social distancing won’t last forever. But ending it by Easter will kill people.
The Washington Post, March 26 (Bill Hanage) - Flourishing amidst coronavirus
- Psychology Today, March 26 (Tyler VanderWeele)
- I asked eight chatbots whether I had Covid-19. The answers ranged from ‘low’ risk to ‘start home isolation’
- STAT, March 23 (Andrew Beam)
- Aggregated mobility data could help fight COVID-19
Science Magazine, March 23 (Caroline Buckee) - You Can Help Break the Chain of Transmission
The New York Times, March 19 (Bill Hanage) - An Epidemiologist Answers Your Coronavirus Questions
WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show, March 19 (Caroline Buckee) - U.S. still ‘doing poorly’ on coronavirus testing, Harvard epidemiologist says
PRI’s “The World”, March 18 (Michael Mina) - The Coming Coronavirus Critical-Care Emergency
New Yorker, March 18 (Marc Lipsitch) - We know enough now to act decisively against Covid-19. Social distancing is a good place to start
STAT News, March 18 (Marc Lipsitch) - Talking To Your Kids About Coronavirus
WBUR, March 17 (Karestan Koenen & Archana Basu) - Panic is spreading like the coronavirus. Here’s why we evolved to feel anxiety
National Geographic, March 17 (Karestan Koenen) - 11 things everyone should know about getting the novel coronavirus
Vox, March 16 (Megan Murray) - Coronavirus reality check: 7 myths about social distancing, busted
USA Today, March 16 (Marc Lipsitch) - How long should Americans expect to live like this — separated from friends, coworkers and classmates? Experts say they don’t know.
The Boston Globe, March 16 (Bill Hanage) - Puerto Rico must act now to stop the coronavirus
The Boston Globe, March 13 (Caroline Buckee) - The interventions we must take to control the coronavirus
The Boston Globe, March 11 (Marc Lipsitch) - Seniors are the most vulnerable to coronavirus. You can help protect them.
The Washington Post, March 11 (Bill Hanage) - If you can work from home, you should. Now.
The Washington Post, March 10 (Bill Hanage) - Former FDA chief & Harvard professor: Take smart steps to slow spread of the coronavirus
USA Today, March 9 (Marc Lipsitch) - Testing for the coronavirus might have stopped it. Now it’s too late
The Washington Post, March 6 (Bill Hanage) - Why it’s so hard to pin down the risk of dying from coronavirus
The Washington Post, March 6 (Marc Lipsitch) - Projecting the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 through the post-pandemic period
MedRxiv, March 6 (Marc Lipsitch & Edward Goldstein (& Epi student Christine Tedijanto) - How to Report on the COVID-19 Outbreak Responsibly
Scientific American, Feb. 23 (Marc Lipsitch & Bill Hanage) - Defining the Epidemiology of Covid-19 — Studies Needed
New England Journal of Medicine, Feb. 19 (Marc Lipsitch) - Quantifying bias of COVID-19 prevalence and severity estimates in Wuhan, China that depend on reported cases in international travelers
MedRxiv, Feb. 18 (Marc Lipsitch, Rene Niehus, Pablo M de Salazar, & Aimee Taylor) - Indonesia Has No Reported Coronavirus Cases. Is That the Whole Picture?
The New York Times, Feb. 11 (Marc Lipsitch, Caroline Buckee, Aimee Taylor, Rene Niehus, & Pablo M de Salazar) - Using predicted imports of 2019-nCoV cases to determine locations that may not be identifying all imported cases
MedRxiv, Feb. 11 (Marc Lipsitch, Caroline Buckee, Aimee Taylor, Rene Niehus, & Pablo M de Salazar) - Experts Warn Coronavirus May Be Spreading Undetected in Indonesia, Thailand
VOA, Feb. 6 (Marc Lipsitch) - Scientists warn nCoV more infectious than SARS, but experts have doubts
Center for Infectious Diseases Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Jan. 29 (Marc Lipsitch & Caroline Buckee)
This list is updated on a weekly basis. If there is anything you would like included, please contact Coppelia Liebenthal, email cliebent@hsph.harvard.edu.
