Department of Epidemiology Coronavirus (COVID-19) News

• COVID-19 testing still critical to managing pandemic
  The Times of Noblesville, October 25 (Michael Mina)
• People wonder if they should keep calm and carry on in the face of delta plus variant
  NPR, October 22 (Bill Hanage)
• Covid-19 Herd Immunity Proves Elusive in U.K.
  The Wall Street Journal, October 21 (Bill Hanage)
• For the vaccinated, how risky could holiday gatherings be?
  Los Angeles Times, October 2o (Michael Mina)
• How States Could Reach Herd Immunity As Delta Variant Continues To Dominate
  Newsweek, October 20 (Bill Hanage)
• The coronavirus is still mutating. But will that matter? ‘We need to keep the respect for this virus.’
  The Washington Post, October 18 (Bill Hanage)
• Harvard Immunologist Champions At-Home Covid Tests to Beat the Pandemic
  Bloomberg, October 12 (Michael Mina)
• If you’ve already had COVID, do you need a vaccine?
  The Seattle Times, October 12 (Bill Hanage)
• Rapid tests can make it easier to gather safely for the holidays
  The Boston Globe, October 12 (Michael Mina & Stephen Kissler)
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Michael Mina
  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, October 6 (Michael Mina)
• Signs of encouragement as US sees drop in Covid cases and hospitalizations
  The Guardian, October 4 (Bill Hanage)
• Why Are Americans Still—Still!—Wearing Cloth Masks?
  The Atlantic, October 4 (Bill Hanage)
• Harvard’s Michael Mina on Rapid Tests
  Patch (Middletown Community Health Center), October 1 (Michael Mina)
• Declining COVID-19 cases stir cautious optimism
  The Hill, September 30 (Bill Hanage)
• State Police, union trade assertions over vaccine mandate; disease experts say troopers should get shots
  The Boston Globe, September 28 (Michael Mina)
• Epidemiologist predicts likely decline in U.S. COVID cases, deaths
  The Harvard Gazette, September 27 (Bill Hanage)
• We Need to Rethink Our COVID Testing Priorities
  Slate, September 27 (Michael Mina)
• Are We Getting COVID Testing All Wrong?
  Slate, September 24 (Michael Mina)
• Is The Worst Over? Models Predict A Steady Decline In COVID Cases Through March
  NPR, September 22 (Bill Hanage)
• De Blasio has still set up NYC kids for needless school closures
  The New York Post, September 21 (Michael Mina)
• An Epidemiologist Says At-Home Testing Is Key To Stopping COVID
  NPR, September 14 (Michael Mina)
• Making sense of Covid data before the next crisis
  POLITICO, September 8 (Marc Lipsitch)
• Epidemiologist Weighs In On The Current State Of The COVID-19 Pandemic
  WBUR, September 5 (Bill Hanage)
• Rapid Covid tests are more accurate than we think, epidemiologist says
  Evening Standard, September 4 (Michael Mina)
• Don’t let delta disrupt learning, expert says
  The Harvard Gazette, September 2 (Marc Lipsitch)
• In Defense of the At-Home Rapid Test
  WNYC, September 1 (Michael Mina)

• C.1.2 variant has concerning mutations, experts say, but Americans shouldn’t panic: ‘I wouldn’t lose any sleep’
  USA TODAY, August 31 (Bill Hanage)
• The latest on the coronavirus outbreak for August 23
  CBC News, August 23 (Bill Hanage)
• Delta’s Gift Is Hybrid Immunity
  The Wall Street Journal, August 20 (Michael Mina & Marc Lipsitch)
• Vaccine Effectiveness Against Infection May Wane, C.D.C. Studies Find
  The New York Times, August 18 (Bill Hanage)
• What to Know About Breakthrough Infections and the Delta Variant
  The New York Times, August 17 (Michael Mina)
• In a Handful of States, Early Data Hint at a Rise in Breakthrough Infections
  The New York Times, August 17 (Michael Mina)
• ‘The writing’s on the wall’: Harvard doctor predicts seniors will need vaccine boosters in next 2 months
  Boston.com, August 16 (Michael Mina)
• Don’t Panic, But Breakthrough Cases May Be a Bigger Problem Than You’ve Been Told Current public-health messaging may understate the scale and risk. The Delta Variant is the Symptom of a Bigger Threat: Vaccine Refusal
  New York Magazine, August 12 (Michael Mina)
• Harvard epidemiologist: Delta variant isn’t going away
  Boston Herald, August 3 (Bill Hanage)
• The Delta Variant is the Symptom of a Bigger Threat: Vaccine Refusal
  The New York Times, July 25 (Bill Hanage)
• COVID-19 Vaccines: Is Fractional Dosing a Solution for Supply-Short Southeast Asia?
  South China Morning Post, July 22 (Marc Lipsitch)
• Why England’s COVID ‘Freedom Day’ Alarms Researchers
  Nature, July 14 (Bill Hanage)  
  
• The Danger of the Delta Variant
  Harvard Chan School, July 8 (Bill Hanage)
• During Their Second COVID-19 Summer, Unvaccinated Tweens are Struggling.
  National Geographic, July 6 (Archana Basu)
• Experts Say Those in Mass. Should Respect But Not Fear the Delta Variant
  The Boston Globe, July 1 (Bill Hanage)

May 2021

• Reaching ‘Herd Immunity’ is Unlikely in the U.S., Experts Now Believe
  The New York Times, May 3 (Marc Lipsitch)
• Biden Urges at Least 70 Percent of US Adults to Get First Shot by July 4
  Roll Call, May 4 (Marc Lipsitch)
• Life May Feel More Normal Even Before Herd Immunity is Reached
  CNN, May 4 (Bill Hanage)
• CDC Projects a ‘Sharp Decline’ in Covid Cases in the U.S. by July
  NBC News, May 5 (Bill Hanage)
• Officials Are Urging People Not to Forge Covid-19 Vaccine Cards. Here’s Why It Matters
  CNN, May 8 (Michael Mina)
• COVID-19 Data on Trans and Gender-Expansive People, Stat!
  Health Affairs, May 12 (Mai-Han Trinh and Dougie Zubizarreta)
• Top Researchers are Calling for a Real Investigation into the Origin of Covid-19
  MIT Technology Review, May 13 (Marc Lipsitch)
• Mask Mandates Might be Going Away, But Don’t Ditch Yours Just Yet, Scientists Caution
  Stat News, May 16, (Bill Hanage)
• Why a Group of Scientists are Calling for an Investigation into Origin of Pandemic
  WBUR, May 16 (Marc Lipsitch)
• It’s Time for America’s Fixation on Herd Immunity to End, Scientists Say
  NPR, May 18 (Marc Lipsitch)
• What Really Happened with that Weird Yankees COVID Outbreak
  New York Magazine, May 19 (Michael Mina) update link remove twitter link
• A Key to the Next Pandemic: An Early-Warning System
  Harvard Gazette, May 19 (Michael Mina)
• How the Covid Pandemic Ends: Scientists Look to the Past to See the Future
  Stat News, May 19 (Marc Lipsitch)
• Our Eyes on the Virus: Why We Still Need Widespread Rapid Testing Even with Vaccines
  Time, May 25 (Michael Mina)
• The Beginning of the End of the American Pandemic
  The New Yorker, May 25 (Marc Lipsitch)
• The U.S. May Never Hit the Herd Immunity Threshold. That’s OK.
  The New York Times, May 28 (Marc Lipsitch)
• Third Wave of Covid May Be Under Way in UK, Scientists Say
  The Guardian, May 30 (Bill Hanage)

  June 2021

• Covid-19 Cases Will Likely Rise Again in the Fall. Here’s How to Keep Schools Open.
  The Washington Post, June 1 (Michael Mina)
• We’re Part of a Planning Group for a Covid-19 Commission. Here’s Why We Need One.
  The Washington Post, June 2 (Marc Lipsitch)
• Covid Cases in U.S. Fall to Levels Not Seen Since March 2020
  NBC News, June 3 (Bill Hanage)
• Hard Lessons in the Midst of Hope
  Harvard Public Health, Spring 2021 (Bill Hanage)
• States Scale Back Pandemic Reporting, Stirring Alarm
  NPR, June 11 (Bill Hanage)
• Why Scientists Tweak Lab Viruses to Make Them More Contagious
  Scientific American, June 14 (Marc Lipsitch)
• The Evidence is Clear – There Was No Excuse for Hancock’s Care Homes Strategy
  The Guardian, June 17, (Bill Hanage)
• Why Joe Biden’s Vaccine Target Failure is Not a Disaster 
  Newsweek, June 21 (Bill Hanage)
• There Are Still People Dying of COVID-19 Nearly Every Day. For Their Loved Ones, the World is Far From Normal
  The Boston Globe, June 24 (Christy Denckla)
• As COVID-19 Deaths Hit Record Lows, Those Dying are Younger and More Disproportionately Black than Before
  CNN, June 23 (Bill Hanage)
• Fight Over COVID’S Origins Renews Debate on Risks of Lab Work
  The New York Times, June 23 (Marc Lipsitch)
• Why You Still Might Want to Have a Home COVID Test on Hand
  The New York Times, June 29 (Michael Mina)

March 2021

• Biden Promises Enough Coronavirus Vaccine for ‘Every Adult in America’ by the End of May
  The Washington Post, March 2 (Bill Hanage)
• Vaccine Research Must Include Pregnant Women During COVID and Beyond
  The Hill, March 3 (Michelle Williams and Julia Wu)
• COVID Vaccines May Prevent Spread but Inoculated People Should Still Be Careful
  Newsweek, March 5 (Marc Lipsitch)
• Study Finds Mask Mandates, Dining Out Influence Virus Spread
  AP News, March 5 (Bill Hanage)
• 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)
• 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)
• First Case of Potentially More Contagious Brazil COVID Variant Found In Massachusetts
  WGBH, March 16 (Bill Hanage)
• White House to Spend Billions to Increase Virus Testing and Ease Reopening
  The New York Times, March 17 (Michael Mina)
• When it’s safe to go back to normal
  Vox, March 19 (Bill Hanage)
• There Have Been Many Failures Over Covid. We Cannot Afford to Forget Them
  The Guardian, March 22 (Bill Hanage)
• Putting the Viruses of the World into a Panopticon is No Longer Impossible
  The Economist, March 23 (Michael Mina)
• Plan for COVID-19 as Chronic, but Manageable Threat, Experts Say
  VOA News, March 24 (Michael Mina)
• U.S. Needs to Expand Rapid COVID-19 Testing, Experts Say
  AXIOS, March 24 (Michael Mina)
• 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)
• 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)
• Officials Warn of Regression in Coronavirus Fight as Cases Rise in Mass. and Across the Nation
  Boston Globe, March 29 (Marc Lipstich)
• Recovering from the Emotional Challenges of the Pandemic
  The New Yorker, March 30 (Archana Basu)

  April 2021

• 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)
• A Shot in the Arm
  Harvard Public Health Magazine, Winter 2021 (Jaap Goudsmit)
• As States Expand Vaccines, Prisoners Still Lack Access
  AP News, April 6 (Monik Jimenez)
• 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)
• What You Need to Know about COVID-19 Variants
  CommonWealth Magazine, April 13 (Bill Hanage)
• The Fast Lane for COVID Testing Has Opened Up in the U.S.
  Scientific American, April 16 (Michael Mina)
• States Have a New Covid Problem: Too Much Vaccine
  Politico, April 21 (Marc Lipsitch)

January 2021

• 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)
• Some States Put Residents 65 and Older Next in Line for COVID Vaccines
  AARP, January 6 (Marc Lipsitch)
• Scientists are Monitoring a Coronavirus Mutation that Could Affect the Strength of Vaccines
  STAT News, January 7 (Marc Lipsitch)
• New More Contagious Coronavirus Likely in Massachusetts, But Can Be Contained, Say Local Epidemiologists
  WGBH, January 11 (Bill Hanage)
• A Viral Mystery: Does One Infection Prevent Another?
  The Boston Globe, January 22 (Michael Mina)
• A Pandemic Playbook for a New Year
  CNN, January 25 (Michael Mina)
• First U.S. Case of Highly Transmissible Brazil Coronavirus Variant Identified in Minnesota
  The Washington Post, January 25 (Bill Hanage)
• Why Massachusetts is Vaccinating Young, Healthy Researchers Before Seniors
  WGBH, January 26 (Michael Mina)
• 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)
• Can the U.S. Keep Covid Variants in check? Here’s What it Takes.
  NBC News, January 28 (Bill Hanage)
• 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)
• Coronavirus Mutations Add Urgency to Vaccination Effort as Experts Warn of Long Battle Ahead
  The Washington Post, January 30 (Marc Lipsitch)
• The Health 202: How Bad Are These Coronavirus Variants? Here’s What Experts Say.
  The Washington Post, February 1 (Marc Lipsitch)
• Covid-19 Mutations Make Immunity Math Incredibly Daunting
  Bloomberg, February 3 (Marc Lipsitch)
• Virus Variants Have Us Back Where We Were a Year Ago
  The Washington Post, February 4 (Bill Hanage)
• Israel’s Vaccination Results Point a Way Out of Virus Pandemic
  The New York Times, February 5 (Bill Hanage)
• Calls Grow for US to Rely on Rapid Tests to Fight Pandemic
  AP News, February 6 (Michael Mina)
• The Battle Over Schools Reopening Heats Up. What are the Facts?
  CNN, February 8 (Michael Mina)
• AP-NORC poll: A Third of US Adults Skeptical of COVID Shots
  AP News, February 10 (Bill Hanage)
• How Long Can COVID Cases Keep Plummeting?   
  New York Magazine, February 11 (Michael Mina)
• Is it Safe to Visit Grandparents after Getting the Covid Vaccine?
  NBC News, February 14 (Bill Hanage)
• 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)
• 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)
• Cheap, Quick Coronavirus Tests Have Been Slow to Gain FDA Approval, a Continuing Point of Frustration
  USA Today, February 19 (Michael Mina
• 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)

• 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)
• Experts Warn Coronavirus May Be Spreading Undetected in Indonesia, Thailand
  VOA, Feb. 6 (Marc Lipsitch)
• 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)
• 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)
• Defining the Epidemiology of Covid-19 — Studies Needed
  New England Journal of Medicine, Feb. 19 (Marc Lipsitch)
• How to Report on the COVID-19 Outbreak Responsibly
  Scientific American, Feb. 23 (Marc Lipsitch & Bill Hanage)
• 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)
• Former FDA chief & Harvard professor: Take smart steps to slow spread of the coronavirus 
  USA Today, March 9 (Marc Lipsitch)
• If you can work from home, you should. Now.
  The Washington Post, March 10 (Bill Hanage)
• 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)
• Puerto Rico must act now to stop the coronavirus
  The Boston Globe, March 13 (Caroline Buckee)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Tech giants can help save us from coronavirus — but should we let them?
  New York Post, April 11 (Caroline Buckee)
• Who Is Immune to the Coronavirus?
  The New York Times, April 13 (Marc Lipsitch)
• 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)
• 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)
• U.S. Confronts New Testing Dilemma: How to Figure Out Who Already Had Covid-19
  Bloomberg, April 20 (Marc Lipsitch)
• 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)
• Accurate Statistics on COVID-19 are essential for Policy Guidance and Decisions
  American Journal of Public Health, April 23 (Tyler VanderWeele)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Researchers Built Various Models To Predict Pandemic Shifts. Right Now, They Show ‘A Tremendous Amount Of Uncertainty’
  WBUR, April 29 (Caroline Buckee)
• ‘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)
• ‘Biggest failure in a generation’: Where did Britain go wrong?
  The Sydney Morning Herald, May 3 (David Hunter)
• 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)
• 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)
• ‘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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Good Science Is Good Science
  Boston Review, May 12 (Marc Lipsitch)
• 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)
• Was That COVID-19? Antibody Tests Promise Answers But Beware Of Their Limits
  WBUR, May 15 (Michael Mina)
• Harvard epidemiologist: More research needed on antibodies that might prevent coronavirus reinfection
  Boston Herald, May 16 (Michael Mina)
• World-Wide Travel Restrictions Violate International Health Regulations
  NPR, May 18 (Marc Lipsitch)
• Americans Want Health. Will Leaders Listen?
  Thrive Global, May 20 (Karestan Koenen)
• The world needs Covid-19 vaccines. It may also be overestimating their power
  STAT, May 22 (Michael Mina)
• 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)
• COVID-19 Data Dives: Airborne Transmission Increases With Crowding
  Medscape, May 23 (Bill Hanage)
• How summer could determine the pandemic’s future
  Politico, May 24 (Michael Mina)
• To test a vaccine for COVID-19, should volunteers risk their lives?
  New Yorker (podcast), May 26 (Marc Lipsitch)
• 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)
• The inside story of how coronavirus spread in Massachusetts
  The Boston Globe, June 1 (Michael Mina)
• What could be worse than quarantine? The end of quarantine
  Forge, June 2 (Karestan Koenen)
• 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)
• A delicate balance: weighing protests against the risk of coronavirus
  The New York Times, June 7 (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)
• Ending an epidemic: The when and how of vaccines
  Harvard Magazine, June 10 (Marc Lipsitch)
• The ‘New Normal’ of Visiting America’s National Parks
  Smithsonian Magazine, June 12 (Caroline Buckee)
• Could a global ‘observatory’ of blood help stop the next pandemic?
  Science Magazine, June 13 (Michael Mina)
• 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)
• Is it safer to fly or drive this summer? Five health experts weigh in
  The Washington Post, June 18 (Marc Lipsitch)
• We’re pretending the virus is gone. That’ll make it worse.
  The Washington Post, June 20 (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)
• Americans Face New Virus Limbo as Some Reopenings are Halted
  The New York Times, June 24 (Bill Hanage)
• 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)
• The Other Face Mask Fight: Are They Our Very Best Defense Against Coronavirus?
  WBUR, June 30 (Caroline Buckee and Michael Mina)
• A Cheap, Simple Way to Control the Coronavirus
  The New York Times, July 3 (Michael Mina)
• Challenges to Estimating Total Lives Lost in COVID-19 Decisions
  JAMA, July 8 (Tyler VanderWeele)
• The Coronavirus Can Be Airborne Indoors, W.H.O Says
  The New York Times, July 9 (Bill Hanage)
• The Tricky Math of Herd Immunity for COVID-19
  Wired, July 12 (Marc Lipsitch)
• 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)
• How to fix the Covid-19 dumpster fire in the U.S.
  STAT, July 14 (Michael Mina)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• What Science Says about Childcare, COVID-19, and School Reopenings
  FactCheck.org, July 24 (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)
• How Our “Balkanized” Healthcare System Made the Pandemic Far Worse
  Mother Jones, July 30 (Bill Hanage)
• Students Can  Safely Return to College if Tested for Virus Every Two Days, Study Says
  The Washington Post, July 31 (Michael Mina)
• Failing the Coronavirus-Testing Test
  Harvard Magazine, August 3 (Michael Mina)
• How to Think Like an Epidemiologist
  The New York Times, August 4 (Marc Lipstich)
• How the Pandemic Might Play Out in 2021 and Beyond
  Nature.com, August 5 (Marc Lipsitch)
• How Safe is Your School’s Reopening Plan? Here’s What to Look For
  NPR.org, August 6 (Michael Mina)
• How Cheap, Rapid Antigen Tests Could Help Ease COVID-19 Testing Delays
  NBCNews.com, August 8 (Michael Mina)
• 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)
• COVID-19 Data-Dives: The Many Ways Opening Schools Could Go Wrong
  MedScape, August 11 (Bill Hanage)
• In a Polarized World, What Does ‘Follow the Science’ Mean?
  The Christian Science Monitor, August 12 (Marc Lipsitch
• ‘Hybrid’ School Plans Sound Safe, But They’re the Riskiest Option We Have
  The Washington Post, August 14 (Bill Hanage)
• 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)
• Researching the Pandemic’s Effects on Women
  Harvard Magazine, August 18 (Sonia Hernandez-Diaz)
• 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)
• First Documented Coronavirus Reinfection Reported in Hong Kong
  The New York Times, August 24 (Michael Mina)
• Biogen Conference Likely Led to 20,000 COVID-19 Cases in Boston Area, Researchers Say
  The Boston Globe, August 25 (Caroline Buckee)
• A New Era of Coronavirus Testing to About to Begin
  The Atlantic, August 27 (Michael Mina)
• Your Coronavirus Test is Positive. Maybe It Shouldn’t Be
  The New York Times, August 29 (Michael Mina)
• 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)
• Herd Immunity Alone Won’t Stop COVID-19. Here’s Why.
  Popular Science, September 2 (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)
• America is Trapped in a Pandemic Spiral
  The Atlantic, September 9 (Bill Hanage)
• 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)
• 50 Experts to Trust in a Pandemic
  Elemental.Medium.com, September 18 (Marc Lipsitch and Michael Mina)
• 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)
• Op-Ed: How to Fix Public Health Weaknesses Before the Next Pandemic Hits
  The Washington Post, September 24 (Marc Lipsitch and Yonatan Grad)
• How to Feel Confident that a Covid-19 Vaccine is Safe
  Yahoo.com News, September 25 (Julia Wu)
• Op-Ed: Britain’s Failure to Learn the Hard Lessons of its First Covid Surge is a Disaster
  The Guardian, September 27 (Bill Hanage)
• Why Has Spain Failed to Contain the Coronavirus Pandemic?
  El Pais, September 28 (Miguel Hernan)
• What People Get Wrong About Herd Immunity, Explained by Epidemiologists
  Vox, September 29 (Bill Hanage and Christine Tedijanto)
• With the Coronavirus Creeping Back in Mass., Health Experts and Community Groups Call for Action
  WBUR.org, September 29 (Caroline Buckee)
•  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)
• Trump’s Covid is an Indictment of His Handling of the Virus Experts Say
  The Boston Globe, October 2 (Bill Hanage and Michael Mina)
• 8 Pressing Questions About President’s Trump’s Covid-19 Diagnosis
  STAT, October 3 (Michael Mina)
• The Third Wave of the Pandemic Is Here
  New York Magazine, October 12 (Michael Mina)
• Coronavirus Reinfections are Real but Very, Very Rare
  The New York Times, October 13 (Michael Mina)
• Can Rapid Antigen Tests Fix Contact Tracing in the US?
  Qz.com, October 14 (Michael Mina)
• Perspective: Trump Wants to Try for Herd Immunity. Without a Vaccine, It Could Kill Millions
  The Washington Post, October 14 (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)
• Covid-19 Testing Lags as Cases Increase Across the United States
  NBCNews.com, October 19 (Marc Lipsitch)
• 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)
• We Asked 20 Medical Experts with Kids About Their Pandemic Halloween Plans. Here’s What They Said
  CNBC.com, October 23 (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)
• Third Wave of Coronavirus Infections in the U.S.? More Like ‘Wildfire,’ Epidemiologist says
  NBCNews.com, October 26 (Bill Hanage)
• 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)
• 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)
• Europe’s Covid-19 Cases and Deaths Are Climbing, a Warning for the U.S.
  The Wall Street Journal, October 29 (Bill Hanage)
• Before Thanksgiving, Colleges Plan to Ramp Up Testing for Coronavirus
  The Washington Post, November 2 (Michael Mina)
• As U.S. Sets Yet Another Daily Record, Colleges Cases Soar
  The New York Times, November 6 (Bill Hanage)
• ‘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)
• 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)
• How We Can Stop the Spread of COVID-19 by Christmas
  Time (Op-Ed), November 17 (Michael Mina)
• Health Systems Are Using AI to Predict Severe Covid-19 Cases. But Limited Data Could Produce Unreliable Results
  STAT, November 18 (Andrew Beam)
• Simple Activities to Enhance Flourishing
  Psychology Today, November 19 (Tyler VanderWeele)
• Opinion: How 4 Covid Experts Will Keep Their Families Safe on Thanksgiving
  The New York Times, November 23 (Marc Lipsitch)
• Should Isolation Periods Be Shorter for People with Covid-19?
  The New York Times, November 29 (Michael Mina)
• Could Quick COVID ‘Antigen’ Tests Break the Back of the Pandemic?
  CBC Radio, November 29 (Michael Mina)
• ‘Time is of the Essence Here’: High-Risk Groups Await State Vaccine Plan
  The Boston Globe, December 1 (Marc Lipsitch)
• 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)
• ‘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)
• One Million New Covid-19 Cases Added to U.S. Total  in Just 5 Days
  Forbes, December 6 (Michael Mina)
• The Problem with the Positivity Rate
  New York Magazine, December 7 (Michael Mina)
• How to End this Pandemic, and Prepare for the Next One
  The New York Times, December 9 (Marc Lipsitch)
• Why 2 Epidemiologists Stopped Working on COVID-19 Research
  NPR News, December 13 (Caroline Buckee)
• Psychologist On Why Funerals Are Fundamental To Processing Grief
  NPR News, December 14 (Christy Denckla)
• FDA Authorizes 1st Home Coronavirus Test That Doesn’t Require a Prescription
  NPR News, December 15 (Michael Mina)
• Can We Do Twice as Many Vaccinations as We Thought?
  The New York Times, December 18 (Michael Mina)