Coronavirus news – January 2022
Harvard Chan School experts offer comments and context about the coronavirus in a variety of media outlets.
In the News Archives
Weighing the healthfulness of red vs. white wine
Red wine is widely believed to be a healthier choice than white wine, but this is based on limited data and speculative reports.
Parental vaccination protects unvaccinated kids, study finds
Children under age 5 who aren’t yet eligible for COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. can get substantial protection from the coronavirus if one or both of their parents is vaccinated, according to a new study.
Opinion: Amid surging traffic fatalities, a call for mindful driving
Driving “mindfully” is key to lowering the risk of being injured or killed in a crash caused by another driver, according to an opinion piece by Jay Winsten and Ariana Huffington.
Opinion: Averting evictions prevents adverse health consequences
A new effort in Massachusetts is preventing evictions, helping tenants avoid health problems and disruptions to family stability, employment, and education, and making money for one of the largest rental property owners in Boston, according to an op-ed by Harvard Chan School’s John McDonough.
Marcia Castro named AAAS Fellow
Marcia Castro of Harvard Chan School has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Why we have trouble assessing climate risk
Experts quoted in a January 23, 2022 CNN article talked about why humans do a poor job of evaluating climate risk, how they tend to avoid an overload of distressing information, and how it’s crucial to better communicate the dangers of climate change.
Opinion: Vaccinate the vulnerable to end the pandemic
Vaccines remain the best hope for protecting people around the globe from COVID-19 and for taming the pandemic, according to an opinion piece co-authored by two students and an alumnus from Harvard Chan School.
Science unclear around fourth COVID-19 shot
Several countries have authorized second booster shots of COVID-19 vaccine, but concerns have recently been raised about whether this is a useful approach.
What will Omicron’s decline look like? Hard to say.
Although Omicron appears to have peaked in several urban centers on the East Coast, experts aren’t sure what the coronavirus variant’s downward path will look like across the U.S.