Experts call for safe reopening of U.S. elementary schools
It's essential to reopen elementary schools full-time in the fall, say experts. To do so, they recommend eliminating community transmission of COVID-19 while ramping up testing and surveillance.
Social solidarity and widespread public trust needed to boost vaccine confidence during COVID-19
A foundation of public trust and social solidarity needs to be there for a COVID-19 vaccine to be widely accepted.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Marc Lipsitch, 07/01/20
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at 11 a.m. Eastern…
Eyeing the future of the coronavirus pandemic
How the coronavirus pandemic plays out in the coming months depends on a number of factors, such as states’ decisions on reopening their economies, continuing improvements in COVID-19 testing, and health care system readiness, according to experts from…
Understanding the path to a COVID-19 vaccine
Companies and researchers racing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine will encounter numerous challenges as they try to understand how the immune system reacts to the virus that causes the disease. A June 10, 2020 Harvard Magazine article examined…
How Marc Lipsitch’s winding career path prepared him for the pandemic
Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, has emerged as a leading researcher and prominent communicator over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, but…
Estimating the contagiousness of COVID-19
There’s a possibility that COVID-19 is much more contagious than previously thought. In a May 13, 2020 article in Harvard Magazine, experts discussed an indicator called R nought (R0) that shows how many other people one person with…
More ICU capacity still needed in U.S. for COVID-19 patients
As the U.S. begins to reopen its economy, hospital intensive care units (ICUs) across the country still need more capacity to handle new COVID-19 cases, according to a new analysis from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health…
Report: COVID-19 will likely spread for up to two more years
A team of pandemic experts has predicted that the new coronavirus is likely to keep spreading for another 18-24 months in the U.S. They urged officials to stop telling people that the pandemic is on the wane, and…
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference: Marc Lipsitch, 04/30/20
You’re listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at 11:30 am Eastern…