Opinion: How to prevent a bird flu pandemic
It’s not too late to contain the bird flu outbreak in the U.S—as long as the government implements an effective public health surveillance strategy, experts say.
COVID update: tests, business readiness, 'new normal'
Although COVID cases have ticked up, there is also good news: Old COVID tests may still be good; businesses should know how to pivot if infections keep climbing; and overall COVID conditions aren't nearly as bad as they…
U.S. governmental public health workforce shrank by half in five years, study finds
Nearly half of all employees in state and local public health agencies in the U.S. left their jobs between 2017 and 2021, and if such workforce contractions continue, more than 100,000 public health staff could leave their jobs…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Rachael Piltch-Loeb, 12/13/21
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Rachael Piltch-Loeb, Globe Preparedness Fellow in the Division of Policy Translation and Leadership Development and a research associate in the Department of…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Rachael Piltch-Loeb, 09/23/21
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Rachael Piltch-Loeb, preparedness fellow in the Division of Policy Translation and Leadership Development and a research associate in the Department of Biostatistics. This call…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Rachael Piltch-Loeb, 04/08/21
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard School of Public Health with Rachael Piltch-Loeb, Preparedness Fellow in the Division of Policy Translation and Leadership Development. This call was recorded at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday,…