Frontlines Fall 2020
Quick updates about the latest public health news from across the School and beyond.
Bearing witness
Harvard Chan School scientists at the forefront of the pandemic response share their stories of stress, exhaustion, anger, grief, gratitude, and soul-searching.
How to stay safe on road trips amid COVID-19
Taking a road trip during the coronavirus pandemic—having to use public bathrooms, stop at restaurants, and stay at hotels—inevitably carries some risk, say experts. But there are strategies that can make it safer.
Closing, reopening labs was a complex experiment
The spreading COVID-19 pandemic forced labs around the University to close down in mid-March with just two weeks’ notice.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Sarah Fortune, 07/29/20
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Sarah Fortune, the John LaPorte Given Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases and chair of the Department of Immunology and Infectious…
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…
COVID-19 vaccines unlikely to be cure-all
While vaccines for COVID-19 are urgently needed, the public would do well to realize that vaccines will not simply prevent all infections. It’s more likely that any vaccines developed will reduce the risk for contracting the disease and…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Sarah Fortune, 05/21/20
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Sarah Fortune, the John LaPorte Given Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases and chair of the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases.…
A coronavirus Q&A with immunologist Sarah Fortune
Numerous topics about COVID-19—such as how COVID-19 deaths compare to influenza deaths, or how likely it is to get COVID-19 from airborne transmission—were discussed in a May 1, 2020 C-SPAN interview featuring Sarah Fortune, John LaPorte Given Professor…