More testing, sequencing key to quickly detecting new infectious disease variants
To speed the detection of new variants of an infectious disease, public health officials should boost rates of testing and sequencing, according to a new Harvard Chan School study.
The next pandemic: not if, but when
As new cases of bird flu and other infectious diseases continue to raise concern, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers share their perspectives on recognizing, preparing for, and managing future outbreaks.
Measles outbreaks show the risks of under-vaccination
Yonatan Grad, professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard Chan School, discusses measles' recent resurgence.
Those facing greatest risk for severe COVID treated less often
Medicare patients who were at the highest risk for severe COVID-19—such as Black patients, patients older than 90, and patients living in nursing homes—received antiviral treatments less often than those who had the least risk, according to a…
As Omicron wanes, what is the state of the pandemic?
What will the future of SARS-CoV-2 look like, and what should we as a community consider in our response to changing conditions? Harvard Chan School's Yonatan Grad offers thoughts in this Q&A.
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.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Yonatan Grad, 12/08/21
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Yonatan Grad, the Melvin J. and Geraldine L. Glimcher Assistant Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases and a faculty member in the…
Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 cases clear more quickly, less likely to spread infection over time
People who are vaccinated for SARS-CoV-2 but get breakthrough infections may be less likely to spread the virus because they shed it for a shorter period than unvaccinated people who are infected, according a new study led by…
Artificial Intelligence’s Promise and Peril
As algorithms analyze mammograms and smartphones capture lived experiences, researchers are debating the use of ai in public health.
What will it be like when COVID-19 becomes endemic?
In a Q&A, Yonatan Grad, Melvin J. and Geraldine L. Glimcher Associate Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, discusses what endemic COVID-19 will look like.
