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While several companies are bringing antibody tests for COVID-19 to market, it is unclear how meaningful such tests results will be because it is not yet known whether antibodies that result from COVID-19 infections will prevent people from…
COVID-19 pandemic may cause long-term mental health issues
The coronavirus pandemic, which has brought sickness, death, and disruption to daily life for millions of people worldwide, may also bring long-term mental health effects, according to a June 8, 2020 article in Business Insider. “Initially for all…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Eric McNulty, 06/11/20
You are listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Eric McNulty, associate director of the Program for Health Care Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. This call was recorded at 11:30 a.m.…
Non-allergic asthma linked with increased risk of severe COVID-19
Adults with asthma who became infected with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 were at higher risk of developing severe illness compared with adults who did not have asthma, according to a new study.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Karestan Koenen, 06/10/20
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Karestan Koenen, professor of psychiatric epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. This call was recorded at 11:30 am…
Panel focuses on healthcare in Brazil as country’s COVID-19 toll rises
Brazil now has the second-highest number of cases of COVID-19 in the world—behind only the U.S.—and the highest number of new deaths.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Yonatan Grad, 06/09/20
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…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Michael Mina, 06/08/20
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology and a faculty member in the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at…
How to behave in an elevator during COVID-19 pandemic
Joseph Allen has some advice about good elevator etiquette for when you return to the office amid the coronavirus pandemic. Wear a mask, he advises. Load the elevator in a checkerboard pattern. Face forward. Announce your desired floor.…
Op-ed: ‘Racism is a public health crisis’
Racism is killing black Americans—both by fueling police violence against them and by propelling adverse socioeconomic conditions that contribute to serious health issues, according to a June 4, 2020 op-ed in the Washington Post by Harvard T.H. Chan…
