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Deaths likely to increase as states loosen COVID-19 restrictions
With some U.S. states beginning to ease restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, global health expert Ashish Jha expects that deaths will rise. “Everybody agrees that without a big ramp-up on testing, and tracing, and isolation,…
How to enforce physical distancing humanely
To protect public health during the COVID-19 pandemic, governments are imposing measures ranging from the mandatory wearing of masks to quarantines to curfews, and sometimes using tactics such as arrests, fines, and intimidation to enforce those measures. But…
Local DrPH students organize crisis leadership event
Doctor of public health students from around the world met on Zoom to hear from experts in the field about leadership during the COVID-19 crisis.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Phyllis Kanki, 05/05/20
You’re listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Phyllis Kanki, the Mary Woodward Lasker Professor of Health Sciences in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases. This call was recorded…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Michael Mina, 05/04/20
You’re listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology. This call was recorded at 11:30 AM Eastern Time on Monday, May 4. Previous press conferences…
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…
Getting to know … SM student Haley Barravecchia
Haley Barravecchia has studied coral reef health in the Pacific island nation Kiribati, transitioned to remote learning amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and turned her home garage into a hot yoga studio.
How to better understand the reach of COVID-19 in India
Like many countries, India has struggled to grasp the extent to which its population is affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The country’s testing efforts have largely focused on at-risk individuals, including those with influenza-like symptoms, people who have…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Aaron Bernstein, 05/01/20
You’re listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Aaron Bernstein, interim director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (Harvard C-CHANGE), a pediatrician at Boston Children’s Hospital,…
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…