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Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Marc Lipsitch, 03/04/20
Transcript You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health featuring Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology and director of the School's Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at…
Waning immunity allowed Massachusetts mumps outbreaks
In 2016 and 2017, the number of mumps cases in Massachusetts was 250 and 170, respectively, a large increase from the average of 10 cases annually in the state. Most patients in these outbreaks had been vaccinated, and…
Climate in the clinic
Climate change—and how it affects health—should be front and center for doctors, health care workers, and hospitals, said speakers at a symposium.
Instagram remains a hotbed of vaccine misinformation
Leaders of the social media platform Instagram said months ago that they would take steps to curb the spread of misinformation about vaccines, but anti-vaccine content remains prevalent on the platform, according to news reports. A February 2,…
The uses of outrage
Caroline Buckee, associate professor of epidemiology, builds systems to track and forecast the spread of lethal infections.
Debating the transparency surrounding risky pathogen research
Experts are trying to figure out how much the public should know about experiments that could make pathogens, such as viruses, more transmissible or more deadly. Scientists conduct this type of research in order to better understand how…
Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics offers ‘tweetorial’ on coronavirus
Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, offered a “tweetorial” on the coronavirus.
Keeping perspective on the coronavirus outbreak
News about the coronavirus that recently spread from Wuhan, China, has increasingly made headlines and filled news segments, yet epidemiologists and infectious disease experts are cautioning the public against panicking. “We don’t have evidence yet to suggest this…
The iron lung—a ‘side project’ that saved lives
In the early 1950s, before the polio vaccine was introduced, the iron lung enabled hundreds of people to survive the debilitating disease. The massive metal machine encased patients, using air pressure to do the work of their paralyzed…
Four Harvard Chan School studies among 'most discussed' of 2019
Studies led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health scientists on the health benefits of physical activity, and on the damage measles delivers to the immune systems of unvaccinated children were among the “most discussed” research in…