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Monitoring epidemics is essential for understanding how well public health interventions are working and where to distribute extra resources.
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COVID-19 vaccines are rolling out, but variants continue to spread and public health systems around the world remain strained. Experts from across the Harvard Chan School reflect on the pandemic and what it means for the future of…
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A new toolkit created by a team at Ariadne Labs aims to help increase public confidence in COVID-19 vaccines.
Leading coronavirus scientist, Kizzmekia S. Corbett, to join Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to continue vaccine development research
Leading coronavirus scientist Kizzmekia S. Corbett is joining Harvard Chan School as an assistant professor to continue vaccine development research.
Nurses key to delivering vaccines in developing countries
At a nursing leadership event, speakers cited nurses' critical role in vaccination campaigns, and called for vaccine equity among wealthy and developing nations.
Three Harvard schools and Africa CDC launch inaugural global nursing leadership program at virtual workshop
For immediate release: May 5, 2021 Boston, MA – Recognizing the urgent need to elevate nursing and midwifery leadership around the world, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Kennedy School, and Harvard Graduate School of Education, together…
Questions persist about COVID-19’s ‘chapter two’
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is at a pivotal moment.
Number of COVID-19 ‘breakthrough cases’ lower than expected
Given the number of people fully vaccinated in the U.S.—more than 87 million as of April 20, 2021—the roughly 7,150 so-called “breakthrough cases” of COVID-19 that have been reported is extremely low, according to experts.
Op-ed: Preventing disease by addressing climate change, understanding immunity
To reduce the threat of major global diseases such as COVID-19, governments must make greater investments in climate-change solutions and in understanding how the human immune system works, says Wayne Koff, adjunct professor of epidemiology at Harvard T.H.…