A timely call to establish an international convention on the rights of older people.
Ataguba JE, Bloom DE, Scott AJ.
Lancet Healthy Longev. 2021 Sep. 2(9):e540-e542. PMID: 34494015
Professor
David Bloom
Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography
Global Health and Population
Bibliography
Humane shelter at home: a call to reimagine a core pandemic intervention.
Subbaraman R, Ganapathi L, Mukherjee B, Bloom DE, Solomon SS.
BMJ Glob Health. 2021 08. 6(8). PMID: 34353818
Macro-level efficiency of health expenditure: Estimates for 15 major economies.
Chen S, Kuhn M, Prettner K, Bloom DE, Wang C.
Soc Sci Med. 2021 Jul 24. 287:114270. PMID: 34482274
Estimating the net value of treating hepatitis C virus using sofosbuvir-velpatasvir in India.
Bloom DE, Khoury A, Srinivasan V.
PLoS One. 2021. 16(7):e0252764. PMID: 34292958
The economic burden of COVID-19 in the United States: Estimates and projections under an infection-based herd immunity approach.
Chen S, Prettner K, Kuhn M, Bloom DE.
J Econ Ageing. 2021 May 29. 100328. PMID: 34123719
COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation: Modeling Health Outcomes and Equity Implications of Alternative Strategies.
Ferranna M, Cadarette D, Bloom DE.
Engineering (Beijing). 2021 May 03. PMID: 33968462
Climate and the spread of COVID-19.
Chen S, Prettner K, Kuhn M, Geldsetzer P, Wang C, Bärnighausen T, Bloom DE.
Sci Rep. 2021 04 27. 11(1):9042. PMID: 33907202
Validation of whole genome sequencing from dried blood spots.
Agrawal P, Katragadda S, Hariharan AK, Raghavendrachar VG, Agarwal A, Dayalu R, Awasthy D, Sharma SC, Sivasamy YK, Lakshmana P, Shanmugam A, Veeramachaneni V, Gupta V, Vani BP, Subaiya L, Syamala TS, Hariharan R, Chandru V, Bloom DE.
BMC Med Genomics. 2021 Apr 20. 14(1):110. PMID: 33879142
The Societal Value of Vaccination in the Age of COVID-19.
Bloom DE, Cadarette D, Ferranna M.
Am J Public Health. 2021 06. 111(6):1049-1054. PMID: 33856880
Early Moves: a protocol for a population-based prospective cohort study to establish general movements as an early biomarker of cognitive impairment in infants.
Elliott C, Alexander C, Salt A, Spittle AJ, Boyd RN, Badawi N, Morgan C, Silva D, Geelhoed E, Ware RS, Ali A, McKenzie A, Bloom D, Sharp M, Ward R, Bora S, Prescott S, Woolfenden S, Le V, Davidson SA, Thornton A, Finlay-Jones A, Jensen L, Amery N, Valentine J.
BMJ Open. 2021 04 09. 11(4):e041695. PMID: 33837094
News
Applying the lessons of COVID-19
Factors that contributed to the rapid pace of COVID-19 vaccine development could be applied to future epidemics and other global health challenges, according to an article co-authored by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s David Bloom.
How infectious diseases strain economies
Infectious diseases jeopardize economic growth in myriad ways, and the COVID-19 pandemic offers a powerful example, according to a November 5, 2020, World Economic Forum article. The article, co-authored by David Bloom, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics…
New web survey aims to understand prevalence of COVID-19 symptoms, association with testing, social distancing behavior
For immediate release: April 8, 2020 Boston, MA – A new survey from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health will enable researchers to understand the prevalence of COVID-19 symptoms and to investigate their association with COVID-19 testing…
Rising retirement ages pose challenges for individuals and governments
Governments around the world are raising the age of retirement, and this could spark significant challenges for individuals and societies at large, according to an August 20, 2019 BBC article. David Bloom, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics…
Can vaccines help fight the rise of drug-resistant microbes?
March 12, 2019 – Some of the most important medications doctors have at their disposal have been rendered ineffective by parasites, viruses, and bacteria that have evolved resistance against them, and the problem is poised to get worse.…
