As masks come off, experts warn the pandemic isn’t over | GBH
CEID Faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre weighs in on masking as COVID rates trend down: “…’There are people that continue to be at risk, even in this time — people who are not yet eligible for the vaccination, children under the age of five, those who are immunocompromised,’ she said. ‘So this is a time of […]
Ask the doctors: the latest on vaccines, treatments, and what the future may hold | WBUR
CEID Faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre joined WBUR to answer listener questions about COVID-19. Listen to the full segment here.
Checking in on the state of the pandemic, 2 years after Mass. emergency declaration | WBUR Morning Edition
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer joined WBUR’s Morning Edition to reflect on the past two years of COVID-19: “…I think it really is going to be a new world … individuals really need to balance the risk based on [both] their personal risk and also what’s going on in the community. And because all the […]
Groups hardest hit by COVID-19 appear least likely to get care for its lingering effects | The Boston Globe
CEID Founding Director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia and Core Faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre weigh in on the importance of engaging marginalized communities in Long COVID research: “…The reasons for the apparent disparity are similar to those that led to the high COVID-19 rates in disadvantaged communities, said Dr. Cassandra M. Pierre, an infectious diseases physician at […]
The CDC’s new mask guidance guarantees we’ll be too slow for the next surge | Washington Post
CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray and Boston University School of Public Health Assistant Professor Julia Raifman weigh in on the new CDC mask guidance: “A recommendation for universal masking (as well as increases in supplies of masks and tests) should turn on when case counts alone are on the rise, even if they are not […]
Antimicrobial Resistance: What’s At Stake And What Are We Doing About It? | Health Affairs
CEID Faculty Dr. Kevin Outterson and co-authors offer insights about Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), concluding that: “The antibacterial market is broken. More than a decade of incremental reforms has been helpful, but serious problems remain. Policy makers now have the opportunity to fundamentally reform the sector through delinked pull incentives such as the subscription program in […]
Will Endemic COVID-19 Be a Reality Soon Thanks to Omicron? | Self
CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray weighs in on endemicity and the omicron sub-variant B.A.2. “First, the thought that the omicron surge may be over is a bit premature, notes Eleanor J. Murray, ScD, assistant professor of epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health. …’So there’s a potential for a second sub-variant wave,’ says Dr. […]
The Challenge of Convergent Crises | Project Syndicate
CEID Faculty Dr. Muhammad Zaman writes about the convergence of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), climate change, and violent conflict: “…Perhaps one way for the fight against AMR to gain momentum is not to talk about the pathogens alone, but to raise awareness of the combined effects of climate change, conflict, and AMR on people and the […]
Full Vaccine Approvals Seen as Boon for Post-Pandemic Protection | Bloomberg Law
CEID Faculty Dr. Syra Madad weighs in on FDA approval of COVID vaccines: “…’As we learn to live with the virus, this is a vaccine we’re going to need in the future,’ said Syra Madad, senior director of NYC Health + Hospitals’ System-Wide Special Pathogens Program. FDA approval ‘will be important going forward in helping […]
The global economic system is in dire need of an overhaul | Al Jazeera
CEID Faculty Dr. Kevin Gallagher wrote this opinion piece with Richard Kozul-Wright. They say, in part: “The global multilateral economic system has been stress tested twice this century. The first time was with the 2008 global economic meltdown; the second – with the COVID-19 pandemic. And the results are not good. While more than six […]