CDC shortens interval between 3rd and 4th shot for those with weakened immune systems | The Boston Globe
CEID Faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre weighs in on COVID booster shots for the immunocompromised: “Dr. Cassandra Pierre, an infectious disease physician who is the associate hospital epidemiologist at Boston Medical Center, said it was ‘very important to give people that fourth dose. We really want to do everything we can to stimulate immunity and antibody […]
COVID cases among Mass. students plummet after omicron peak, but experts urge caution | WGBH
CEID Faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre weighs in on COVID rates and the end of the school mask mandate in Massachusetts: “…Pierre, the hospital epidemiologist at Boston Medical Center, said hospitalizations are ‘coming down from a very high level, which means that there’s still a significant component of our state, of our counties and of our […]
What Is the Difference between Pandemic and Endemic? | The Brink
CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray explains the difference between pandemic and endemic. “To move from a pandemic to endemic, says Murray, a BU School of Public Health assistant professor of epidemiology, the world needs ‘to have some predictable sense of where that disease is going to go next.’ COVID-19, she says, will likely remain prevalent […]
Oxfam says the rich got richer in the pandemic, and the wealth gap is killing the poor | NPR Goats & Soda
CEID Faculty Dr. Muhammad Zaman weighs in on a recent Oxfam report called “Inequality Kills”: “…Dr. Muhammad Zaman, a professor of biomedical engineering and international health at Boston University, says the findings in the report are ‘troubling but unfortunately, not surprising.’ ‘Some people have been saying that the pandemic is a great equalizer – that […]
‘Good, not great’: Some long Covid patients see their symptoms improve, but full recovery is elusive | STAT
CEID Founding Director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia weighs in on long COVID: “…The pandemic in general has made SARS-CoV-2 the most studied pathogen in history, surpassing the microbe that causes tuberculosis, infectious diseases specialist Nahid Bhadelia of Boston University said on a recent Infectious Diseases Society of America call with reporters…” Read the full article here.
Ask the Docs: Is it time to rescind mask mandates? | WBUR
CEID Faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre appeared on WBUR’s Ask the Docs to discuss mask mandates. Listen to the full segment here
The 5 phases of COVID’s endgame | Popular Science
CEID Faculty Lauren Sauer weighs in on the current phase of COVID: “…Sauer agrees that we shouldn’t think the pandemic peak has come and gone, now matter how promising the fall in current infection rates seems, or how fatigued the world is. ‘Part of the message is to continue to fight a little longer,” she […]
What is endemicity? What are the shared goals of COVID-19 response?
Boston University’s Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research (CEID) and Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will co-host a seminar “What is endemicity? What are the shared goals of COVID-19 response?” with speakers Dr. William Hanage, Dr. Celine Gounder and Dr. Rodgers Ayebare. Opening remarks will be provided by CEID […]
IMF surcharges: A lose-lose policy for global recovery | VoxEU
CEID Faculty Dr. Kevin Gallagher authored an op-ed with Professor Joseph Stiglitz about IMF surcharges and their impact on global recovery from COVID-19: “…As a result of the unprecedented economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, these excessive fines are putting a further squeeze on the most desperate countries precisely when they need to be investing […]
KN95, KF94, and N95 Masks: What to Know and Where to Buy Them | Teen Vogue
Dr. Cassandra Pierre spoke with Teen Vogue about what to look for in masks: “Through the Omicron surge and the at-home covid test shortage, it became clear we all needed to search for the best N95 masks (or KN95) we could find — especially since the CDC has stated that cloth masks alone do not […]