Transcript: The 11th Hour, 2/7/22 | MSNBC
CEID Founding Director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia joined Chris Jansing to discuss mask mandates. Read the transcript here.
When is the Right Time to Drop Mask Mandates? MA Towns and Cities Consider It | NBC Boston
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer weighs in on mask mandates in Massachusetts. “…’Masks are one of the most important measures just because of the way the virus is transmitted. Until we get down to low levels of transmission, I think mask use is one of the last measures to be removed,’ Hamer said.” Read the […]
Guarded Hope: MassCPR experts discuss lingering pandemic questions | Harvard Medical School News
CEID Founding Director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia answers questions about COVID-19, including: What do we know about long COVID and its relationship to variants? To what extent do vaccines modulate the risk for long COVID? As omicron wanes, what can schools do to transition safely back into the classroom? Read the full article here
Experts Offer Tips on How to Build Trust in Science During COVID-19 | Health City
This article summarizes an event that CEID co-hosted with the Aspen Institute Science and Society Program: Building Trust During Scientific Uncertainty: How Do We Better Respond to Outbreaks? “…Boston University’s Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research and the Aspen Institute’s Science & Society Program, in December, asked four prominent communication experts to explore the […]
So you’ve got COVID. Here’s what to do | NPR
CEID Faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre weighs in on what to do if you or someone you know gets COVID-19: “…If you are showing signs of a virus (fever, headache, congestion, sore throat, gastrointestinal issues), what you do next might depend on your access to testing, says Dr. Cassandra Pierre, medical director of public health programs […]
Humans should embrace nature’s web | Cumberland Times News
CEID Adjunct Faculty Dr. Deborah Kochevar’s research on Zoonotic diseases is referenced: “…Zoonotic diseases account for more than 70% of emerging and reemerging pathogens, and experts in animal, human and environmental health must collaborate to reduce risk of future pandemics. So writes veterinarian Deborah Kochevar, a professor at Tufts University’s School of Veterinary Medicine, along […]
FDA could approve Pfizer vaccine for kids ages 6 months to 5 years by the end of February | MSNBC
CEID Founding Director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia spoke with MSNBC’s Yasmin Vossoughian about possible FDA approval for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 6 months to 5 years. Watch the full clip here.
Preventing the next pandemic: Will we be prepared?
On April 8, 2022 BU Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy & Research (CEID) & BU School of Public Health co-hosted this public discussion: COVID-19 has readily made the point that the era of infectious diseases is far from over. And there are good reasons to think that with increasing urbanization and climate change, more […]
COVID as endemic disease: Not weaker but forever with us | Inquirer
CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray weighs in on COVID and endemicity: “…According to Boston University epidemiologist Eleanor Murray, an infectious disease can be classified to be in the endemic phase if the rate of infections has more or less stabilized through the years. ‘A disease is endemic if the reproductive number is stably at one. […]
Endemicity Is Meaningless | The Atlantic
CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray weighs in on endemicity: “… And the word is so ‘muddy and misused’ that it’s ‘really hard to pin down why someone is using it wrong,’ Ellie Murray, an epidemiologist at Boston University, told us. We spoke with more than a dozen experts for this article, and nearly every one […]