Get a COVID-19 booster with your flu shot? Local doctors warn once-a year shots may be too optimistic. | WGBH
CEID Core Faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre weighs in on updated COVID-19 boosters: “…[Dr. Pierre] says she is readying a plan to notify patients about the newly formulated booster. The shot, recommended by the CDC last week, targets newer variants like BA.4 and BA.5. But Pierre also told GBH News that she worries telling the public […]
When to get your Omicron booster, and other things to know about the new shots | The Boston Globe
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer commented on the new bivalent COVID booster shots: “…[Dr. Hamer] said the new boosters will ‘be great to have’ to better combat the dominant variants. ‘The question is, will they continue [to circulate] or is something going to displace them over the next four to eight weeks?’ Read the full […]
CEID Releases 2022 Annual Report
Boston University’s Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research is proud to release our Annual Report: Growing Resilience Against Epidemics. The report opens with a letter by CEID Founding Director, Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, who is currently on sabbatical. “We founded CEID a year ago with a vision that to address the growing threat of […]
U.S. Life Expectancy Declined Nearly a Year in 2021, Deepening Historic Slide | Time
CEID Faculty Dr. Andrew Stokes weighs in on the decline in U.S. life expectancy for 2021. “The drop in life expectancy wasn’t inevitable, especially after a highly effective COVID-19 vaccine became available, says [Dr. Stokes], an assistant professor in the department of global health at Boston University School of Public Health. In fact, many wealthy […]
Low vaccine booster rates are now a key factor in COVID-19 deaths – and racial disparities in booster rates persist |The Conversation
CEID Core Faculty Dr. Andrew Stokes co-authored this article about COVID vaccine booster uptake. The authors write, in part: “Preliminary analyses by our team indicate that people in the U.S. living in counties with low booster uptake are dying from COVID-19 at higher rates than people living in counties with high booster uptake. In particular, […]
Boston’s college students are back. The pandemic measures are not. | The Boston Globe
CEID Acting Director Dr. David Hamer weighs in on COVID transmission in Boston this fall: “…The Boston area is currently in a ‘long tail of a wave,’ and cases remain relatively high compared to previous low points, according to [Dr. Hamer]. Meanwhile, more studies have shown that policies campuses implemented over the past two years […]
Insufficient Covid Funding Means No More Free Tests | MSNBC
CEID Affiliate Faculty Dr. Syra Madad joined The Mehdi Hasan Show to discuss COVID-19 the suspension of the White House free testing program as well as new booster shots. You can watch the full clip here.
Monkeypox Impacts Us All — But Stigma Will Hurt LGBTQ+ People Of Color The Most | Refinery 29
CEID Faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre is quoted: “…When news of the multi-country monkeypox outbreak began this May, some patients pointed out to Cassandra Pierre, MD, medical director of public health programs and the associate hospital epidemiologist at Boston Medical Center, that many of the photos in news stories about the virus featured mostly Black people. […]
Here’s what you need to know about the new Omicron boosters. | The Boston Globe
CEID Interim Director Dr. David Hamer is quoted in this article about Omicron boosters: “Dr. David Hamer, an infectious diseases doctor at Boston Medical Center, said the new boosters will ‘be great to have’ to better combat the dominant variants. ‘The question is, will they continue [to circulate] or is something going to displace them […]
Demystifying Monkeypox, the Latest Public Health Emergency | Health City
CEID Faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre contributed to a roundtable discussion about monkeypox, covering topics such as common misconceptions, prevention, and vaccines. Read the full transcript here