‘Oh my god, not again’: COVID variant making reinfections more common | The Boston Globe
CEID Interim Director Dr. David Hamer weighs in on COVID reinfections: “…For part of the pandemic, experts thought infected individuals had immunity for at least 90 days, said Dr. David Hamer…But that thinking ‘has passed. It’s water under the bridge,’ he said, citing recent reports of reinfections that occurred as soon as a month after […]
Medical experts urge caution as COVID case numbers rise in Boston | WBUR
CEID Interim Director Dr. David Hamer and CEID Faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre weighed in on rising COVID case numbers in Boston: “…’If the case counts rise much more, or continue to rise, or the wastewater data go up, then it might make sense to go back to enforced mandates in certain locations,’ [Dr. Hamer] said… […]
Opinion: Antibiotic-resistant infections could dwarf the COVID-19 pandemic | The Boston Globe
CEID Faculty Dr. Kevin Outterson co-wrote this op-ed on antibiotic resistance. The authors conclude: “Our two organizations continue that Boston tradition of leadership. CARB-X, a global nonprofit led by Boston University, and the AMR Action Fund, a public-private partnership based in Kendall Square, will in the coming years inject nearly $1.5 billion into small biotechnology […]
How the pandemic screwed up our antibiotics | Vox
CEID Faculty Dr. Kevin Outterson shared insights on solving antibiotic resistance. “…he fears the death toll may have to climb very high before a critical mass of people start noticing, caring, and mobilizing. ‘We will eventually respond,’ he said. ‘The question is how many people will have to die before we start that response.'” Read […]
COVID-19 risk on the rise in Massachusetts as new subvariants spread amid tourism season peak | MassLive
CEID Interim Director Dr. David Hamer weighed in on the spread of COVID-19 subvariants in Massachusetts: He “said the relaxation of measures like mask use among many residents has also likely contributed to the spread. He said that anecdotally, he had seen multiple people in the past two weeks contract COVID who had not gotten […]
BU’s Nahid Bhadelia Joins White House COVID Response Team
To restore trust in science, make it accessible; here’s how | The Hill
CEID Faculty Dr. Linda Sprague Martinez co-authored an opinion in The Hill. The authors state “it’s time for both researchers and research funders to rethink and strengthen how they engage the communities around them — and to work closely with those communities to articulate research in a more meaningful way.” Read the full opinion here.
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer To Serve As Interim Director
Dear CEID Community, We write to congratulate our Founding Director, Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, who has joined the White House COVID-19 Response Team as senior policy advisor for global COVID-19 response. We also want to share that Dr. Bhadelia will be on sabbatical for the duration of this full-time position. During this interim period, CEID will […]
Estimates of long Covid are startlingly high. Here’s how to understand them | Stat
“Long Covid has the potential to widen existing gaps in health, [CEID Faculty] Linda Sprague Martinez of the Boston University School of Social Work said on a video call with reporters, pointing to a map of counties with high case numbers but few long Covid clinics. ‘We don’t want to wait,’ she said. ‘Getting ahead […]
BA.4, BA.5 variants could spark ‘new wave’ of COVID this summer, Massachusetts reports 1,529 new cases | The Boston Herald
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer weighs in on Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5: “…It appears that the variants, known as BA.4 and BA.5, are more transmissible and evade the immune response from prior omicron strains — making natural immunity from past infection or vaccine-induced immunity less effective. ‘This could mean a risk for a new […]