How new Boston University School of Medicine study supports current COVID-19 guidelines | WCVB
CEID Faculty Dr. John Connor spoke with WCVB about findings from a recent study by BU School of Medicine researchers who “found that most young, healthy, vaccinated adults had a very limited period of being infectious. Only 17% of students in the study remained COVID-19 positive beyond five days.” Watch the segment here.
It is Time to Raise the Alarm on Monkeypox | Medium
CEID Affiliate Faculty Dr. Syra Madad authored this opinion, which concludes : “…On May 29, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) had increased its threat assessment of monkeypox to ‘moderate’ risk to global health. And on June 6, 2022, The CDC upgraded its travel health notice for travelers considering international travel to countries reporting monkeypox cases from “watch — […]
Variants BA.4 and BA.5 are spreading in New England. Here’s what you need to know. | Boston.com
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer shares his insights on the omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5: “In an email to Boston.com Wednesday, David Hamer, a professor of global health at Boston University (BU), wrote that BA.4 and BA.5 have many of the same mutations that made the original omicron variant so concerning, but that they also […]
For those who have yet to contract COVID, it feels like ‘the clock is running out’ | The Boston Globe
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer weighs in on those who have yet to contract COVID: “…Experts say that a combination of factors control whether an individual contracts COVID-19, including their environment, their behaviors, and their genetics. A subset of the individuals who have never had the the virus are those who have ‘had the resources […]
Why the Way We Talk About Monkeypox Matters | Health City
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer shares insights on Monkeypox. Read the full Q&A here.
Pediatricians urge parents to get youngest kids vaccinated against COVID as soon as they can | WGBH
CEID Faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre weighs in on COVID vaccination for young children: “…Parents need to weigh the risk of COVID-19 against risk and benefit of vaccines, said Dr. Cassandra Pierre, an infectious disease physician and the associate hospital epidemiologist and the medical director of public health programs at Boston Medical Center. ‘And so from […]
Opinion: Why I’ll be vaccinating my 2-year-old for Covid-19 as soon as it’s possible | CNN
CEID Faculty Dr. Syra Madad wrote an opinion about why she will vaccinate her 2-year-old for Covid-19. She concludes that “we have waited over a year to get to this pivotal moment for these young kids – now that a vaccine appears on the cusp of approval, we must do everything we can to get […]
Boston-area COVID wastewater plunges in northern region: ‘This is a good sign’ | The Boston Herald
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer weighs in on recent COVID wastewater data: “…’It looks like a legitimate decline in the northern wastewater SARS-CoV-2 concentrations in the last week…This fits with the recent decline in numbers posted by the state for new cases.This is a good sign as we head into the summer months,’ he added. […]
After the Infection Is Gone: MassCPR experts discuss the knowns and unknowns of long COVID | Harvard Medicine News
Harvard Medicine News interviews experts from the Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness (MassCPR) long COVID research group. The group includes CEID Founding Director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, who serves as the group co-lead and CEID Faculty Dr. Linda Sprague Martinez, who leads the group’s health equity core. Read the full discussion here.
State to drop funding for school COVID testing | WGBH
CEID Faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre weighs in on the Massachusetts decision to stop providing COVID-19 testing in schools this fall “… With schools left to purchase self tests through a statewide contract, experts say the change will exacerbate inequities across different districts. ‘For those school districts that do decide to continue testing, they’re going to […]