Bird Flu Is Making Headlines but Doesn’t Threaten a Pandemic…Yet | BU Today
CEID Interim Director David Hamer contributes to a BU Today interview about Avian Influenza. See more here.
Climate change is increasing the risk of infectious diseases worldwide | Yale Climate Connections
CEID Faculty Dr. Syra Madad says, “Outbreaks of emerging and reemerging infectious disease threats are only accelerating.” See more here.
Opinion: The clock is ticking. When will Congress fund updated Covid-19 treatments? | CNN
Per CEID Faculty Dr. Syra Madad, “The US government desperately needs to continue to invest in more Covid therapeutics to keep up with the evolving nature of the virus.” See more here.
Trends in the global antibiotics market | Nature
CEID Faculty Kevin Outterson co-authors a study on the antibiotics market. See more here.
WHO abandons plans for crucial second phase of COVID-origins investigation | Nature
Gerald Keusch, CEID Faculty member, says the COVID-19 origins investigation was “poorly handled by the global community.” See more here.
What we know about H5N1 avian flu and the risk to humans | Yahoo! News
CEID Faculty Dr. Syra Madad says about Avian Influenza, “I don’t think there’s a need to cause a significant alarm, but it’s a time to be cautious.” See more here.
It’s Too Soon for Annual Covid Booster Shots, Some Experts Say
CEID Interim Director Dr. David Hamer: “[COVID-19] variants identified earlier in the year for an annual shot may not be adequately equipped to protect against a variant that pops up that fall or winter.” See more here.
Plan for More Oversight of Pathogen-Related Research Passes Hurdle | MedPage Today
CEID Faculty Dr. Syra Madad says, “When we talk about pandemic potential pathogens it’s not a list-based approach… We can’t go with a list-based approach because that becomes moot very, very quickly. We live in a world where we’re constantly discovering new viruses, and there’s new technologies expanding research and the like.” See more here.
What infectious disease doctors want you to know as the COVID-19 pandemic enters its 4th year | Boston.com
CEID Interim Director Dr. David Hamer comments, “We also have a lot more treatments available. We have oral treatments, like Paxlovid, to help really blunt, shorten the duration of viral symptoms, shorten the duration of viral shedding, and ideally in those who are at risk, prevent hospitalization.” See more here.
Deaths of Black, Hispanic and young Massachusetts residents rose in 2021 | WGBH
Per CEID Faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre: “we know that COVID at this point is not the primary reason going forward for the death rates we’re seeing in communities of color. It continues to be a significant factor, but we know that COVID is also the match that’s lit [up] this really very rickety infrastructure, holding […]