Testing for Covid-19 at home is easy. Why can’t we test for the flu too? | Advisory Board
CEID Faculty Dr. Christina Yen advocates for at-home flu testing in Advisory Board. See more here.
A Triple Serving Of Flu, COVID And RSV Hits Hospitals Ahead Of Thanksgiving | NPR
CEID Faculty Dr. Syra Madad talks about how Flu, COVID-19, and RSV are spreading during the holiday season. See more here.
Why doesn’t the U.S. have at-home flu tests? | Stat
CEID Faculty Dr. Christina Yen talks about how at-home flu tests would be an essential tool for people to get treatment. See more here.
How infectious disease experts are responding to Covid nearly three years in | Stat
CEID Faculty Dr. Syra Madad joins other epidemiologists in sharing their personal COVID-19 protection measures. See more here.
COVID-19’s Lessons for Future Pandemics | Harvard Medical School
CEID Faculty Dr. John Connor states, “How you keep in peacetime the things you need in wartime is a tough question to answer, but it seems to me that’s what we need.” See more here.
Paxlovid Works — So Why Has Uptake Been So Slow? | Health City
CEID Faculty Dr. Jai Marathe and Dr. Cassandra Pierre talk about the effectiveness of Paxlovid and the COVID-19 pandemic context. See more here.
Schools that kept mask mandates saw significantly fewer COVID-19 cases: study | CTV News
CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray co-authored a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrates the effectiveness of wearing masks at schools. See more here.
Doctors Debate Study That Found Masks in Boston-Area Schools Cut COVID Rates | NBC 10
CEID Interim Director Dr. David Hamer joined NBC 10 Boston’s Weekly “COVID Q&A” series. See more here
Opinion: I’m an epidemiologist, and my daughter’s RSV case shook me | CNN
CEID Affiliate Faculty Dr. Syra Madad authored this opinion in CNN Opinions and concludes: “…While most children will get RSV by age 2, getting sick is never ideal and for young children, or those at high risk for severe RSV disease. My experience with my daughter was difficult. On top of witnessing her suffering from […]
To beat Ebola in Uganda, fund what worked in Liberia | Nature
CEID Affiliate Faculty Dr. Mosoka P. Fallah authored this opinion piece and concludes: “…I never again want to see what I saw when I arrived in West Point that day eight years ago. Two people were crawling on their knees and vomiting blood; three of their contacts were at large. To avert another such epidemic, […]