Amid climbing Mass. COVID-19 cases, health experts urge booster shots | The Boston Globe
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer weighs in on COVID-19 booster shots: “Hamer said in an e-mail that he is strongly encouraging people who have not yet received their booster to get the shot, and that the state should develop strategies to facilitate access to the booster. ‘Increasing ease of access and communication about the importance […]
State’s COVID-19 death toll falls by more than 3,700 under new counting method | The Boston Globe
CEID Faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre offers insights on Massachusetts’ new method of counting COVID-19 deaths: “Dr. Cassandra Pierre, an infectious disease physician who is the associate hospital epidemiologist at Boston Medical Center, said ‘the number of deaths directly caused by COVID-19’ will be more accurately reflected under the new system, but ‘the larger issue has […]
Groups hardest hit by COVID-19 appear least likely to get care for its lingering effects | The Boston Globe
CEID Founding Director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia and Core Faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre weigh in on the importance of engaging marginalized communities in Long COVID research: “…The reasons for the apparent disparity are similar to those that led to the high COVID-19 rates in disadvantaged communities, said Dr. Cassandra M. Pierre, an infectious diseases physician at […]
With new masking guidance, is Mass. marching back toward some version of normal? | The Boston Globe
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer weighs in on COVID prevention measures: “…The changing mask guidance is consistent with Baker’s other messaging, said Doron, who has advised the administration. Members of Baker’s Cabinet, for example, urged Massachusetts college leaders in late January to begin viewing the pandemic as an ‘endemic, a highly contagious virus that is […]
CDC shortens interval between 3rd and 4th shot for those with weakened immune systems | The Boston Globe
CEID Faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre weighs in on COVID booster shots for the immunocompromised: “Dr. Cassandra Pierre, an infectious disease physician who is the associate hospital epidemiologist at Boston Medical Center, said it was ‘very important to give people that fourth dose. We really want to do everything we can to stimulate immunity and antibody […]
Mass. relaxes contact tracing in schools that offer rapid tests to students and staff | Boston Globe
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer shares his reaction to COVID-19 prevention measures in schools. “’As we move to lower transmission, I think we should be prioritizing testing of symptomatic students, teachers, and staff,’ Hamer said, adding that classroom transmission has appeared to be minimal.” Read the full article here
Evergrande reneges on multimillion-dollar pledge to Harvard-led COVID project, another stumble in its ties to school | Boston Globe
CEID Founding Director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia discusses the Harvard-led Consortium in The Boston Globe. “The consortium’s galvanizing investment is ‘important for patients, for the region, for all of us to return to normalcy,’ said Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, co-leader of the consortium’s working group on long COVID and director of the Boston University Center for Emerging […]
‘Really demoralizing and operationally very, very hard’: Child-care providers try to stay open in COVID surge | Boston Globe
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer talks about mitigating COVID-19 in childcare settings. “Dr. David Hamer, a Boston University professor of global health and medicine, said test and stay policies could work ‘just as well’ in early education as they do in K-12 settings, but the challenge is availability. ‘If we can have a better supply […]
Biden to send millions of free COVID-19 tests, dispatch military to hospitals as experts worry about time already lost | Boston Globe
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer spoke with The Boston Globe about people’s attitudes toward COVID-19 restrictions. “People are just tired of having things loosened up a little bit only to turn around a few months later and say, ‘Oh, you can’t do these things, you have to go get tested, you have to put your […]
‘Tuesday is too late’: Health experts urge Biden to move faster amid Omicron threat | Boston Globe
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer is featured in the Boston Globe: “Dr. Davidson Hamer, a physician at Boston Medical Center and a Boston University epidemiologist, said Biden has to help people overcome fatigue with the pandemic and the restrictions it imposes on daily life. Putting more vaccine shots into arms needs to be a priority […]