Jessica Justman, MD weighs in on guidelines that still encourage vaccinated groups to wear masks and socially distance in public spaces to protect those who are unvaccinated. “The guidelines on gatherings emphasize the importance of understanding the risk of the...
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA spotlights the contradictions in New York’s COVID-19 response: agencies continue to loosen restrictions as the number of cases rise. “Last July we had 200 to 300 positive cases per day. Now we have about 4,000 new cases in the city...
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA comments on the decrease in the number of COVID-19 test administered as uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations increases. Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, an epidemiologist at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, says testing is still...
Jessica Justman, MD, Ellen Morrison, MD, MPH and Sharon Mannheimer translate ongoing COVID-19 research at ICAP’s Harlem and Bronx Prevention Centers. Jessica Justman, senior technical director at ICAP and associate professor of medicine in Epidemiology, is the...
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA focuses on challenges in communicating about public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. “One of the most important things we say in public health is that you have to have a very simple message,” said Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, a...
