Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA speaks about the need to increase the speed of vaccinating populations in New York City as the Delta variant continues to spread. Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University, wondered why the city did not extend...
Jessica Justman, MD discusses how travelers can make summer plans while considering local COVID-19 case counts. Just as many travelers check the weather forecast before their trips, they should also make a habit of checking the local Covid-19 case count, says Jessica...
Since the start of the pandemic, the Kyrgyz Republic in Central Asia wrestled with capacity to respond effectively to COVID-19 in the country. A shortage of trained laboratory personnel limited the diagnosis of COVID-19 with polymerase chain reaction-based (PCR)...
Jessica Justman, MD speaks about the need for New Yorkers to get vaccinated as the number of COVID-19 cases increases. Dr. Jessica Justman, an associate professor of Medicine in Epidemiology at the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, said the “doubling of such a...
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA explains why we see an increase in the number of positive COVID-19 cases. El-Sadr said the rate is likely to continue given the new variants circulating, “especially those that are more transmissible and if there is no further uptake of...
