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Dec 14, 2022 | In the Media
“Though these numbers are encouraging, they are not what we had hoped to see by now. But we have reasons to be optimistic about the future,” says Jessica Justman, MD, senior technical director at ICAP, a Columbia-based organization addressing a wide range of global...
Dec 14, 2022 | In the Media
A virus knows no borders, and an elusive virus is already far ahead of us. While sporadic disease outbreak is inevitable, action by state leaders and public health experts can determine if an outbreak becomes an...
Dec 14, 2022 | In the Media
“A stigmatizing disease name not only adds to the suffering of those afflicted by or at risk for the disease, but it also makes it more difficult to reach people through public health interventions,” Dr. Jessica Justman, an associate professor of...
Dec 14, 2022 | In the Media
“Yes, vaccinations and boosters help prevent long Covid, and yes it’s also a roll of the dice,” says Jessica Justman, an infectious diseases specialist and epidemiologist at Columbia University.
Dec 14, 2022 | In the Media
“It’s a pretty broad range of experience in terms of the severity of the second bout of long COVID,” Dr. Jessica Justman, an associate professor of epidemiology at Columbia University, who was not involved in the survey, told Yahoo News. “The bottom line was: If you...
Dec 14, 2022 | In the Media
“It’s definitely not too late,” Dr. Jessica Justman, an associate professor of medicine in epidemiology at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, told ABC News. “Now is a great time. This week is a great time to get your flu shot. I...