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Feb 2, 2022 | In the Media
Using data from the Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (PHIA) surveys conducted in Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe from 2015 to 2017, the researchers estimated that close to 40 percent of children aged 1–14 years of age who are...
Jan 31, 2022 | In the Media
“It will become a culture of if you’re sick you stay home,” Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, a professor of epidemiology and medicine at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, told ABC News. “Don’t come to work, don’t go to school,...
Jan 30, 2022 | In the Media
“It’s important to remember that while many breakthrough infections are mild, for some it can still be quite uncomfortable. And some still do need to be hospitalized, especially those who are older or have medical conditions. In addition, there is still the problem of...
Jan 27, 2022 | In the Media
“The phenomenon of ‘super immunity’ was also recently observed in South Africa, Dr. Jessica Justman, an associate professor of medicine in epidemiology at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, tells Fortune… “The findings...
Jan 26, 2022 | In the Media
Prior waves tended to have a symmetrical shape of cases going up and down, said Dr. Jessica Justman, associate professor of medicine in epidemiology at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. “Since cases rose very quickly this omicron wave,...
Jan 26, 2022 | In the Media
Opinions vary, however, on the best time to get vaccinated after infection. Wafaa El-Sadr, an epidemiologist at Columbia University, told me in an email that once a person is recovered from Omicron, they must “get vaccinated and [a] booster dose as soon as...