In the Media
Mar 5, 2021 | In the Media, News
Voice of America speaks with ICAP’s Tiffany Harris, PhD, MS on new tools to combat Ebola during the COVID-19 pandemic. “If you’re spending money manufacturing vaccine and getting it into the arms of every person in a given country, that’s money that’s not being spent...
Mar 5, 2021 | In the Media, News
WNYC cites ICAP’s Jessica Justman, MD in reporting on the schedule changes for overnight cleaning of New York City subways. Scientists say it’s abundantly clear that coronavirus mostly spreads through the air and not via surfaces. But Columbia University...
Mar 5, 2021 | In the Media, News
Newsday looks to ICAP’s Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA to dispel misinformation after a video, viewed over 259,000 times, claims that COVID-19 vaccinations kill patients. Columbia’s El-Sadr called Cahill’s claims “irresponsible and misleading,” pointing out...
Feb 19, 2021 | In the Media, News
As wealthier countries speed up COVID-19 vaccination programs, public health experts including ICAP’s Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, continue to emphasize the importance of equitable distribution around the world. Dr. El-Sadr, director of ICAP and professor of...
Feb 19, 2021 | In the Media, News
As NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces a federal inquiry over his administration’s handling and reporting of COVID-19-related nursing home deaths, ICAP’s Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, commented in a recent article published in City & State NY on the importance of...
Feb 19, 2021 | In the Media, News
While the world focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic and the rollout and distribution of a vaccine against the virus, the Ebola virus, which killed thousands in West Africa between 2014 and 2016, has reappeared. On February seventh, the Democratic Republic of Congo...