In the Media
Feb 17, 2021 | In the Media, News
Several months into the largest vaccine rollout in US history, social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram continue to prominently feature anti-vaccination accounts in its search results. Though Facebook pledged, last year, to reduce the spread of...
Feb 17, 2021 | In the Media, News
As New York continues to grapple with shortages in the coronavirus vaccine distribution, an emerging body of research suggestions that people who have previously been infected might only need one of the two shots that people need to achieve near-complete protection...
Feb 16, 2021 | In the Media, News
The overuse of antibiotics during the pandemic may make other types of microbes (bacteria causing diseases) an even bigger threat. Most COVID-19 patients don’t need antibiotics to get better, but some doctors are prescribing them just in case. ICAP’s Wafaa...
Feb 16, 2021 | In the Media, News
As NY state Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that major sports arenas in the state will be allowed to reopen in late February, public health experts—including ICAP’s Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA—urge caution. Efforts to resume large events are reliant on the efficacy of...
Feb 16, 2021 | In the Media, News
While medical experts agree that many viral tests are currently able to detect the new COVID-19 variants, antibody tests are not. ICAP’s senior technical director, Jessica Justman, MD, was quoted by ABC News Online explaining the limitations of the testing...
Feb 16, 2021 | In the Media, News
In a Wall Street Journal article published Feb 10, 2021, ICAP’s Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA described the current public health landscape in the fight against COVID-19, saying: “We are really now in a race between the virus and the new variants, on one side, and on...