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Jan 19, 2021 | In the Media, News
ICAP’s Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, global director of ICAP, was featured as a public health expert in a recent article by ABC News, explaining how its possible that members of Congress contracted COVID-19 while sheltering-in-place with their colleagues during...
Jan 19, 2021 | In the Media, News
This bold proposal—co-authored by ICAP’s global director, Wafaa El-Sadr—calls for the incoming U.S. administration to create a new entity to marshal the federal government’s resources to manufacture additional vaccine supplies and combine that move with vigorous...
Jan 19, 2021 | In the Media, News
With the initial distribution of COVID-19 vaccines underway, hopes are high that the vaccine could help clear the way for more in-person learning this coming spring at schools in New York City. New York officials have prioritized vaccines for a wide swath of education...
Jan 19, 2021 | In the Media, News
In response to a proposal from New York governor Andrew Cuomo to use the expansion of rapid testing in restaurants and theaters in an effort to revive the economy, ICAP’s global director Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, urged caution in this approach, emphasizing...
Jan 19, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, global director of ICAP, spoke to the limitations of the U.S. approach to healthcare and its impact on national efforts to vaccinate vulnerable communities against COVID-19 saying: “The fractured U.S. health care system, with its...
Jan 19, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, global director of ICAP, was consulted for a Jan 19 article in the Wall Street Journal which listed frequently asked questions about preparing for the COVID-19 vaccine, answered by doctors across the United States. When asked about the...