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Mar 28, 2020 | In the Media, News
In a March 28 article in Xinhua, Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, global director of ICAP, welcomed increased scientific collaboration between the U.S. and China in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic: Wafaa El-Sadr, director of the Global Health Initiative and ICAP at...
Mar 28, 2020 | In the Media, News
Jessica Justman, MD, ICAP’s senior technical director, spoke on Uptown Radio about New York City’s pilot plan to close sections of streets in order to create more space for people to be outside while still practicing social distancing. “I think the...
Mar 27, 2020 | In the Media, News
Jessica Justman, MD, ICAP’s senior technical director, offers advice for maintaining social distance while grocery shopping in a March 27 article in TIME. Many national chains have announced precautions they’ll be taking moving forward, and you can also call your...
Mar 27, 2020 | News
In 2014, West Africa faced the largest health emergency in its history with the rapid community spread of Ebola, a virus that is highly transmissible and causes a life-threatening hemorrhagic fever. As we face the worldwide outbreak of a novel coronavirus disease for...
Mar 26, 2020 | In the Media, News
TIME Magazine asked Susan Michaels-Strasser, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, ICAP’s senior director of human resources for health (HRH) development, about the need for more health care workers to care for the increased number of critically ill patients during the COVID-19...
Mar 25, 2020 | In the Media, News
In a MarketWatch article from March 25, Jessica Justman, MD, ICAP’s senior technical director, notes that population density and income level impact the spread of COVID-19 in New York City: There’s another aspect to population density that made poorer New York...