COVID-19
Jul 21, 2021 | News
Since the start of the pandemic, the Kyrgyz Republic in Central Asia wrestled with capacity to respond effectively to COVID-19 in the country. A shortage of trained laboratory personnel limited the diagnosis of COVID-19 with polymerase chain reaction-based (PCR)...
Jul 21, 2021 | In the Media, News
Jessica Justman, MD speaks about the need for New Yorkers to get vaccinated as the number of COVID-19 cases increases. Dr. Jessica Justman, an associate professor of Medicine in Epidemiology at the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, said the “doubling of such a...
Jul 21, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA explains why we see an increase in the number of positive COVID-19 cases. El-Sadr said the rate is likely to continue given the new variants circulating, “especially those that are more transmissible and if there is no further uptake of...
Jul 21, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA discusses an uptick in COVID-19 case positivity rates and the reasons behind the increase. “The positivity is rising due to an increase in the number of infections likely occurring among unvaccinated individuals,” Wafaa El-Sadr, an...
Jul 21, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA explains the COVID-19 risks faced by unvaccinated populations. “The unvaccinated are the most vulnerable now and they’re the ones most likely to get infected. Sadly they’re also most likely the ones to get sick,” Dr....
