COVID-19
Jun 16, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA expresses concern over officials’ lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in New York and California. “My worry is whether this will erode the momentum of getting more people vaccinated,” said Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, a professor of epidemiology...
Jun 16, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA explains why there should be concern over an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases caused by the delta variant. “Because [delta] has an advantage in terms of transmissibility, it takes over,” said Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, director...
Jun 16, 2021 | In the Media, News
Jessica Justman, MD gives insight on a survey of women with breast cancer and their views on COVID-19 vaccinations. The new study was “intriguing” to Dr. Jessica Justman, an associate professor of medicine in epidemiology at Columbia University’s...
Jun 9, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA highlights the continued need to monitor the number of COVID-19 cases as Florida and Alabama discontinue daily COVID-19 reporting. “I think we have to learn from this pandemic that you can’t just imagine that change may not happen,” said...
Jun 2, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA weighs in on potential surges of COVID-19 following travel during Memorial Day 2021. “We could potentially see these surges focused in specific communities, where there’s low vaccination rates and low masking rates.” Read the full...