Vaccine
Dec 28, 2021 | In the Media
Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, an epidemiology professor at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, welcomed the planned increase in testing in city schools. “Getting your child vaccinated, opting in for the testing, these are things that parents and guardians can do...
Dec 24, 2021 | In the Media
One more note on the subject of COVID terminology. Dr. Waafa El-Sadr, chair of global health at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, has another description she’d like to see made more precise: “breakthrough infections.”...
Dec 23, 2021 | In the Media
Though there’s still a lot scientists don’t know about omicron, it is unlikely to be the last variant that emerges from this pandemic. The question is whether omicron will now force the global vaccination campaign to recalibrate, especially if the definition of fully...
Dec 13, 2021 | In the Media
When the Omicron COVID-19 variant was first identified in South Africa, campaigners were quick to point the blame at the global West for failing to share COVID-19 vaccines with the world poorest countries. Global health expert Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr joins the Sky News...
Oct 27, 2021 | In the Media
It may be time for your Covid-19 vaccine booster shot. The Food and Drug Administration has now authorized additional doses of all three Covid-19 vaccines in the US — Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson — for certain higher-risk groups and has said...
