| 单词 | epidemiologist |
| 例句 | “Since you’re an epidemiologist,” I said, “did you know that seventy percent of household dust is actually composed of human epidermal matter?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The central plateau was his roots as an epidemiologist and a clinician, and a model of how a committed staff on a limited budget could raise the standard of health in the third world. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He had recently been assigned to Michigan as a state epidemiologist, and suddenly he had been called to Africa. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think it’s fairly reasonable, honestly,” said Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist at University of Texas Health, of Broadway dropping the vaccine mandate. Most of Broadway Ends Vaccine Checks as Cases Rise in New York 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Some epidemiologists criticized the plan for being too narrow or not focusing enough on testing or on providing drugs to enough pregnant mothers. First Respo 2011-11-16T23:00:00Z So my optimism, which I'll supplant for hope, would be rooted in medicine, science, epidemiologists. Henry Rollins calls U.S. men "the dumbest creatures" & Trump "wrongest possible" leader for pandemic 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Without charts inscribed with addresses, epidemiologists are hindered in making maps to contain epidemics. What Street Names Say About Us 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Two years ago, Besser, a physician, covered an Ebola outbreak in Uganda by embedding with epidemiologists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who were hunting for new cases. If news media had covered Ebola sooner, could latest outbreak have been contained? “One of the highest-risk groups,” says Evelyn Bromet, a psychiatric epidemiologist at New York’s Stony Brook University, “are women with little kids.” Terrified to return to Tokyo 2013-01-24T01:00:00Z As an epidemiologist, I’m interested in how spicy food can affect people’s health and potentially worsen symptoms associated with chronic diseases like inflammatory bowel disease. Spicy food might burn in the moment, but it likely won’t harm your health in the long term 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Looking closely at the source of this statistic — a paper by the epidemiologist Larry Brilliant and three colleagues — I’m not convinced that things are quite so dire. Review: ‘Pandemic’ Explains How to Host the Perfect Pathogen Party 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z In this book, Kucharski, an epidemiologist, explores the source of outbreaks — and finds similarity in how things spread, from social media fads to the novel coronavirus. The most 2020 books of 2020 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Instead, she cites a study in which 90 percent of epidemiologists say they believe a global pandemic will sicken one billion and kill up to 165 million within the next two generations. Review: ‘Pandemic’ Explains How to Host the Perfect Pathogen Party 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Soderbergh, the director of the 2011 movie “Contagion,” and Ms. Sher, one of its producers, consulted many of the same epidemiologists they did then to help safeguard the awards ceremony. Have You Satisfied Your Covid Compliance Officer? 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z Fortunately, many thousands of toxicologists, sociologists, epidemiologists and biologists have made it their lives’ work to try to get to some answers. New Books Take You Through the Microscope to the World of Pathogens 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Adrien Proust was the renowned epidemiologist who pioneered the use of the cordon sanitaire to sequester infectious disease — the 19th century’s version of social distancing. A New Book Thinks Clearly and Creatively About Violence Against Women 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z Reader: After graduating at 24 from a master’s program in public health, I landed my first job this summer as an epidemiologist at a world-class public health institute. @Work Advice: Making the best of a good first job, even one below your ‘skill level’ 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z For Gonsalves, the HIV/AIDS activist turned epidemiologist and global health advocate, the recognition came at a moment when he perhaps needed it most. MacArthur ‘genius’ grant winners ponder a new future: ‘Your life can change in an instant.’ 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z But with looser rules, hospitalizations would rocket up to almost 1,000 “at any one point in time,” Dr. Esther Ellis, the territorial epidemiologist said by email. Moored in a Fragile Paradise 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z “When a man goes to a clinic to get tested and is diagnosed HIV positive, the first person he sees is an epidemiologist who asks him how he contracted the virus,” says Alexander. How homophobia feeds Russia’s HIV epidemic 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z “There’s been some controversy over this whole issue,” said Dr Christina Chambers, a perinatal epidemiologist who is part of an NIH grant consortium. How much alcohol is safe for pregnant women? US pediatricians say none 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Nearly 4 out of 5 epidemiologists surveyed are having Thanksgiving at home with just their household or not at all. This American Mess 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z Most Obvious Friend Zone: Ben took Emily the rapping epidemiologist on a date to a little Belizean town where they rode bikes, drank beer, and played some basketball. The Bachelor Watch: Do You Belize in Love? 2012-02-14T14:15:36Z The state epidemiologist insisted that the data were inconclusive. Her Town Depended on the Mill. Was It Also Making the Residents Sick? 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z The WHO said it had withdrawn staff from the laboratory testing for Ebola at Kailahun – one of two in Sierra Leone – after a Senegalese epidemiologist was infected. Ebola: worker infected at WHO laboratory in Sierra Leone 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Nutritional epidemiologists have been studying the potential risks and benefits of long-term spicy food consumption for many years. Spicy food might burn in the moment, but it likely won’t harm your health in the long term 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z “This study is important because it tells us that the total amount of exercise, rather than how often it is done, is the relevant factor,” co-author and Harvard epidemiologist I-Min Lee says. Large study supports ‘weekend warrior’ approach to lifetime fitness 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Into a beautifully written, richly entertaining account of a year spent travelling around the archipelago, she weaves a deep knowledge of the country acquired first as a reporter there, and then as an epidemiologist. The road ahead 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z The report is the product of 16 experts in their fields, including neurologists, oncologists, epidemiologists and child psychiatrists. Most marijuana medicinal benefits are inconclusive, wide-ranging study finds 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z In the early 1970s, epidemiologist A. R. P. Walker held a post at the South African Institute for Medical Research, affording easy access to Bantu people and others “pursuing a primitive manner of life.” Passing gas: A modern scientific history 2013-04-07T11:00:00Z “People need face coverings that make them feel stylish, cool, and — yes — even manly,” a Harvard epidemiologist wrote in the Atlantic. Perspective | Making men feel manly in masks is, unfortunately, a public-health challenge of our time 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z So no wonder then that epidemiologists increasingly agree that a new global pandemic is now a matter of "when" not "if". Humans – the real threat to life on Earth 2013-06-29T23:05:50Z “Civilians love to panic,” says an epidemiologist in Hanya Yanagihara’s novel “To Paradise,” which is partially set in an unbearably hot, totalitarian future Manhattan ruled by blinkered scientists. Apocalypse When? Global Warming’s Endless Scroll 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Army epidemiologist Frank Slater does the right thing - and is court-martialed for his actions - in Robert Masello's latest novel, "The Romanov Cross." Review: `The Romanov Cross' is a gripping read 2013-03-05T16:28:13Z Most confirmed poisonings are ferreted out by epidemiologists, after the bizarre symptoms land users in the hospital. Spice: Americans turn to dangerous 'synthetic marijuana' to evade drug tests 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Officials are now working to determine who may be at risk, Dr. Scott Lindquist, the Washington State epidemiologist for communicable diseases, said during the news conference. Spread of coronavirus prompts CDC to expand 'enhanced health screenings' to 2 more US airports 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Michael Gilbert, an epidemiologist who specializes in harm reduction, says the ways in which people are taking opiates are changing quickly as well. 'Death pill': fentanyl disguised as other drugs linked to spike in US overdoses 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z “The results are quite shocking,” said Hagai Levine, an epidemiologist and co-author of the study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Sperm counts among western men have halved in last 40 years – study 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z The project was founded in 1995 by Dr. Gary Slutkin, an epidemiologist who traveled the world, including for the World Health Organization Global Program on AIDS. | 'The Interrupters': Confronting a Plague of Violence 2011-07-28T22:26:47Z But I’m not a doctor, an epidemiologist or a public health expert; I’m a literary translator. Camus’s Inoculation Against Hate 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z “We don’t want people to delay getting emergency care,” said Alyson B. Goodman, a pediatrician, medical epidemiologist and representative from the CDC’s At Risk Task Force in the covid-19 emergency response. Which non-covid doctor’s visits should you make, keep, postpone or do by telemedicine? 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z A group of more than 1,200 epidemiologists and public health professionals signed an open letter stating their support for the protests, despite the risks. In cities, a dramatic end to social distancing 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z In a survey of epidemiologists published Monday by The New York Times, 37 percent said they would wait for at least a year before getting on a plane. Art That Might Make You Want to Go to La Guardia 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z Both recordings landed in springtime, when epidemiologists were squinting at lights at the ends of tunnels. Perspective | Two saxophone masters delivered resonance in pandemic times — but one of them sounded a bad note on vaccines 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The researchers he calls “armchair epidemiologists” just didn’t understand, he says, that gentle persuasion takes time. Surgeon General Jerome Adams may be the nicest guy in the Trump administration. But is that what America needs right now? 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z But it’s not the child who is taken this time, it’s the mother, Michelle Spivey, who happens to be an epidemiologist with a top-level security clearance at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Review | White supremacists are the eerily relevant villains in Karin Slaughter’s new novel 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z “We’re changing to say ‘physical distance,’ and that’s on purpose because we want people to still remain connected,” said WHO epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove in the organization’s March 20 daily press briefing. Is ‘social distancing’ the wrong term? Expert prefers ‘physical distancing,’ and the WHO agrees. 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z With epidemiologists expecting those numbers to rise, it’s worth asking: Is Miami’s art world paying attention? Art Basel Miami Beach Was Canceled, but the Show Goes On 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z There is a new crew position: the health and safety supervisor, an on-set epidemiologist and risk manager. Mission impossible? How to shoot a blockbuster in the coronavirus era 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Dr. J. Erin Staples, a medical epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says tourists should pick hotels with good screens or air-conditioning. A Mosquito-Borne Virus Sweeps the Caribbean 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z "Heritage turkey is a superior product to a supermarket turkey," said Gauthier, a veterinary epidemiologist who also raises rare chickens, ducks and geese on her Wake Forest farm. Heritage turkey breeders preserve Thanksgiving bird tradition 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Sullivan, a professor of public health at William Paterson University in New Jersey, served as an epidemiologist for Public Health-Seattle and King County. LOCAL BOOKS 2014-02-10T23:26:31Z People are forming opinions after reading mainstream news articles and tweets from epidemiologists; they are looking at real-life experiences of people in their networks. So You Think You’re a Covid Expert (but Are You?) 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z Remember, the consensus among epidemiologists remains that being outside poses a significantly lower risk of transmission. How to cope with the long, cold Covid winter? By enjoying the outdoors 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z The organization was founded by University of Illinois epidemiologist Gary Slutkin, partly to explore the controversial notion that criminal violence spreads through a society in epidemic fashion, just as contagious diseases do. Pick of the week: Real-life crime drama "The Interrupters" 2011-07-29T01:01:00Z The English epidemiologist Richard Doll liked to say that "death in old age is inevitable, but death before old age is not". Cancer: The new normal? 2011-01-17T17:35:24Z She is an environmental epidemiologist who wanted to be a secular version of Mother Teresa. 'The Love of My Youth': Two former lovers and their reckoning in Rome 2011-05-04T19:33:04Z The novel’s protagonist, a microbiologist and epidemiologist named Henry Parsons, is on the front lines of trying to slow the virus’s spread and engineer a vaccine as the pandemic cripples countries around the world. Pandemics in the Pages of ‘The Stand,’ ‘Severance’ and More 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z And coronavirus variants, some of which are highly infectious and may be more resistant to vaccines, are on the rise, said Dr. Lisa Maragakis, an epidemiologist and associate professor at Johns Hopkins University. Are Masks a New Signifier of Social Class? 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z He was humble enough to do what doctors and epidemiologists recommend. Perspective | Making men feel manly in masks is, unfortunately, a public-health challenge of our time 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z “It’s almost like a home brewery,” says epidemiologist Jim Hall, who is also tracking the counterfeit pills and the tools used to make them. 'Death pill': fentanyl disguised as other drugs linked to spike in US overdoses 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z The team consulted with real epidemiologists while working on the project – coincidentally including Lipkin, the expert who debunked the “I Am Legend” science years before. No, COVID has nothing to do with zombie vampires, but misinformation about ‘I Am Legend’ is swirling 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z I thought I would either be an epidemiologist or a Price Is Right model. Kristen Schaal: The toast of American comedy 2010-10-15T23:03:00Z “She works full-time as an epidemiologist and data scientist.” In pandemic, travel pros repurpose their gear to entertain kids, haul groceries and stay comfy 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Swan, an epidemiologist, blames chemicals found in everything from plastics to pesticides to cosmetics. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z It’s those fake findings, and Eph’s anger issues, that get the CDC epidemiologists booted off the case. 'The Strain' recap: Vampires coming to life 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Anxiety and worry about keeping yourself and others safe can be a weighty burden, says Carolyn Cannuscio, a social epidemiologist and director of research at the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Public Health Initiatives. Before the pandemic, we’d dismiss a scratchy throat. Now, the sniffles can derail plans. 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z For another thing, as your grocery-employed husband proves, some don’t have the luxury of living the epidemiologist’s dream. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: During a pandemic, keeping your distance is an act of love 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z The company has also hired an epidemiologist to consult on “The Nutcracker” and other productions. ‘The Nutcracker’ Returns, With New Rules for Children 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z “And there’s that trigger of the stigma and shame,” says the epidemiologist, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of concern about that stigma. Monkeypox is rousing old fears — and ways gay men care for each other 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z “Lyme disease is the tip of the iceberg,” cautioned Durland Fish, epidemiologist at Yale School of Public Health. The nasty, scary rise of tick-borne diseases 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Further west, Ivory Coast set up four "surveillance posts" equipped with epidemiologists along its western border, where many maintain strong ties with Liberia. Ebola outbreak 'moving faster than efforts to control it', says WHO chief 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z For epidemiologists tracking these viruses and their rapidly evolving genomes, it is an onerous, nearly impossible task. Coronavirus: how the lessons of Sars could save us today 2013-03-24T00:05:35Z His father is an infectious disease epidemiologist that leads the Global Disease Detection Operations Center at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Chelsea King, Ian Arthur 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z My brother the epidemiologist could probably apply for actual grant money to plot on maps which parts of any region get immortalized in literature and which don’t. Critic at Large David Kipen on El Segundo in literature 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Dr. Catherine Troisi, an infectious disease epidemiologist at UTHealth School of Public Health in Houston, said she would not recommend attending those first three games in Arlington. Rooting for Your Home Team in Person? Here’s What You Need to Know. 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z Study author Séverine Sabia, an epidemiologist at Inserm, the French public health research center, acknowledged that her team’s findings only indicate an association between short sleep duration and dementia — not causation. What you need to know about research linking sleep deprivation and dementia 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z Irva Hertz-Picciotto, an epidemiologist and professor at the University of California’s Mind Institute in Davis, was one of the few scientists willing to read Kennedy’s manuscript. Robert Kennedy Jr.’s belief in autism-vaccine connection, and its political peril In this series finale, Mr. Freeman interviews epidemiologists, psychologists and data crunchers who are discovering that this violence spreads like an infection — and that science may be able to stop it. What’s on TV Tuesday: Tracy Morgan and Morgan Freeman 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z In Cole’s contemporary story, Naledi Smith is an overworked epidemiologist studying for her doctorate in New York. Love Notes 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z In writing the novel, he interviewed scientists, epidemiologists, government officials and military officers. An Eerily Prescient Pandemic Novel That’s Guaranteed to Terrify 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z While to epidemiologists both disorders are medical conditions, anxiety is starting to seem like a sociological condition, too: a shared cultural experience that feeds on alarmist CNN graphics and metastasizes through social media. Prozac Nation Is Now the United States of Xanax 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z Is it about an epidemiologist who fights disinformation campaigns? Perspective | As ‘Homeland’ ends, what kind of TV hero will fight terrorism’s next form? 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z But when Besser, himself an epidemiologist, reached out to the CDC in the spring, he was told that the agency intended to send only data specialists to West Africa to set up a case-monitoring system. If news media had covered Ebola sooner, could latest outbreak have been contained? Twenty years later, Howick is a clinical epidemiologist at the University of Oxford. ‘I knew they were sugar pills but I felt fantastic’ – the rise of open-label placebos 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z We were joking that an epidemiologist should do some sort of study. How Hugh Jackman, Sutton Foster and ‘The Music Man’ Withstood Covid 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z The Washington Post recently reported that many epidemiologists suspect children’s mild symptoms “may simply be masking that children are getting infected by the same rates as adults.” Perspective | I want to cuddle with my kids, but is it safe? 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z The Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction author applies “the magisterial force of his reporting skills” to this “chilling” novel about an epidemiologist’s “Odysseus-like return home” from a “biological battleground.” New in Paperback: ‘Why We Swim’ and ‘The End of October’ 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z “It would be extremely unlikely that any innate immune system properties could protect against all infections,” said Eleanor Murray, an epidemiologist and professor at the Boston University School of Public Health. Meet the covid super-dodgers 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z “My heart started racing, and I almost passed out,” said Gregg Gonsalves, 54, an epidemiologist and global health advocate at Yale University who spent nearly three decades as an HIV/AIDS activist. MacArthur ‘genius’ grant winners ponder a new future: ‘Your life can change in an instant.’ 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z In "The Last of Us," an epidemiologist theorizes that climate change is causing the fungus to mutate so it can infect humans. Fungi in flour can cause lots of ailments — but nothing like what happens in HBO's "The Last of Us" 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z A survey of 700 epidemiologists by The New York Times in December found that the doctors were still worried about the longevity of immunity, the mutation of the virus and vaccine distribution. You’re Invited to the Wedding, if You Show Proof of Vaccination 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z “These are clearly very preliminary data,” said Cambridge University cancer epidemiologist Prof Paul Pharoah. Breast cancer may be detected by blood test five years before clinical signs show 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z From Walter Isaacson’s latest biography to an epidemiologist’s alarm bell about the effect of toxic chemicals on human reproduction, here are the books that our editors and critics are most excited about this week. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Rasmussen said epidemiologists can have a difficult time finding real-word evidence of a virus’s transmission via contaminated objects or surfaces, which are called fomites. Stop wiping down groceries and focus on bigger risks, say experts on coronavirus transmission 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Kacey Ernst, an infectious-disease epidemiologist at the University of Arizona, said she does not expect the mandate to be lifted from planes “any time soon.” We may not have to wear masks on planes forever. But should we? 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z "It cannot be an ad-hoc decision. You must have a series of protocols in place and a multi-disciplinary team making them, including meteorologists, air quality policy experts, epidemiologists, etc." Delhi AQI: Can artificial rain fix toxic air in India's capital? 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z "Let's say getting drinking water and power up and running again is the top priority, then removal of waste, ensuring drainage is working and sorting out stagnant water," said Alejandro Macias, a leading Mexican epidemiologist. Mexico's Acapulco hit by garbage pile-up after deadly hurricane 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z Wu Zunyou, 60, an epidemiologist who helped drive the country’s strict zero-COVID measures in China that suspended access to cities and confined millions to their homes, died Oct. This week’s passages 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z As a genetic epidemiologist, she had always been taught “to take yourself out of the equation completely,” says Wojcik, who is at Johns Hopkins University. Should scientists include their race, gender, or other personal details in papers? 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z The 13% drop in deaths is so remarkable that “I was surprised I didn’t hear any gasps when it was stated,” joked medical epidemiologist Mary Hamel, who led the WHO pilot program. First malaria vaccine slashes early childhood mortality 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z In a statement, Pasadena epidemiologist Dr. Matthew Feaster said public health officials have been monitoring for mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue. Rare case of mosquito-borne dengue diagnosed in Pasadena 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z Last month, the supervisors rejected the application of Ewert, an epidemiologist, for the mosquito abatement board. Shasta County appoints public health officer who fought COVID-19 vaccine mandates 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Trained as an epidemiologist, he undertook an investigation known as a “psychological autopsy,” gathering detailed information from adult caregivers of 31 children who had died by suicide. David Shaffer, Medical ‘Detective’ in Suicide of Youths, Dies at 87 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z The epidemiologist, who also sat on the influential SPI-M-O subgroup of government advisers which modelled the spread of the pandemic, said he supported the first full lockdown when it was announced on 23 March 2020. Sir Patrick Vallance says release of full diary entries would breach human rights 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The Sage group of scientific advisers, which met regularly through the pandemic, was largely made up of epidemiologists, who study the spread of disease, alongside mathematical modellers and behavioural scientists. Partygate revelations destroyed trust in government, inquiry told 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z “It is unfortunate that we have continued to waste government resources arguing over the formatting of data with armchair epidemiologists who have zero training or expertise,” Williams said. Florida settles lawsuit over COVID data, agrees to provide weekly stats to the public 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z "We found that there was an almost linear relationship between temperature increases and alcohol-related disorder hospital admissions and visits," said Robbie Parks, an environmental epidemiologist at Columbia University and the lead author of the study. How climate change is fueling alcohol-related hospitalizations 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z John Ioannidis, an epidemiologist at Stanford University, wants to find out. A Nobel Prize Might Lower a Scientist’s Impact 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Lest you doubt the success of the ban, a 2019 study by a group of injury epidemiologists and trauma surgeons found that the number of mass shootings fell during its lifetime. Opinion: Don't let Sen. Feinstein's conventional demeanor and centrist politics obscure her not-so-moderate legacy 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z But the findings shouldn’t make people complacent about the prospect of less than three degrees C of warming, says Elisaveta Petkova, an environmental epidemiologist at Drew University, who wasn’t involved in the new research. U.S. Heat Deaths Will Soar as the Climate Crisis Worsens 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z That could have an effect on its evolution, says Brown University epidemiologist Rachel Baker. Malaria cases could ebb in an even hotter world. But other diseases will get worse 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z So the University of Cape Coast environmental epidemiologist decided to do something about it. People Who Are Changing the Environment One Community at a Time 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z A three-member panel, which includes an epidemiologist, public service expert and economist, will conduct the inquiry, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told a media conference. Australia to hold independent inquiry into handling of COVID pandemic 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z One person in King County contracted the virus this year, and while additional information about that case is sparse, it underscores the need for mosquito surveillance and testing, epidemiologists and entomologists say. WA's mosquito trackers test thousands of bugs. This year they're seeing a spike of West Nile virus 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z The replacement strategy has required a major shift in thinking about mosquito control, said Oliver Brady, an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Mosquitoes, long the enemy, are now bred to help prevent the spread of dengue fever 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Climate change is making such extreme weather events more frequent, so cholera is likely to surge in a warming world, says Andrew Azman, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University. Malaria cases could ebb in an even hotter world. But other diseases will get worse 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z It’s not “taken as seriously as it needs to be by the federal government,” said Bryn Austin, a social epidemiologist and professor at Harvard T.H. When insurers tell eating disorder patients they're 'not sick enough' 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist who heads the Pandemic Center at Brown University, favors a recommendation that “laser targets” the populations that will benefit most from the boosters. Should I get a COVID-19 booster? 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Most of those districts sit in rural areas, far away from the state’s biggest population centers, leaving an information gap for epidemiologists keeping watch for rising diseases. WA's mosquito trackers test thousands of bugs. This year they're seeing a spike of West Nile virus 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Nick Staab, a medical epidemiologist for the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, works in the department responsible for compiling the county’s weekly mortality reports. The U.S. Undercounts Climate-Driven Deaths 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z In the age of top government officials watering down public health into individual choices, queer Seattleites taught this budding epidemiologist an unforgettable lesson: Public health is, and always will be, community-led. Queer Seattleites protected each other from mpox | Op-Ed 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z We are an infectious disease epidemiologist and pediatric infectious disease physician. FDA greenlights maternal RSV vaccine, representing a major step in protecting young babies 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The infected group may also have been on average less healthy than controls, says epidemiologist Justin Lessler of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. COVID-19 boosts risks of health problems 2 years later, giant study of veterans says 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z “Hearing is fundamental to healthy aging,” says Nicholas Reed, an audiologist and epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins, who worked with Lin on the cognitive-decline study. Hearing Aids May Lower Risk of Cognitive Decline and Dementia 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Then, he and the other epidemiologists determine what factors contributed to that death. The U.S. Undercounts Climate-Driven Deaths 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z “People who have the least means suffer the most,” said study lead author Robbie Parks, an environmental epidemiologist at Mailman. New study finds far more hurricane-related deaths in US, especially among poor and vulnerable 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z The two issues of underdiagnosis and restricted access to low-cost TB drugs are inseparable, says Helen Cox, an epidemiologist at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, who specializes in TB. How Advocates Pushed Big Pharma to Cut Tuberculosis Drug Prices 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist at Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, says there’s more to learn about the ecology of viruses — how they interact with each other and with our immune systems. COVID's summer resurgence resists easy answers | F.D. Flam 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Johns Hopkins University infectious disease epidemiologist Andrew Azman, who specializes in cholera research, cautions against making sweeping statements about climate change turbocharging cholera globally. As climate change leads to more and wetter storms, cholera cases are on the rise 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z “They can present in a lot of similar ways to each other,” says Shelby Lyons, an epidemiologist at the CDC. Mosquitoes Carry Nasty Diseases. Here’s How to Protect Yourself 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Several factors—including climate change—contribute to these trends, says the new study’s senior author, Joan Casey, an environmental epidemiologist at the University of Washington. Increasing Power Outages Don’t Hit Everyone Equally 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z These findings shocked some health care providers and epidemiologists, who have traditionally defined the term maternal mortality as deaths that occur during pregnancy or within six weeks after delivery. Why Maternal Mortality Rates Are Getting Worse Across the U.S. 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Dr. Andrew Bowman, a molecular epidemiologist at Ohio State University, was striding through the barn in waterproof green overalls, searching for swine snot. Could the Next Pandemic Start at the County Fair? 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Becca Levy, an epidemiologist, has done research suggesting that the people who hold the most ageist views live seven and a half years shorter than the people who hold the most positive views about aging. Live long and flounder: An aging expert on the looming crisis of our longer lifespans 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z But epidemiologists who reviewed a cached version of the information said it was the latest indication that the country’s official tally is a vast undercount. Official Data Hinted at China’s Hidden Covid Toll. Then It Vanished. 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Some epidemiologists at the time estimated as many as 2 million people may die from the virus in China. Chinese province saw cremations jump during COVID surge 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z "We all sat down and said, it's time to put all this together; we've done reviews, there's more and more evidence," said lead author Ann Bauer, an epidemiologist at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Can in-utero exposure to acetaminophen cause autism and ADHD? 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Mr Dawson added that, in hindsight, he believed that the PHA should have employed a consultant epidemiologist and had the ability to have Northern Ireland specific modelling capabilities. Covid inquiry: Tick-box meetings with government during pandemic, says O'Neill 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z That’s the highest estimate so far, said co-author and state Department of Health epidemiologist Kelly Naismith. UW report offers solutions to help prevent deaths during WA heat waves 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z An analysis by The New York Times published in February estimated that China’s recent Covid wave may have killed between a million and 1.5 million people, based on research from four teams of epidemiologists. Official Data Hinted at China’s Hidden Covid Toll. Then It Vanished. 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z “A pregnant person’s physiology is very different from a nonpregnant person,” said Carissa Rocheleau, an epidemiologist at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. A new law is supposed to protect pregnant workers — but what if we don’t know how? 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z “They’re definitely going to compound those existing sources of air pollution,” said Grace Tee Lewis, an epidemiologist at the Environmental Defense Fund who specializes in air pollution and public health. About Those July 4 Fireworks and Climate Change 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z “Lone star ticks don’t even wait for you to brush by,” said Professor Rafal Tokarz, an epidemiologist and tick researcher at Columbia University. How Bad Will the Ticks Be This Summer? 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z “This is beyond doubt a huge problem that needs to be looked at,” said Dr. Morten Frisch, a sexual health epidemiologist at Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen and a co-author of the new study. Landmark Study Shows Higher Suicide Risk for Transgender People 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Ben Cowling, an epidemiologist at the University of Hong Kong, said that the data can be used for a crude estimate of China’s nationwide death toll. Official Data Hinted at China’s Hidden Covid Toll. Then It Vanished. 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Those outbreaks threatened the “elimination status” of measles in the U.S. — a term epidemiologists use to describe when a disease is absent, in terms of continuous transmission, for more than a year. Confirmed measles cases in Fresno County prompt renewed calls for vaccination 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z But some epidemiologists note that the panel excluded a large literature of case studies such as those arising from brains of former professional athletes housed in a bank at Boston University. Sports-related concussions not proved to cause later brain disease, says expert group 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z “There’s lots of levels of evidence that it’s more than just a metabolic waste product,” says molecular epidemiologist Laura Horsfall of University College London. Can ‘toxic’ bilirubin treat a variety of illnesses? 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Then we spoke with state and territorial epidemiologists. Chief of CDC’s ‘weather service’ strives to help local health agencies use infectious disease forecasting 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z All four epidemiologists and demographers cautioned that there are caveats and uncertainties in extrapolating the cremation data. Official Data Hinted at China’s Hidden Covid Toll. Then It Vanished. 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z There are multiple reasons for this, says epidemiologist and internal medicine physician Lisa Cooper of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, who did not work on the new study. Death Rates among Black People in the U.S. Are Rising after Falling 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Many panel members are sports medicine physicians and other medical specialists who treat patients, as opposed to public health experts like epidemiologists and biostatisticians who look at populations. Sports-related concussions not proved to cause later brain disease, says expert group 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Dallas Smith, a C.D.C. epidemiologist, said in a webinar for scientists and medical providers on Friday that 205 of those exposed were women and 16 were men. 2 Are Dead in Suspected Meningitis Outbreak Linked to Surgeries in Mexico 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z The local public health officers and the state epidemiologists, they really appreciated the information. Chief of CDC’s ‘weather service’ strives to help local health agencies use infectious disease forecasting 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Howard takes his title from Paul Alexander, an epidemiologist in the Health and Human Services Department during the Trump administration. Column: These 'experts' sold the U.S. on a disastrous COVID plan, and never paid a professional price 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Cooper draws on epidemiologist Arline Geronimus’s observation of “weathering,” which describes how Black people tend to age faster than white people. Death Rates among Black People in the U.S. Are Rising after Falling 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z “The best protection against measles is to get vaccinated,” Elysia Gonzales, medical epidemiologist for Public Health – Seattle & King County, said in a statement. Measles case in Seattle prompts warning about potential exposure locations 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z In so doing, historians would do well to adopt epidemiologists’ neutral stance toward the task of tracking infectious disease: this is not about assigning ‘blame.’ World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Prof Paul Elliott, epidemiologist at the School of Public Health, Imperial College London, said the huge store of volunteers' scans would improve understanding of how our genes and environment affect our risk of disease. Ageing body scans to aid understanding of why diseases occur 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z “We are better prepared for colder weather,” says Shelby Yamamoto, an environmental epidemiologist at the University of Alberta, but heat “is increasing as a priority.” We’re About to See a Rare and Record-Setting May Heat Wave 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Anne Rimoin, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, urged more intense surveillance for all emerging pathogens. WHO ends mpox emergency 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z And it lent expertise to the companies with clinical trial specialists, epidemiologists and budget experts. Experts See Lessons for Next Pandemic as Covid Emergency Comes to an End 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z The EPA has a lot of scientists in there, epidemiologists, and if you look at the history, what the EPA did is at some point the EPA thought that glyphosate was a potential carcinogen. Big Ag doesn't want you to know about the connection between lymphoma and this common herbicide 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Dr. Otis Brawley, a Johns Hopkins oncologist and cancer epidemiologist, said that while it seems counterintuitive that screening less often could save more lives, it’s a possibility that cries out for rigorous testing. Expert panel that sparked mammogram controversy now says tests should start at 40 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z The tool is essential in a wide variety of fields, and has helped social scientists, epidemiologists, financial regulators, city planners and wildlife experts do their work. Overlooked No More: James Sakoda, Whose Wartime Internment Inspired a Social Science Tool 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Unfortunately for conservationists and epidemiologists alike, the practice of bushmeat consumption has proved difficult to uproot. Map of Bushmeat Consumption Reveals Pandemic Risks 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z State epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan said in a recent briefing that if she sees increases in COVID-19, she’ll probably still test her family before they have an indoor meal with her parents. As Arcturus grows, coronavirus in L.A. County sewage rises 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z “It’s all of the transitions where things fall apart, both from the transition from outside to inside, then inside to outside,” said Dr. Josiah D. Rich, an epidemiologist at Brown University. In Jails and Prisons, the White House Sees a Chance to Curtail Opioid Overdoses 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z “They are very much catering to people who submit, which is a great strategy because submitting data can be hard,” says Emma Hodcroft, a molecular epidemiologist at the University of Bern. The ‘invented persona’ behind a key pandemic database 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z The pandemic is nearing its end, based on World Health Organization data, said Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, according to the China Daily. 'Era has passed' as Beijing subway drops mandatory COVID mask rule 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z Shira Doron is chief infection control officer for Tufts Medicine, hospital epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center and an associate professor at Tufts University School of Medicine. Opinion | It’s time to end the five-day isolation guidance for covid 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z But U.S. residents older than age 65 have been getting this booster at lower-than-expected rates—just 42 percent of that population has gotten it—says Carlos del Rio, a clinician and epidemiologist at Emory University. How Often Should People Get COVID Boosters? 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Such observations could also help scientists firm up links between air pollution and health, says Allan Just, an environmental epidemiologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Satellite network will monitor air pollution in near real time 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Although epidemiologists had assumed that East Germans would have more asthma because of higher air pollution rates, the opposite was true. Children raised with dogs and cats are less likely to develop food allergies, study finds 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z In a study posted on the preprint server medRxiv in February that has not yet been peer-reviewed, epidemiologist Andrew Beam of Harvard University and his colleagues wrote 48 prompts phrased as descriptions of patients’ symptoms. AI Chatbots Can Diagnose Medical Conditions at Home. How Good Are They? 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Our group of injury epidemiologists and trauma surgeons did just that. Nashville attack renews calls for assault weapons ban – and expert says the data supports it 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z “A lot of naloxone … will expire on shelves and not bring people back from the dead,” said Dasgupta, an epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Drug overdose antidote Narcan goes over-the-counter 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z It “clearly prohibits the consumption, hunting, trade, and transport of terrestrial animals that grow and breed naturally in the wild,” says Jiahai Lu, an epidemiologist at Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou. China is cracking down on its wildlife trade. Is it enough? 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Prior to von Mutius' research, epidemiologists generally advised that children be kept away from supposedly "unhygienic" influences like farms or around animals like dogs and cats. Children raised with dogs and cats are less likely to develop food allergies, study finds 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z One epidemiologist keeps a folder on her computer to store all the death threats she receives just “in case.” He Wanted to Unclog Cities. Now He’s ‘Public Enemy No. 1’ 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z At Simon Fraser University in Canada, Professor Bruce Lanphear, an epidemiologist and leading expert on early childhood exposure to lead as well as the long-term effects on adults, is cautiously optimistic about the plan. The ground beneath their feet 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z “I am surprised that it has been showing up for multiple years,” said Chelsea Shover, an epidemiologist and health services researcher at UCLA. LASD saw signs of deadly street drug 4 years ago, told health officials about it this month 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z In Mississippi, the state's lead epidemiologist has identified a long-term acute-care facility to be at the centre of the outbreak. Candida auris fungal infections spreading in US at 'alarming' rate, says CDC 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z “If they had a real plan to exit earlier, so many things could have been avoided,” said Zhang Zuo-Feng, an epidemiologist at the University of California, Los Angeles. Ignoring experts, China’s sudden zero-COVID exit cost lives 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z “If they had a real plan to exit earlier, so many things could have been avoided,” said Zhang Zuo-Feng, an epidemiologist at the University of California, Los Angeles. Ignoring experts, China’s sudden zero-COVID exit cost lives 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Bound only by the range of Crawford’s curiosity, the book wanders freely from the furrows of Roman earthworks in Scotland to the deserts of Arizona to the imaginations of poets and epidemiologists. Review | Borders can be spaces of wonder — if you have the right passport 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z “We know it’s a promiscuous virus that infects a bunch of species,” said David Fisman, an epidemiologist at the University of Toronto, who also signed the May 2021 letter in Science. W.H.O. Accuses China of Withholding Data on Pandemic’s Origins 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Ray Yip, an epidemiologist and founding member of the U.S. New COVID origins data suggests pandemic linked to animals 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z “We didn’t protect them,” laments Sarah Henderson, an environmental epidemiologist at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control who oversaw the research, published on 15 March in the journal GeoHealth. Schizophrenia pinpointed as a key factor in heat deaths | Science | AAAS 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z The study reveals the need for increased screening for domestic violence among women seeking mental health treatment coming out of the pandemic, said lead researcher Arielle Scoglio, a social and psychiatric epidemiologist at Harvard T.H. Domestic violence in COVID lockdowns wrecked women’s mental health: Study 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z It is only accessible by military medical providers, epidemiologists, medical researchers and clinical support staff. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The other witness, Swedish epidemiologist Martin Kulldorff, called covid restrictions “the worst assault” on the poor and middle class “since segregation.” Opinion | There ain’t no cure for long covidiocy 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Avian flu is not new; epidemiologists have been studying it for decades. Vaccine Makers Are Preparing for Bird Flu 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z The work “was a major undertaking,” says Renata Ivanek, a veterinarian and epidemiologist at Cornell University who has evaluated ways to estimate the biomass of livestock. Who rules Earth? Wild mammals far outweighed by humans and domestic animals 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z So it is an option for medication abortion, says Heidi Moseson, an epidemiologist based in Oakland, California, who works at Ibis Reproductive Health, a global research organization that supports abortion rights. U.S. Lawsuit Threatens Access to Abortion Drug: The Science behind the Case 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Eva Wong, senior epidemiologist at the county health department, emphasized that while strong obstetric, prenatal and pediatric care are critical to improving infant health in vulnerable communities, care begins before conception. Black, Native infants in King County die at higher rate than white babies 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Olsen is an epidemiologist with experience fighting pandemics around the world for philanthropic and government organizations. Rosalynn Carter’s caregiver legacy in focus with Jimmy in home hospice 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z The EPA has a lot of scientists in there, an epidemiologist, and if you look at the history, what the EPA did is at some point the EPA thought that glyphosate was a potential carcinogen. Big Ag doesn't want you to know about the connection between lymphoma and this common herbicide 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z The state epidemiologist and a pediatrician at Seattle Children’s Hospital had warned that a dangerous strain of E. coli might infect humans through undercooked hamburger, and that it was particularly dangerous to children. Seattle food-safety attorney Bill Marler does not eat these foods — do you? 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z “With this last surge this past winter, the numbers were much, much lower than in prior surges as far as hospitalizations, ICU and deaths,” said California state epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan. COVID-19 deaths top 100,000 in California: 'Nobody ... anticipated this toll' 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The data suggests that deaths rose in areas with less access to timely health services, said study author and World Health Organization epidemiologist Jenny Cresswell. Most parts of world saw maternal mortality rates spike in 2020 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z But after almost two years of building up Washington’s growing wastewater surveillance system, state epidemiologists are ready to branch out further. Wastewater testing isn’t just for COVID: WA expands efforts 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Nabarun Dasgupta, an epidemiologist and researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, stresses that the cheaper, injectable version will be essential to community groups and local and state governments purchasing the drug. Opinion | One big thing the FDA can do to save Americans from overdoses 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Two others were shared by epidemiologists in response to queries from The Times. Your Thursday Briefing: 1.5 Million Covid Deaths in China? 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z “It’s a luxury, right?” said Kelsie Full, a behavioral epidemiologist and an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. How a Consistent Sleep Schedule Might Protect Your Heart 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Its attempts to hire epidemiologists, nurses and other soldiers in the war against Covid had largely fallen flat. Why Mississippi, a Covid Hot Spot, Left Millions in Pandemic Aid Unspent 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z For the past two years, state epidemiologists have also been collecting “composite samples” at each treatment plant, or representative samples from the sewage that provide 24-hour snapshots of what’s coming through the wastewater, McArdle said. Wastewater testing isn’t just for COVID: WA expands efforts 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z “You have the potential to really impact their excess weight gain over the course of their entire childhood,” said Dr. Aruna Chandran, a social epidemiologist with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Study hints healthier school lunch can reduce obesity 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z As of Friday, however, new orders for the dispensing and administering of coronavirus vaccines, coronavirus test kits, epinephrine in school settings and Naloxone were signed by Laurie Forlano, the acting state epidemiologist. Youngkin administration hands health commissioner duties to Lindsay 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z “In my view, the story of rebound was overblown,” says Ziyad Al-Aly, a clinical epidemiologist and chief of the research and education service at the Department of Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System. COVID Rebound Can Happen Even without Paxlovid 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z The most highly trained epidemiologist could earn no more than $62,000 a year, he said — roughly $17,000 below the median salary in the profession. Why Mississippi, a Covid Hot Spot, Left Millions in Pandemic Aid Unspent 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Elderly people who are getting infected in nursing homes or in community clusters are not receiving prompt treatment, says epidemiologist Kenji Shibuya, a director at the Foundation for Tokyo Policy Research. Low immunity, overwhelmed hospitals fuel Covid-19 deaths in ageing Japan 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z The coronavirus is still killing about 40 people a day in California, and is infecting people at the level of a “very bad flu season,” said Dr. Timothy Brewer, an epidemiologist at U.C.L.A. California Will End Its Covid State of Emergency This Month 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z “Older dolphins age a lot like older people,” said Dr. Stephanie Venn-Watson, a veterinary epidemiologist who was previously a researcher at the Navy program and the National Marine Mammal Foundation. The Navy’s Dolphins Have a Few Things to Tell Us About Aging 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Virologists, epidemiologists, molecular evolutionary biologists and other experts around the globe have studied the origin matter for three years. Opinion | Let’s leave the covid origin mystery to scientists 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z “You’re not going to be able to get an epidemiologist just sitting on the side of the street,” said Dr. Umair A. Shah, who leads the agency. Why Mississippi, a Covid Hot Spot, Left Millions in Pandemic Aid Unspent 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist at China’s CDC, on Jan. 21 estimated that around 80 percent of the country had already caught covid in this wave. China, speeding through phases of covid, gets on with living with virus 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Some 80% of the population - more than a billion people - have been infected since China scrapped restrictions in December, according to leading epidemiologist Wu Zunyou. China Covid: Coffins sell out as losses mount 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z They also lost more weight — “despite not being told to eat less food or do more physical activity,” said Andrew Reynolds, a nutrition epidemiologist at Otago Medical School and co-author of the research. The simple diet swap to help you lose weight and lower health risks 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z “As awful as omicron was, it left in its wake a tremendous amount of immunity,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Brown University School of Public Health. Covid, flu, RSV declining in hospitals as ‘tripledemic’ threat fades 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Andrew Azman, an infectious disease epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins who specializes in cholera research, said waning immunity among Malawians may also be a factor. In a Nation That Nearly Wiped Out Cholera, the Disease Is Surging Back 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z “It came too soon and caused massive infections in a short time,” Liang Wannian, an epidemiologist and adviser to Beijing’s covid response team, told state TV last week, admitting that authorities were caught off guard. Why China dumped its ‘zero covid’ policy so suddenly — and disastrously 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z “Everyone is using the war analogy for this. Then it’s too important to be left entirely to the epidemiologists. The trade-off problem is front and center.” Analysis | Mitch Daniels tests Senate run in Indiana, drawing fire from Trump world 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z The mass movement of people may cause the virus to spread in certain areas, said Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist at China’s Center for Disease Control. China rings in Lunar New Year with most COVID rules lifted 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z “I think it will probably be her greatest legacy,” said Michael Baker, an epidemiologist who served as an outside adviser to Ardern’s government during the pandemic. Ardern’s covid policy was her ‘greatest legacy’ — but also her undoing 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z In fact, a key part of the authors’ analysis undermines the notion that viruses are triggering disease, says Cornelia van Duijn, a genetic epidemiologist at the University of Oxford. Study links viral infections to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s—with many caveats 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z The country’s initial goal was audacious: Ms. Ardern and a handful of prominent epidemiologists who were advising the government held out hope for eliminating the virus and keeping it entirely out of New Zealand. How Covid’s Bitter Divisions Tarnished a Liberal Icon 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Jenae Davis, 25, an epidemiologist in Richmond, Va., was binge eating as a student at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2018 when she began intuitive eating as part of an intervention study there. They Rejected Diet Culture 30 Years Ago. Then They Went Mainstream. 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z "This is not unexpected," Dr. John Brownstein, an epidemiologist and chief innovation officer at Boston Children's Hospital told ABC. Golden Globes: Several celebrities announce Covid days after awards 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Flu trends in King County appear to have peaked for now, but epidemiologists say our already unusual viral season means the next few months could still be unpredictable. We made it through the holidays. What do WA flu and COVID trends look like now? 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z “That is usually a flag for epidemiologists,” van Duijn says, indicating that the viral infections might not be causing the disease, but rather be a byproduct of it. Study links viral infections to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s—with many caveats 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Dr. Simon Thornley, an epidemiologist at the University of Auckland, said many New Zealanders were surprised by what they saw as her willingness to pit the vaccinated against the unvaccinated. How Covid’s Bitter Divisions Tarnished a Liberal Icon 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Without the government providing reliable information, outside epidemiologists, public health experts, journalists and others stepped in, parsing through anecdotal accounts, online postings, statistical modeling and satellite images. Opinion | The world needs China to come clean about its covid deaths 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z This tracks with Doron’s experience at her hospital, Tufts Medical Center, where she also serves as hospital epidemiologist. Opinion | We are overcounting covid deaths and hospitalizations. That’s a problem. 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z “This is very new and very interesting to epidemiologists.” We made it through the holidays. What do WA flu and COVID trends look like now? 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Ben Cowling, an epidemiologist at the University of Hong Kong, said the actual death toll in China, like that in every country, was almost certainly higher. China Reports Nearly 60,000 Covid Deaths Since Lifting Restrictions 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z Covid cases will surge in rural China where healthcare is less accessible, a top Chinese epidemiologist has warned. China Covid: Infections will surge in rural areas over lunar new year, epidemiologist warns 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z I retired in 2005 as an injury epidemiologist at the U.S. Opinion | Commotio cordis is not new, though it is troubling 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z Benjamin Cowling, an epidemiologist at the University of Hong Kong, called the high early infection rates “completely consistent with forecasts that the majority of the population of major cities have already been infected.” Tests on travelers from China offer rare snapshot of covid chaos 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Several weeks of downtrends are usually required before epidemiologists call the season, he said, adding that the next month will provide a clearer picture of how viruses spread during our holiday season. We made it through the holidays. What do WA flu and COVID trends look like now? 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Some epidemiologists theorize that during the pandemic, bottles of domestic xylazine, purchased online with a veterinary prescription or diverted from veterinary supply chains, became popular as a cheap, easy opioid filler. Tranq Dope: Animal Sedative Mixed With Fentanyl Brings Fresh Horror to U.S. Drug Zones 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z As an epidemiologist at Cambodia’s Pasteur Institute, he was hunting for potentially dangerous pathogens, both known and unknown. Armed with air samplers, rope tricks, and—yes—ants, virus hunters spot threats in new ways 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z A stronger plan would consider province size and population density, instead of picking three cities in each, and adopt other sampling approaches, says Elizaveta Semenova, an epidemiologist at the University of Oxford. China is flying blind as pandemic rages 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z Pandemic masking standards and related precautions over the past couple years limited not only the coronavirus but also flu transmission, setting up an eventual flu resurgence, according to epidemiologists. Masking up by choice: Colleges see hope against flu as students continue pandemic practices 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z “The development of the epidemic is relatively fast,” said Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist for the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, at a press conference Thursday. China faces bumpy road to normal as infections surge 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z China's chief epidemiologist Wu Zunyou said on Thursday that a team at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention plans to assess fatalities differently. COVID travel curbs against Chinese visitors 'discriminatory' -state media 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z David Dowdy, an infectious disease epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said increasing genomic surveillance is important, and wastewater sampling could be helpful, but the testing takes time. Exclusive: U.S. considers airline wastewater testing as COVID surges in China 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z In addition to China CDC, research groups at more than 30 hospitals and universities are also tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants, says a Chinese epidemiologist who asked not to be identified. China is flying blind as pandemic rages 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist at China’s Center for Disease Control, said Thursday that China has always reported the virus strains it has found in a timely way. Lack of info on China’s COVID-19 surge stirs global concern 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Ben Cowling, a British epidemiologist at the University of Hong Kong, said travel restrictions would not keep out potential new strains of the coronavirus. U.S. to impose new coronavirus testing requirements for travelers from China 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z We are infectious disease epidemiologists and researchers, and we have spent our careers focused on understanding how viruses spread and how best to stop them. Masks Are a Proven Way to Defend Yourself from Respiratory Infections 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Since then, RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, has begun to stabilize, and some new state data shows influenza — at least the early surge — might not be far behind, according to state epidemiologist Dr. Scott Lindquist. Getting sick can ruin your holidays. Here’s what to know to stay healthy 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z “A lot of sniffly kids,” said Andrew Lover, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences. ‘Tripledemic’ Rages On: Fever-Filled Weeks Lie Ahead 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Huff, an infectious disease epidemiologist, told The Washington Times earlier this month that EcoHealth took part in gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Omnibus bill to cut funds to Wuhan virology lab 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z The NHC also played down concerns raised by the United States and some epidemiologists over the potential for the virus to mutate, saying the possibility of new strains that are more pathogenic is low. Beijing braces for surge in severe COVID cases as world watches with concern 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z “This surge is going to come very fast, unfortunately. That’s the worst thing,” University of Hong Kong epidemiologist Ben Cowling told NPR. China braces for hundreds of millions of COVID infections after U-turn on policies 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z “I’m not doing this research to be partisan, simplistically supporting one party or another,” said Nancy Krieger, a social epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. Can politics kill you? Research says the answer increasingly is yes. 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z “There was a bit of a buildup of susceptibility at the population level,” said Virginia Pitzer, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the Yale School of Public Health. ‘Tripledemic’ Rages On: Fever-Filled Weeks Lie Ahead 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z A team of epidemiologists worked with the Scott County Health Department on a study that determined that discontinuing the program would result in an increase in HIV infections of nearly 60%. In West Virginia, an HIV outbreak persists as officials push back against containment efforts 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Deaths in China could rise to close to 9,000 a day by the end of March, says Ali Mokdad, an epidemiologist at the institute. China COVID Wave Could Kill One Million People, Models Predict 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z “We expected the trend,” said the study’s lead author, Jin Qin, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. Why Many Older Women Are Getting Pap Tests They Don’t Need 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Nuzzo, the Brown epidemiologist, said the vaccines’ safety has been proven by the billions of doses delivered worldwide. DeSantis reverses himself on coronavirus vaccines, moves to right of Trump 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z The doctor was placed on a so-called Twitter "blacklist," one which Bhattacharya described as having deemed him a "fringe epidemiologist." Elon Musk meets with a doctor who was supposedly censored by Twitter 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z “Idiocy,” tweeted one epidemiologist, while an immunologist wrote that “This is not a thing.” How a viral siege is making some people sick for weeks, even months 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Ms. Haines’s office has, for example, appointed an epidemiologist to be the director of global health security at the National Intelligence Council and named a senior adviser for global health. Report Chronicles U.S. Intelligence Shortcomings as Pandemic Emerged 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z To firm up the link, epidemiologists trawled 20 years of medical records for more than 10 million U.S. military recruits and analyzed some of their stored blood samples. Science’s 2022 Breakthrough of the Year: A telescope’s golden eye sees the universe anew 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z “This is yet another piece of evidence that long covid can be fatal,” said Ziyad Al-Aly, a clinical epidemiologist at Washington University and chief of research and development at VA St. Louis Health Care System. Long covid can be deadly, CDC study finds 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z They were based on data from U.S. surveys conducted from 1963 to 1994, when far fewer children were obese, let alone severely obese, said Cynthia Ogden, a CDC epidemiologist. Health officials revise tool to track severe obesity in kids 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z There have been no cases of bird flu identified in people in Washington state, said Hannah Schnitzler, communicable disease epidemiologist with Washington state Department of Health. 1st avian flu outbreak in a WA commercial flock reported near Tri-Cities 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Asked about the conditions needed for the end of the PHEIC, WHO's senior epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove said: "There's more work to be done." WHO chief hopes COVID will no longer be emergency next year 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z The virus’s spread will peak in a month, predicted another prominent Chinese epidemiologist. How Will China Fare With Covid? ‘Meaningless’ Data Clouds the Picture. 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z One prominent epidemiologist was mocked for saying in October Omicron's fatality rate was up to eight times greater than that of influenza, and then saying this month the pathogenicity of Omicron had "obviously" decreased. In COVID U-turn, China's message to the people shifts from war to self-care 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z A top epidemiologist noted on Sunday that the death rate is similar to the common flu. ‘It Doesn’t Hurt at All’: In China’s New Covid Strategy, Vaccines Matter 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Zhong Nanshan, a prominent Chinese epidemiologist, told state media that the Omicron strain of the virus prevalent in China was highly transmissible and one infected person could spread it to as many as 18 others. China's capital swings from anger over zero-COVID to coping with infections 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z "There will certainly be increasing numbers of infections" in coming weeks, regardless of how many are captured in the test numbers, said Ben Cowling, an epidemiologist at Hong Kong University. China's healthcare system put to the test as COVID curbs fade 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z And epidemiologists warn that it is too early to declare that this winter will be less severe than during the past two years, especially as Americans gather again for the holidays later this month. As Covid Cases Rise in a Weary Los Angeles, So Does Apathy 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z People with mild cases “can recover by themselves without special medical care,” said Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist of the China Centers for Disease Control, on his social media account. China eases anti-COVID measures following protests 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z “China has painted itself into a corner,” Andrew Noymer, an epidemiologist at the University of California at Irvine, said in an email. How China’s vaccine strategy stoked its looming ‘zero covid’ crisis 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z “Cities are now in a bit of a dilemma, because they want to use a softer hand, but that’s not working,” said Ben Cowling, an epidemiologist at the University of Hong Kong. 'Zero COVID' is roiling China. But ending the policy may cause a massive health disaster 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z “Bad news,” tweeted epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding, who urged people not to flee Twitter but to stay and stand up for accurate information about the virus. Twitter ends enforcement of COVID misinformation policy 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z “This is currently the primary education tool that communicates guidelines for Americans,” said the study’s lead author, Edwina Wambogo, a nutrition epidemiologist at the agency. MyPlate? Few Americans know or heed US nutrition guide 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z “We need to continue being vigilant in preventing the rapid spread of winter viruses,” California state epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan said in a statement. RSV straining children's hospitals across California 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Anne Leonard, an environmental epidemiologist and microbiologist based at the University of Exeter, said she was growing increasingly concerned about the presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in sewage. Wild swimmers are getting sick from sewage, campaigners say 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z We are epidemiologists with expertise in epidemic analysis for emerging disease threats, including respiratory infections. What the Triple Threat of COVID, RSV and Flu Means for Children 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Former and current EPA officials, as well as an epidemiologist, reviewed the calculations and results. The U.S. promised tribes they would always have fish — but the fish they have pose toxic risks 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z “This is a tremendous volume of data in a short period of time,” said Francesca Beaudoin, a clinical epidemiologist at Brown University. White House touts omicron-specific boosters ahead of feared winter covid wave 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z So far, signs point to a much milder wave of covid cases this winter, according to epidemiologists and virologists who are monitoring the coronavirus variants currently circulating. Holiday travelers face trio of illnesses, as RSV, flu spike in the DMV 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Both are common in older people, said Dr. Dan Blazer, professor emeritus and psychiatric epidemiologist at Duke University School of Medicine. President Biden Is Turning 80. Experts Say Age Is More Than a Number. 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z “One virus tends to bully the others,” adds epidemiologist Ben Cowling at the University of Hong Kong School of Public Health. Competition between respiratory viruses may hold off a ‘tripledemic’ this winter 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Some localities have pay freezes or are not willing to spend more on health officials than on other government employees, making highly skilled workers such as epidemiologists harder to hire, she said. Thousands of experts hired to aid public health departments are losing their jobs 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z And just as humans and animals can infect one another, animals can also infect other animals, says Amélie Desvars-Larrive, an epidemiologist at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna. Which Animals Catch COVID? This Database Has Dozens of Species and Counting 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z That is especially true for people headed to the south or states like California, Colorado and Texas, where influenza and RSV have spread rapidly and far earlier than anticipated by doctors and epidemiologists this year. Holiday travelers face trio of illnesses, as RSV, flu spike in the DMV 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z “It’s a very clever use of statistical methods to try to address these biases in health disparities research,” adds Kim Lind, an epidemiologist who studies chronic diseases at the University of Arizona, also not involved. How racism skewed estimates of heart disease in women 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z “Getting it a second time is almost like you’re trying your chance again with Russian roulette,” Al-Aly, who is also a clinical epidemiologist at Washington University, said. Repeat coronavirus infections can still be dangerous, study suggests 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z "You certainly don't go into public health to get rich," said epidemiologist Susan Knoll, who took a private-sector job as a health consultant after working for the CDC Foundation in Ohio. Thousands of experts hired to aid public health departments are losing their jobs 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg, an epidemiologist and fierce critic of school masking, noted that the new study was observational and not a randomized, controlled clinical trial. Masks Cut Covid Spread in Schools, Study Finds 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z “Suppressing the viral load may reduce the problem of viral persistence,” said Al-Aly, a clinical epidemiologist at Washington University in St. Louis. Paxlovid may reduce long covid risk for some patients, VA study finds 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Lynnette Brammer, an epidemiologist who heads the CDC’s domestic influenza surveillance team, said officials have yet to see evidence of a more virulent strain of influenza. CDC warns of tough winter as flu, RSV and covid collide 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z “It’s kind of a patchwork,” said Harvard University epidemiologist Stephen Kissler. Are the unvaccinated still a danger to the rest of us? 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Levorse noted that epidemiologists and other staffers with advanced degrees have student loans to pay off and worry about losing health insurance each time a grant runs out. Thousands of experts hired to aid public health departments are losing their jobs 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z “While people want to downplay it, I think the risk is much greater for swine-to-human influenza pandemics than it is for avian,” says Gregory Gray, an epidemiologist at the University of Texas Medical Branch. To thwart the next pandemic, ‘swientists’ hunt for flu viruses at U.S. hog shows 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z “The first draft makes some important advances and leaves a lot of things unaddressed,” said Marc Lipsitch, an epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. Lab Manipulations of Covid Virus Fall Under Murky Government Rules 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z One epidemiologist said the true death toll could be even higher than reported. Indonesia bans all syrup medicines after death of 99 children 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z A retired epidemiologist, she had lived for almost 40 years in a cottage styled like a wood cabin, nestled amid pine trees. Three Women of Bucha: Their Deaths and Lives 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z “For a long time it was not regarded as a real disease,” says clinical epidemiologist Cuilin Zhang of the National University of Singapore. There’s an Alarming Rise in Diabetes during Pregnancy 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z “I think we are in a good position to control this epidemic, but it will mostly rely on the behaviour of the population,” says Gerardo Chowell-Puente, an epidemiologist at Georgia State University in Atlanta. What Does the Future of Monkeypox Look Like? 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z We are still in “the cave ages” in understanding the spread of viruses, Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota, has said. What Happened to Monkeypox? 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Dr. Marshall, the Brown epidemiologist, conducted some of the earliest research into supervised consumption in Canada, where sites have operated since 2003. As Overdoses Soar, Rhode Island Embraces a Daring Addiction Strategy 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Pakize’s tyrannical uncle arranged for her marriage to Nuri, a renowned epidemiologist, but a union of convenience soon becomes a passionate match. Review: Orhan Pamuk's 'Nights of Plague' entangles an epidemic with a (fictional) revolution 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z “The inequities have largely dissipated in recent weeks and months, even after adjusting for age,” Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist who writes a popular newsletter, told me. A Public Health Success Story 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z “It would be easier if the last shot was at 18 months,” Dr. Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, a physician and epidemiologist who leads the vaccine program at Ghana’s ministry of health, said of Mosquirix. At Long Last, Can Malaria Be Eradicated? 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Around that time, Matt Willis was working as an epidemiologist for a branch of the U.S. Once Known for Vaccine Skeptics, Marin Now Tells Them ‘You’re Not Welcome’ 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z David Dowdy, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, was interviewed for that U.S. Don't pitch those masks! New COVID surge in U.K. shows what's waiting for us this fall 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z “A pandemic is by definition a problem from hell. You’re vanishingly unlikely to be able to remove all of its negative consequences,” said Bill Hanage, an epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. New Infectious Threats Are Coming. The U.S. Probably Won’t Contain Them. 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The biggest benefit is a reduction in severe illness among vulnerable people, as Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Brown University, told me. Covid Boosters 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z University of South Florida epidemiologist Jason Salemi said he’s worried the president’s pronouncement has taken on a life of its own and may stall prevention efforts. 4.4M Americans roll up sleeves for omicron-targeted boosters 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z “The good news is … it does look like we have peaked and that things seem to be improving,” Dr. Erica Pan, California state epidemiologist, said last week. MPX vaccine eligibility expands again. Here's how to get your shot 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z But most of the information about the Fairbanks woman — and tens of millions more infected Americans — remains effectively lost to state and federal epidemiologists. ‘Very Harmful’ Lack of Data Blunts U.S. Response to Outbreaks 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z A request for testing must often be faxed to the state laboratory; the results are often routed through a state epidemiologist, then to the provider, then to the patient. New Infectious Threats Are Coming. The U.S. Probably Won’t Contain Them. 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Wu, the epidemiologist, cited past transmission in justifying his remarks, saying the disease spread from Europe and North America to the Western Pacific, including Australia, Singapore, Japan and Thailand. After a monkeypox case arises, China warns against skin-to-skin contact with foreigners 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z “It gives us a concerted response,” said Jill Roberts, an epidemiologist and associate professor at the University of South Florida. Southern LGBTQ+ community speaks on about lackluster monkeypox response 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z “It comes at a fortuitous time,” says epidemiologist Ali Khan, dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health. Your Questions about the New COVID Booster Shots, Answered 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z The result was a rich stew of information, but because the contact tracers’ database is incompatible with the epidemiologists’ database, their information could not be easily shared at either the state or the federal level. ‘Very Harmful’ Lack of Data Blunts U.S. Response to Outbreaks 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z In 2020, the dean of the Yale School of Public Health called Risch a distinguished cancer epidemiologist and said he supported academic discourse, but added there was evidence the drug was “ineffective and potentially risky.” SAG-AFTRA members clash over COVID-19 safety measures, vaccine mandates 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z The NFL will continue to seek more information from engineers and epidemiologists, and will address feedback from players, equipment managers and coaches. NFL pleased with Guardian Cap summer results 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z “Because rabies is such a serious disease with a nearly 100% fatality rate, we are making this information available to the public as a precautionary measure,” epidemiologist Amanda Bakken said in a statement. Rabies alert issued over raccoon taken into North Dakota bar 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Overall, the mRNA vaccines have been administered to millions of people around the world, says epidemiologist William Moss, executive director of the International Vaccine Access Center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Your Questions about the New COVID Booster Shots, Answered 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z That virus then jumped to Israel and to an Orthodox Jewish community in Rockland County, northwest of New York City, says Nicholas Grassly, an epidemiologist at Imperial College London and member of the U.K. Polio is back rich countries, but it poses a far bigger threat to developing world 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z It could also be helpful in establishing a wearer’s individual temperature baseline — everyone’s temperature is “normal” in a different range, says Jennifer Radin, an epidemiologist with the digital medicine division at Scripps Research Translational Institute. In Apple’s world, you’ll die without its watch 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z “Even prior to the pandemic, rates of death among Indigenous people were higher in lots of categories,” said Dr. Laura Hammitt, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University. Covid’s Toll on Native Americans 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z As an epidemiologist, I am used to studying waves of infection and measuring the rise and fall of deaths. The Number of Children Orphaned by COVID Keeps Rising 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The study is “very impressive” and provides enough evidence to support human testing, says medical epidemiologist Caryn Bern of the University of California, San Francisco, who wasn’t connected to the research. Possible new treatment for neglected tropical disease 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Evidence points to the virus settling into a seasonal pattern, said Columbia University epidemiologist Jeff Shaman. Covid forecast: Major fall surge unlikely, but variants are a wild card 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Simply having updated vaccines by next week, rather than in mid-November, could save between roughly 7,500 and 18,000 lives by the spring, leading epidemiologists have estimated. Updated Booster Shots Expected Within Days as C.D.C. Panel Signs Off 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z In a March report, Getting to and Sustaining the Next Normal: A Roadmap for Living with COVID, some 50 contributors, including epidemiologists, virologists and policy experts, highlight the importance of early education for public health. A Cure for Vaccine Hesitancy Could Start in Kindergarten 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Over the past few decades, epidemiologists have become more interested in the so-called social determinants of health, with a particular focus on socioeconomic inequality. Culture, progress and the future: Can the West survive its own myths? 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Anne Rimoin, an epidemiologist at the University of California at Los Angeles who has studied the monkeypox outbreak, said a drop in cases is expected after growing awareness and a push for vaccinations. Officials ‘cautiously optimistic’ about falling monkeypox cases 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Demanding both an effective vaccine and a full clinical trial “is simply a fantasy against this rapidly changing virus,” says epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina. Opinion | The new covid booster is a bit of a gamble — but one well worth taking 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z FACT: This “working paper,” written by economists—not epidemiologists—was heavily criticized. Almost everything Tucker Carlson said about Anthony Fauci this week was misleading or false 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z “Not all tick bites will cause disease,” said Washington state epidemiologist Scott Lindquist in a news release. WA man hospitalized with tick-borne disease. Here’s how to keep yourself safe 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z An epidemiologist studies the frequency and distribution of diseases within human populations and environments. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The CDC’s epidemiologists, she was told, have acted with all the scientific conservatism and urgency of an academic medical journal. As global health threats evolved, the CDC didn't 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z Veterinarians and epidemiologists caution that could easily change. Scientists’ big monkeypox fear: It will spread to wild animals and be here to stay 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z “In late 2020, a group of epidemiologists tried to warn the public about this because they saw it coming and they wrote something called, ‘The Great Barrington Declaration.’” Almost everything Tucker Carlson said about Anthony Fauci this week was misleading or false 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Dr. Matthew Donahue, the state epidemiologist, said in a statement that while most infections caused by brain-eating amoeba occur in the South, recent infections have been identified farther north. Brain-Eating Amoeba Most Likely Caused Nebraska Child’s Death, Officials Say 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Knowledge about the environments and population densities in which the host species is abundant would help a physician or an epidemiologist better understand how Lyme disease is transmitted and how its incidence could be reduced. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Answers to these and other questions can be found by scientists known as epidemiologists. Intermediate Algebra 2020-05-06T00:00:00Z The findings are not altogether surprising, especially given that polio, which is highly contagious, often spreads without causing serious symptoms, said Joseph Eisenberg, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Michigan. Polio May Have Been Spreading for a Year 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z In the past, “we have literally done nothing except basically hit an approve button,” said Kathryn Turner, the deputy state epidemiologist of Idaho and secretary and treasurer for the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. ‘Frustration and Stress’: State Officials Fault Rollout of Monkeypox Vaccine 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z “Your viral load grows after you get infected,” said Dr. Michael Mina, a former Harvard epidemiologist who is now the chief science officer for eMed, which sells at-home tests. What the New C.D.C. Guidelines Mean for You 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z And as epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina points out, it is also important to stay up to date with other inoculations, including flu. Opinion | Back to school: With experience and vaccines, it can be back to normal 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z “The current conditions of this pandemic are very different from those of the last two years,” CDC epidemiologist Greta Massetti said Thursday in a briefing for reporters. CDC loosens coronavirus guidance, signaling strategic shift 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z “I think we’re hopefully at the tail end now of this most recent surge,” state epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan said during a panel discussion Tuesday. L.A. County drops out of high COVID-19 level as surge eases 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z This is “probably the strongest nonrandomized approach to measuring vaccine efficacy,” says Michael Marks, an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine who is planning a vaccine trial soon with colleagues in Spain. How effective is the monkeypox vaccine? Scientists scramble for clues as trials ramp up 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z “We know the areas in London where the poliovirus is being transmitted have some of the lowest vaccination rates,” said Dr. Vanessa Saliba, a consultant epidemiologist at the U.K. London kids to be offered polio shot after more virus found 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z But Osterholm, who served as state epidemiologist in Minnesota, said his team regularly dealt with problems where seasoned public health workers struggled with administering the injections needed for tuberculosis testing. Limited monkeypox vaccine supply would be stretched under FDA plan 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Caitlin Rivers, an infectious-disease epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, said it made sense to standardize the quarantine guidance regardless of vaccination status. CDC loosens coronavirus guidance, signaling strategic shift 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Don Weiss, an epidemiologist in the city health department, has urged city leaders to be more forceful in advising men to abstain from anonymous sex. Monkeypox outbreak sparks debate over guidance on sexual behaviors 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z I am an epidemiologist who studies emerging infectious diseases that cause outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics. How does monkeypox spread? An expert explains why it isn’t an STI and what counts as close contact 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z As the pandemic drags on, cleaning up indoor air has become a passion project not just for aerosol scientists and epidemiologists, but for citizens. L.A. COVID surge appears to be cresting, but the picture is still far from good 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z "We need to set aside the idea of 'is the pandemic over?'" said Adam Kucharski, an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. 'Living with COVID': Where the pandemic could go next 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z As the pandemic drags on, cleaning up indoor air has become a passion project not just for aerosol scientists and epidemiologists, but for a grab bag of concerned citizens like LeVine. This DIY box flashes trippy lights and helps clear indoor air of the coronavirus 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Caitlin Rivers, an epidemiologist and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, pointed out that state and local decisions will fluctuate in response to changing case numbers. School mask mandates return as latest coronavirus variants surge 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z To see how this mutation affected people today, the researchers joined forces with George Davey Smith, an epidemiologist at the University of Bristol. Early Europeans Could Not Tolerate Milk but Drank It Anyway, Study Finds 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z “It’s late by, I don’t know, a few decades,” Alex Kral, an epidemiologist and drug policy expert at RTI International, a nonprofit research organization, said of the White House support for the approach. Biden’s Drug Czar Is Leading the Charge for a ‘Harm Reduction’ Approach 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z "Anyone who says they can predict the future of this pandemic is either overconfident or lying," said David Dowdy, an infectious disease epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. 'Living with COVID': Where the pandemic could go next 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z They also confirm the importance of directing older people with prediabetes — especially those who are most vulnerable — to lifestyle intervention programs, said Alain Koyama, the study’s lead author and an epidemiologist at the CDC. If you’re older and have prediabetes, try to eat better and not worry 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Some seniors may find themselves in that situation, said Dr. Mary Jo Trepka, an infectious disease epidemiologist with Florida International University. Omicron shattered what we know about COVID reinfections. Here’s who may be vulnerable 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z The World Bank said in a statement that the financial support would help boost the Africa CDC's technical capacity and include investments to increase the number of epidemiologists and outbreak responders. Africa's top public health body gets $100 mln from World Bank 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z A few epidemiologists say the city should be encouraging gay men to temporarily change their sexual behavior while the disease spreads, while other officials argue that approach would stigmatize gay men and would backfire. Debate Over Monkeypox Messaging Divides N.Y.C. Health Department 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z The “element of randomness” that generated the new mutations was “concerning,” said Christophe Fraser, an epidemiologist at the University of Oxford. Deep in a Covid Wave, Europe Counts Cases and Carries On 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Emma Hodcroft, a molecular epidemiologist and researcher at the University of Bern in Switzerland, said that Omicron’s evolution pattern has diverged from earlier variants. ‘None of us has a crystal ball’: Scientists try to keep up with faster coronavirus evolution. 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z As health outcomes such as life expectancy have diverged in recent years, “state policies have been becoming more polarized,” says Steven Woolf, a physician and epidemiologist at Virginia Commonwealth University. People in Republican Counties Have Higher Death Rates Than Those in Democratic Counties 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z “It’s like saying we have a tanker of water coming next week when the fire is happening today,” said Gregg Gonsalves, an epidemiologist at the Yale School of Public Health. Demand for Monkeypox Vaccine Exceeds Supply, C.D.C. Says 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Several officials at the agency were outraged, saying the agency was giving misleading and even dangerous health advice, according to several epidemiologists within the department and a review of internal emails. Debate Over Monkeypox Messaging Divides N.Y.C. Health Department 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z “Overall, from a public health perspective, we need to remain vigilant, but this isn’t a cause to reverse course,” said Neil Ferguson, an epidemiologist at Imperial College London. Deep in a Covid Wave, Europe Counts Cases and Carries On 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z "Right now, we don't have a sense if it is the tip of the iceberg," said Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Brown University's School of Public Health. Vaccine and Testing Delays for Monkeypox Echo Failures in Early Covid Response 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Veronica Pear is an epidemiologist and assistant professor in the Violence Prevention Research Program in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of California at Davis. Opinion | Here’s how to make red-flag laws most effective against gun violence 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z “The work of 30 years has been lost overnight,” said Dr. Carla Domingues, an epidemiologist and former coordinator of Brazil’s national immunization program. Sharp Drop in Childhood Vaccinations Threatens Millions of Lives 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z “Name the risk factors and behaviors and give people options,” said Dr. Dustin Duncan, a epidemiologist of infectious diseases among sexual and gender minority groups at Columbia University. Debate Over Monkeypox Messaging Divides N.Y.C. Health Department 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Genetic epidemiologist Mitchell Machiela of the National Cancer Institute, who also wasn’t connected to the study, says the research provides “compelling evidence.” Men lose Y chromosomes as they age. It may be harming their hearts 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z “We really are looking at trying to move toward a more normal classroom experience this fall,” Dr. Sarah Kemble, the state epidemiologist at the Hawaii Department of Health, said at a virtual news conference. Hawaii, the last state with an indoor mask mandate for public schools, will make masks optional. 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z "A lot of that is because the law enforcement petitions may have been more complete," said Dr. Marian Betz, an epidemiologist and deputy director of the center. Sheriffs who denounced Colorado’s red flag law are now using It 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Dominic was a fabulous epidemiologist, a great person to work with, a valued member of the team, others said. He worked from home and died suddenly. Five days passed before his body was found 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z “I know I sound like a Bible-thumping preacher,” Dr. Weiss wrote recently to a group of epidemiologists in a Department of Health email chain. Debate Over Monkeypox Messaging Divides N.Y.C. Health Department 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Additional lives were likely saved beyond those captured in the estimates, according to the CDC epidemiologist. COVID vaccines saved more than 200,000 lives in the US over a span of nine months: study 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z “Why is it so hard for something that’s even a known pathogen?” asked Anne Rimoin, an epidemiologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who first warned of monkeypox outbreaks more than a decade ago. The U.S. May Be Losing the Fight Against Monkeypox, Scientists Say 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z "We documented the rare few cases of people misusing the law, but those petitions were not allowed," said Betz, the Colorado epidemiologist. Sheriffs who denounced Colorado’s red flag law are now using It 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z “People are traveling to villages through overcrowded public transport,” said Be-Nazir Ahmed, an epidemiologist and a former director of Disease Control at the Directorate General of Health Services. Bangladesh Sees Jump in Covid Cases Before Eid Celebrations 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z The lack of science literacy online was partly what inspired Katrine Wallace, an epidemiologist and a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, to start debunking inaccurate content on TikTok. TikTok Is Flooded With Health Myths. These Creators Are Pushing Back. 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z And the new paper has a much better representation of urban areas in Latin America than previous studies in the region, says Antonio Gasparrini, an environmental epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Extreme temperatures in major Latin American cities could be linked to nearly 1 million deaths 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z But local doctors must first get clearance from a state epidemiologist, then somehow get the samples to one of the labs, the same process used in early 2020 to identify coronavirus infections. The U.S. May Be Losing the Fight Against Monkeypox, Scientists Say 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Justin T. Lessler, an epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is set to present modeling to the committee on the trajectory of the virus. F.D.A. Advisers Consider the Next Generation of Covid Vaccines 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Charles Branas, an epidemiologist and director of the Columbia University Center for Injury Science and Prevention, saw the results of gun violence up close while working as a paramedic. For Gun Violence Researchers, Bipartisan Bill Is a ‘Glass Half Full’ 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z He first began working for the state health department in 2008 and served in several roles over the years, including as the state’s top epidemiologist. Dobbs, the doctor whose name is on the landmark abortion case, had little to do with it. 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z “Vaccine-derived poliovirus is rare and the risk to the public overall is extremely low,” Vanessa Saliba, consultant epidemiologist at UK Health Security Agency, said in a statement. Traces of highly contagious poliovirus found in British sewage 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Under the current framework, physicians who want a test for an individual suspected to have monkeypox must first consult with a state epidemiologist. U.S. monkeypox response mirrors early coronavirus missteps, experts say 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The disease remains rare but is serious and can cause death “literally overnight,” said Jill Roberts, a molecular epidemiologist at the University of South Florida. An Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease in Florida is Growing, the C.D.C. Says 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z America’s gun violence research community includes psychiatrists, epidemiologists, law professors, emergency room doctors and social policy experts. For Gun Violence Researchers, Bipartisan Bill Is a ‘Glass Half Full’ 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z “Most of the U.K. population will be protected from vaccination in childhood, but in some communities with low vaccine coverage, individuals may remain at risk,” said Dr. Vanessa Saliba, an epidemiologist at the health agency. Polio virus found in UK sewage samples; risk to public low 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z “Most of the U.K. population will be protected from vaccination in childhood, but in some communities with low vaccine coverage, individuals may remain at risk,” said Dr. Vanessa Saliba, a consultant epidemiologist for the U.K. Britain Declares National Incident After Poliovirus Found in London 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z "Most of the UK population will be protected from vaccination in childhood, but in some communities with low vaccine coverage, individuals may remain at risk," said Dr Vanessa Saliba, consultant epidemiologist at UKHSA. Polio virus detected in London sewage samples 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z “I think we have to talk more about sex,” says Yale School of Public Health epidemiologist and former HIV activist Gregg Gonsalves. Why the monkeypox outbreak is mostly affecting men who have sex with men 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The spread of the virus and the number of deaths in its wake, two measures that were once yoked together, have diverged more than ever before, epidemiologists said. Covid Cases Surge but Deaths Stay Near Lows 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Some epidemiologists have described what’s happening as the “battle of omicron.” Florida surpasses 75,000 COVID deaths; two-thirds of state in high-risk category for community spread 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z But “as an epidemiologist, I also know the value of doing clinical trials rigorously, and finding the right dosage.” Vaccines for Young Children Are Coming, but Many Parents Have Tough Questions 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z “We assume these numbers are a dramatic undercount of actual cases,” state epidemiologist Dr. Dean Sidelinger said at a media briefing Friday. ‘Everybody you know is getting infected’: Why Oregon is awash in unreported COVID-19 infections 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z Such conclusions put epidemiologists in a delicate position, and some declined to talk to Science for fear of stigmatizing MSM. Why the monkeypox outbreak is mostly affecting men who have sex with men 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Virginia Pitzer, an epidemiologist at the Yale School of Public Health, said that shift stemmed in part from a growing share of cases occurring in people who were fully vaccinated, previously infected or both. Covid Cases Surge but Deaths Stay Near Lows 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z “Skin melanoma is nearly 30 times higher in whites than in Blacks,” says Ahmedin Jemal, a cancer epidemiologist at the American Cancer Society. How Skin Cancer Rates Vary across the Globe 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, an epidemiologist by training, said Germany was experiencing an expected increase in cases that amounted to a “summer wave.” Germany’s health minister urges voluntary use of face masks 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Annette Regan, an epidemiologist at the University of San Francisco, said that if the control line on a completed test is not visible, the test should not be considered valid, regardless of its result. Here’s how long some popular at-home virus test kits actually last, according to the F.D.A. 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z While the raw numbers are still low, epidemiologists are concerned because of the level of global transmission and because cases are cropping up without clear links to one another, suggesting broader spread. As Monkeypox Spreads, a Campaign to Warn the Public Gains Urgency 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Black and Hispanic people eligible for boosters have received the shots at lower rates than white people have, reflecting what some epidemiologists describe as limited efforts in some states to put boosters within easy reach. Covid Cases Surge but Deaths Stay Near Lows 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z “It’s a massive natural experiment,” said Michael Mina, an epidemiologist and chief science officer at the digital health platform eMed. Covid is making flu and other common viruses act in unfamiliar ways 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z “It’s a very critical time to be looking at what CPCs are doing, where and how they may change as the policy landscape changes,” said Andrea Swartzendruber, an epidemiologist who leads the initiative. The antiabortion movement fuels a growth industry: Pregnancy centers 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z “My concern is, How will the public be educated about it?” said Michael T. Osterholm, an epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota. Here’s how long some popular at-home virus test kits actually last, according to the F.D.A. 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z “But Omicron really changed that calculus,” said Dr. Abu-Raddad, an infectious disease epidemiologist. How Long Does Covid Immunity Last? Will a Second Illness Be Worse? How Can I Prepare? 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z The number of hospitalized Covid patients is still climbing nationally, making it likely that increases in deaths will gradually follow, epidemiologists said. Covid Cases Surge but Deaths Stay Near Lows 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z At a campus briefing last week, Dr. George Rutherford, a UC San Francisco epidemiologist and infectious-disease expert, was asked by a colleague why he thought San Francisco wasn’t imposing a mask mandate. As California coronavirus cases rise, Bay Area divided about imposing new mask rules 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Groundwater is often a cleaner source than surface supplies because soil can provide a protective buffer, said Heather Murphy, an epidemiologist at the University of Guelph in Canada. Climate-driven flooding poses well water contamination risks 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z But officials should not assume that everyone has access to the internet or is comfortable enough using a computer to find that information, said Cindy A. Prins, an epidemiologist at the University of Florida. Here’s how long some popular at-home virus test kits actually last, according to the F.D.A. 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z “This all means that the current wave has not gone away,” Dr. George Rutherford, a UC San Francisco epidemiologist and infectious diseases expert, said in a briefing Friday afternoon. California's latest COVID-19 surge may be slowing, early data suggest 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Drug traffickers are mixing fentanyl with other substances to make them easier and cheaper to manufacture and transport, Rosie Hobron, the statewide forensic epidemiologist and author of the report, told the newspaper. Report: Drug overdose deaths up again in Virginia in 2021 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z As a professor at the school and one of the world's leading tropical disease epidemiologists, Heymann's words carry significant weight. How the rhetoric around monkeypox recalls biases in early HIV news coverage 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z It was conducted by a group of researchers including University of South Florida epidemiologist Jason Salemi. COVID-19 was deadly to working-class Americans in 2020, researcher says 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z If a test kit has not received an authorized extension from the F.D.A. and the box says it has expired, some epidemiologists say that it can still be used under certain conditions. Here’s how long some popular at-home virus test kits actually last, according to the F.D.A. 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z “We tell the story that people can change their risk themselves,” says Joel Kaufman, an epidemiologist at the University of Washington. Discrimination Is Breaking People’s Hearts 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Andrea McCollum, an epidemiologist who heads the poxvirus team at the CDC, says that the agency is not yet deploying such a strategy. Monkeypox Outbreaks: 4 Key Questions Scientists Have 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z As Dr. Shira Doron, an epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center, puts it, “It is simultaneously true that masks work and mask mandates do not work.” Why Masks Work, but Mandates Haven’t 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Killing wild birds to prevent further infections would not work because of the huge size and vast ranges of their populations, says Lina Awada, a veterinary epidemiologist at the World Organisation for Animal Health. Why Unprecedented Bird Flu Outbreaks Are Concerning Scientists 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Speaking to Nature last year, study co-author and reproductive epidemiologist Maeve Wallace said simply: "It's an age and race story." Abortion opponents don't care if pregnant women get murdered 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z The events that led to today’s infections took place weeks ago; epidemiologists don’t know what’s happening right now that may or may not cause the disease to spread further. Here's why scientists aren't 'crazy scared' about monkeypox 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z St. Louis Health Care System and a clinical epidemiologist at Washington University in St. Louis, who was not involved in the research. More than 1 in 5 adult Covid survivors in the U.S. may develop long Covid, a C.D.C. study suggests. 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z If anything, that approach — one-way masking — is consistent with what hospitals have long done, as Doron, the Tufts epidemiologist, points out. Why Masks Work, but Mandates Haven’t 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Brandy Darby, a veterinary epidemiologist at the Virginia Department of Health, said it is too early to say whether the Virginia case is part of an international cluster or an isolated case. Virginia reports case of monkeypox, state’s first in recent uptick 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z “We’re lucky to have vaccines and therapeutics — things that can mitigate all that,” said Anne Rimoin, an epidemiologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who has studied monkeypox in Africa. Who is protected against monkeypox? That decades-old smallpox vaccination may be of help 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Talking during an online briefing, WHO's senior epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove said cases have so far been detected in more than 20 non-endemic countries, adding that the agency expected the numbers to go up. WHO asks countries to increase surveillance for Monkeypox 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Christine Lees, an epidemiologist and public health supervisor for Dakota County, said her department hired an agency to provide booster shots to residents and staffers in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Why won’t more older Americans get their COVID booster? 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z WHO epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove also described the outbreak on Monday as “a containable situation” and said stopping transmission was possible. Nations eye vaccines for monkeypox, but WHO says mass immunization not urgent 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z But contact tracing is limited, said Yap Boum, a Cameroonian epidemiologist. As monkeypox panic spreads, doctors in Africa see a double standard 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z EUAs could come within one or more days after those meetings wrap up, according to Arnold Monto, VRBPAC’s acting chair and an epidemiologist at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. When Will Kids under Five Get COVID Vaccines? and Other Questions 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z “In the end, it was decided no, because of the negative consequences of vaccinating lots of people,” Bill Hanage, an epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. As Monkeypox Cases Rise, Nations Are Urged to Examine Vaccine Stores 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z “The big takeaway is that there’s few publications and a paucity of data to explore this question,” said Dr. Russ Hauser, an environmental epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. Puberty Starts Earlier Than It Used To. No One Knows Why. 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z City epidemiologists have begun reaching people who may have been in contact with the person. New York City resident tests positive for monkeypox virus 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z “This is not typical at all,” says epidemiologist Rosamund Lewis, WHO’s lead for poxvirus diseases. Monkeypox outbreak questions intensify as cases soar 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z State epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy noted COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations have been rising, as have the percentage of tests coming back positive and the amount of virus found in wastewater samples. COVID’s rise over coming weeks could strain Colorado health system if too many workers get sick, officials warn 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z “Any sort of look at the metrics on either a local, state or national level is a severe undercount,” said Jessica Malaty Rivera, an epidemiologist at the Pandemic Prevention Institute, housed at the Rockefeller Foundation. How big is the latest U.S. coronavirus wave? No one really knows. 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Asked about the chemical spraying, Chandrakant Lahariya, an epidemiologist working with the World Health Organization, says clearer official guidance could help to stop the ineffective practice. Pandemic brings new hardships to India’s domestic workers 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z That’s a typical day for the Johns Hopkins University epidemiologist, his screen propped up on board game boxes and magazines, the clock progressing through another 12-hour day. U.S. reaches 1 million COVID deaths — and the virus isn't done with us 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z The snoring was likely agonal breathing, a common sign of cardiac arrest, explained Dr. Michael Freeman, a forensic epidemiologist who testified in the George Floyd case. `From crisis to death’: Probing teen’s last, desperate hours 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Brittany Kmush, an epidemiologist and global health expert at Syracuse University, said socio-economic status often affected "being able to access hospitals with oxygen and things like that when patients need them". United States passes one million Covid deaths 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z California state epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan reiterated that Omicron can still be dangerous. California again faces rising anxiety about coronavirus spread as summer approaches 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Still, the strips are effective in detecting "very small amounts of fentanyl," said Brown University epidemiologist Brandon Marshall, part of a team that has studied illicit drug users and the devices in Rhode Island. As overdoses soar, more states decriminalize fentanyl testing strips 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The epidemiologist said he worries about polarization in the U.S. U.S. reaches 1 million COVID deaths — and the virus isn't done with us 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Another modeler, epidemiologist Ali Mokdad of the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, said in an email Friday that a winter surge is likely. Coronavirus wave this fall could infect 100 million, administration warns 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z “It contained a couple of mutations that people had been watching very closely,” said Mary Petrone, a genomic epidemiologist at the University of Sydney and an author of the new mu paper. The vanishing variants: Lessons from gamma, iota and mu 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z “Firearms are exceptionally lethal,” said injury epidemiologist Cassandra Crifasi, an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Study finds rise in White suicides, jump in Black homicide victims fueled record gun deaths in 2020 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z The general public is not at risk for TB, said Monica Pecha, senior epidemiologist and tuberculosis program manager for the state Department of Health. Major tuberculosis outbreak at Stafford Creek prison spurs worries among incarcerated 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Across the globe, epidemiologists like Dowdy have seen a 75% reduction in daily deaths in the last three months — the most dramatic reduction yet. U.S. reaches 1 million COVID deaths — and the virus isn't done with us 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Some epidemiologists say that calculating excess deaths is the best way to assess the true impact of a pandemic. Russia's total number of COVID-related deaths surpasses 800,000 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z “Mu was starting to make some noise globally,” said Joseph Fauver, a genomic epidemiologist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and an author of a recent study on the variant. The vanishing variants: Lessons from gamma, iota and mu 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z One concern for unions is that epidemiologists report that some cases of the virus lead to long-term complications, known as long COVID. Hollywood's COVID safety measures aren't going away anytime soon. Here's why 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z “Anecdotally, I hear a lot about people who have had it two or three times,” said Jeffrey Shaman, an epidemiologist at Columbia University. Coronavirus has infected majority of Americans, blood tests indicate 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z State officials are working with the state’s poison control center and epidemiologists to look for potential cases, Pennington said in an email. CDC issues nationwide alert about mysterious hepatitis cases in kids 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Bertha Hidalgo, an epidemiologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, agreed: “A cluster of cases, especially among this age group, is definitely something to monitor closely.” C.D.C. Issues Alert Over Cluster of Hepatitis Cases in Children 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z “This virus has no incentive to stop adapting and evolving,” said Joel Wertheim, a molecular epidemiologist at the University of California, San Diego. The vanishing variants: Lessons from gamma, iota and mu 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z “We think of ourselves like the National Weather Service, but for infectious diseases,” said Caitlin Rivers, an epidemiologist and associate director for science at the initiative, run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. New CDC team: A ‘Weather Service’ to forecast what’s next in pandemic 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Dowdy, the Johns Hopkins epidemiologist, said it’s reasonable to consider removing the mask mandate on travel given the lull in severe disease. Explainer: What happens in the post-mask world of travel? 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z “We may want to be done with COVID, but forcing our way through it is myopic” and “frankly ridiculous,” epidemiologist Saskia Popescu of George Mason University tweeted after the court ruling. Column: COVID emergency declarations will end, but not the COVID emergency. Here's how that affects you 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said on his Weibo account that it meant there were no cases "freely active" among the people. Shanghai steps up quarantine transfers as new COVID cases decline 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Pulling back on the travel mask requirement at this moment is “very, very concerning,” Saskia Popescu, an infectious disease epidemiologist and assistant professor at George Mason University, said. Federal Judge Strikes Down Mask Mandate for Planes and Public Transit 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said last week that the reason other countries didn’t follow this approach is because they were simply unable — unlike China. China tries to cover lockdown strains on Shanghai’s front-line workers 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z In a situation like COVID, this means the privileged voices are virologists, who have expertise on viruses; epidemiologists, who research the patterns and causes of disease; and experts in infectious diseases. A COVID-19 lesson: America needs to invest in K-12 science 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z Among other critics, epidemiologist Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz points out that the authors systematically excluded some of the most rigorous epidemiological studies in the literature. Column: COVID emergency declarations will end, but not the COVID emergency. Here's how that affects you 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z All the cases might not have a single cause, cautions Jim McMenamin, an epidemiologist who heads the infection service of Public Health Scotland. Mysterious hepatitis outbreak sickens young children in Europe as CDC probes cases in Alabama 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Half of those diagnosed with MIS-C have needed care in the intensive care unit, said state epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan. The push to get children vaccinated is stalling. It poses new COVID-19 dangers 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z “It is a pretty notable trend,” said Maayan Simckes, principal investigator for the state study and an epidemiologist at the Washington State Department of Health. Teen drug use is down, but overdose deaths among youths are skyrocketing, studies show 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z In that case, the counties’ proximity to Portland might be a factor, said epidemiologists at the state Department of Health. Tracking COVID’s unequal, unpredictable toll across Washington state 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Basu, the epidemiologist, has advocated for pregnant people to be included in heat advisories. Pregnancy becomes a more vulnerable time with climate change 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Kartik Venkatesh, a high-risk obstetrician and perinatal epidemiologist at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center, also points out that advising women to eat healthier foods, exercise and lose weight is not always easy. Gestational diabetes during pregnancy is rising. Experts are alarmed. 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z “We’re an island nation — we had opportunities that others didn’t have,” said Catherine Bennett, an epidemiologist at Deakin University in Melbourne. An Australia Homecoming, Mixed With Yearning and Trepidation 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z “One snort, one swallow, one shot can kill,” said Jim Hall, a retired epidemiologist from Nova Southeastern University, who has worked with the county’s opioid response team. Florida groups canvass spring breakers to warn of fentanyl 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z The new analysis reveals important statistics, said Gregg Gonsalves, a Yale School of Public Health epidemiologist, but is also “heartbreaking” for the “real lives lost.” U.S. life expectancy continued to drop in 2021, new analysis shows 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Ultimately, these concerns can be traced back to how researchers are evaluated by the scientific enterprise, says Kaja LeWinn, a social epidemiologist at the University of California, San Francisco, who studies neurodevelopment. Your Brain Expands and Shrinks over Time: These Charts Show How 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Veterinarian and wildlife epidemiologist Enkhtuvshin Shiilegdamba, director of Wildlife Conservation Society Mongolia, agrees that the gazelle’s long and unpredictable route shows how crucial open space is for efforts to conserve Mongolian gazelles. Gazelle Traveled Distance of Nearly Half Earth’s Circumference in Five Years 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Case rates now appear to be declining, UC San Francisco epidemiologist Dr. George Rutherford said at a campus meeting last week. Coronavirus cases are rising in again L.A., but is it the start of another wave? 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Institutions like those provided a “rich environment” to understand transmission in shared living areas, said Saskia Popescu, an infectious disease epidemiologist and adjunct professor at University of Arizona’s College of Public Health. U.S. colleges that once championed surveillance virus testing are backing away 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z The email from Walensky to staff went out at a time when many of the agency’s more than 13,000 scientists, epidemiologists and public health experts were on vacation. CDC, under fire for covid response, announces plans to revamp agency 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Céline Gounder, senior fellow and editor at large for Kaiser Health News, is an internist and epidemiologist and the host of the “American Diagnosis” and “Epidemic” podcasts. Opinion | How can we put covid behind us without guaranteed paid sick leave? 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z "I think what is laid out is a resonable, high-level, comprehensive approach," said David Dowdy, an infectious disease epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. WHO lays out plan to emerge from emergency phase of pandemic 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z In a sign of mounting impatience, a senior epidemiologist’s response to the question “Why can’t China end epidemic control measures like other countries?” drew nearly 500 million views on the microblog Weibo on Wednesday. Shanghai reverses course with total lockdowns as covid surges in China 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z “I remain most worried about lack of booster uptake among the elderly and the immunocompromised,” Jennifer Nuzzo, a Johns Hopkins University epidemiologist, told me. Reducing Covid’s Toll 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z “A death in Africa never goes unrecorded, as much as we are poor at record-keeping,” said Dr. Abdhalah Ziraba, an epidemiologist at the African Population and Health Research Center in Nairobi, Kenya. Trying to Solve a Covid Mystery: Africa’s Low Death Rates 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z "It is still a huge public health problem and it is going to continue to be," said Mark Woolhouse, an epidemiologist at the University of Edinburgh. Explainer: Omicron 'stealth' COVID variant BA.2 now dominant globally 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z But epidemiologists say the findings are important because tens of millions of people worldwide take metformin, chiefly for type 2 diabetes. Rare genital defects seen in sons of men taking major diabetes drug 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Among millions of kids who have gotten vaccinated, the rate of myocarditis among those ages 5 to 11 has been under one in a million, said Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, an infectious-disease epidemiologist at Stanford University. Only 30% of L.A. County kids are vaccinated, months after COVID shots became available 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z The evidence suggests that these shots may offer additional protection but that they are less important than first booster shots, as Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist, has explained in her newsletter. Reducing Covid’s Toll 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Dr. Demby, the Sierra Leone health minister, who is an epidemiologist by training, agreed. Trying to Solve a Covid Mystery: Africa’s Low Death Rates 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Gabrielle A. Perry is an epidemiologist in New Orleans and the founder of the Thurman Perry Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides resources and assistance to currently and formerly incarcerated women and girls. Opinion | In prison, having your period can put your life in danger 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z “When I saw the paper … I thought: ‘Yup, this is gonna go viral,’” says Germaine Buck Louis, a reproductive epidemiologist at George Mason University who wrote an editorial accompanying the report. Rare genital defects seen in sons of men taking major diabetes drug 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Smith, an epidemiologist at Kent State University’s main campus, has spoken out about politicized topics, including evolution and HIV denial, for many years. ‘Overwhelmed by hate’: COVID-19 scientists face an avalanche of abuse, survey shows 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z In early 2020, for example, he took on Eric Feigl-Ding, a nutritional epidemiologist then at Harvard Medical School who amassed a huge following with what many scientists felt were alarmist tweets. Studying—and fighting—misinformation should be a top scientific priority, biologist argues 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z |
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