Time to Radically Rethink Testing
Cheap and rapid antigen testing can help to identify and prevent outbreak of COVID-19, even if test sensitivity never matches that of qPCR. Dr. Ashish K. Jha pens an op-ed for TIME. Continue reading [...]
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HGHI, HU CFAR Host Virtual Grand Rounds on Lessons from HIV for Global Equity During Pandemics
Ongoing global Covid-19 vaccine and therapeutic inequities threaten to prolong and exacerbate the pandemic for all countries. As advocates, academics, and policymakers alike call for the U.S. and other wealthy nations to share these lifesaving resources with the world, it is prudent to consider the lessons learned from the HIV pandemic that can be translated
READ MOREHarvard Global Health Institute Awards Five Burke Global Health Fellowships
Cambridge, MA – The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) has announced five Burke Global Health Fellowships for 2020-21. The Fellowship, made possible by Harvard alumna Katherine States Burke, AB ’79, and her husband T. Robert Burke, supports the global health research and training efforts of Harvard junior faculty. The Burke Global Health Fellowship serves as Continue reading [...]
Path to Zero & Schools: Achieving Pandemic Resilient Teaching and Learning Spaces
UPDATE: Please see new guidance, “Schools and the Path to Zero: Strategies for Pandemic Resilience in the Face of High Community Spread”, published December 18, 2020. July 20th, 2020 Finding ways to get kids back to school safely as the virus continues to spread across the nation is a daunting task. Our new guidance helps Continue reading [...]
Path to Zero: Utilizing Interstate Compacts to Unleash Testing Capacity
Severe testing shortages and processing delays are hampering the COVID-19 response. Here is how to rapidly build the arsenal of timely tests we need to suppress and defeat the coronavirus. Continue reading [...]
Cases and Deaths Are Surging in Southern States NOT Because of Vacationers From the North
The numbers of cases of and deaths from COVID-19 are surging in the south because states relaxed COVID-19 restrictions too soon, and not, as suggested yesterday by Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control, because of an influx of northern vacationers after Memorial Day. Continue reading [...]
Dr. Ashish K. Jha says US withdrawal from WHO is devastating loss in battle against COVID-19
Dr. Ashish K. Jha, Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, on June 30, 2020 testified before members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations that U.S., withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) “will harm not only the health of people around the world, but also US leadership and scientific prowess. And ultimately […] will harm Continue reading [...]