January 30: FDA panel votes to make all COVID-19 shots bivalent (Everyday Health)Īn advisory panel to the FDA recommended that all COVID-19 vaccines be the bivalent version going forward. Jose Figueroa, assistant professor of health policy and management, quoted. “It’s going to be less and that will contribute to potentially future outbreaks.”įebruary 1: What the End of the Covid Public Health Emergency Could Mean for You (New York Times) “If when they’re free, not everyone’s taking them, can you imagine if you have to now pay for it?” he said. “There’s concerns that there’s going to be a lot less testing happening out in the community.” Access to free vaccines could also end for some, which could further quell vaccine uptake. “It’s unclear what individual plans will do but that’s a major, major change,” said Jose Figueroa, assistant professor of health policy and management. Different people may have to pay different amounts for tests, depending on their insurance coverage. “It’s something we are going to have to watch.”įebruary 1: End of national emergencies brings new challenges to US COVID response (The National Desk)Īccess to free testing will be one of the biggest changes when the COVID-19 public health emergency ends. “Will change the trajectory of the pandemic?” he said. Health inequities could result, noted Jose Figueroa, assistant professor of health policy and management. The change may also lead to higher hospital care costs for some COVID-19 patients. Here’s what will change (Time)Įnding the COVID-19 public health emergency will make it harder for some people-depending on their health insurance status-to access things like free vaccines, COVID-19 tests and treatments, and telehealth care. COVID-19 public health emergency ends in May. There is still preventable suffering and death.”įebruary 1: What the end of COVID emergencies means for older adults (AARP)Īnna Sinaiko, assistant professor of health economics and policy, was among experts discussing potential changes in health coverage, including costs for vaccines, tests, and treatments, when the COVID-19 public emergencies end in May.įebruary 1: The U.S. “Is it the case that there is no preventable suffering? No. Long may it remain so,” said William Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology. “It’s beyond question that society has moved into a stage where the pandemic is for most of us if not over then certainly quiet. But they also warn that COVID still remains a threat. Immunity to COVID-19, both from vaccines and from prior infections, is likely the reason why this winter’s disease surge was much less severe than surges from past winters, according to experts. ![]() COVID surge is fading fast, likely thanks to a ‘wall’ of immunity (NPR) Siwen Wang, research fellow in the Department of Nutrition, quoted.įebruary 3: This winter’s U.S. Said co-author Andrea Roberts, senior research scientist in the Department of Environmental Health, “What if Americans had five or six of these healthy lifestyles instead of whatever they do have now? And we calculated that about 36% of long COVID cases could have been avoided.”įebruary 6: Healthy lifestyle may mean lower risk of long COVID, study says (CNN) Here’s a selection of stories in which they offer comments and context: 2023įebruary 6: New research suggests simple steps to reduce long COVID symptoms (CBS News)Īdhering to five or six healthy lifestyle factors could significantly reduce the risk of long COVID, according to a new study from Harvard Chan School. We’ll be updating this article on a regular basis. ![]() Chan School of Public Health experts have been speaking to a variety of media outlets and writing articles about the pandemic. In the wake of an outbreak of coronavirus that began in China in 2019, Harvard T.H. For the Harvard Chan community: Find the latest updates, guidance, useful information, and resources about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) here.
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