Infectious Diseases

Amy Gadsden of Penn Global says that China’s COVID Zero policies in Ruili are a stark reminder of the party state’s ability to intervene in citizens’ lives in absolute and even cruel ways.

The increased rate of vaccinations means that recent U.S. monkeypox cases tend to be among immunocompromised people, according to Stuart Isaacs of the Perelman School of Medicine.

Louise Moncla of the School of Veterinary Medicine discusses several of the leading theories for why the bird flu outbreak hasn’t fizzled out.

Ziyue Gao of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on the innovative promise of the University of Chicago’s work uncovering the Black Death’s effect on human genetics.

A study co-authored by Adriana Perez of the School of Nursing identifies four key barriers stopping Hispanic Americans who want to be vaccinated.

On an episode of “All Things Considered,” Paul Offit of the Perelman School of Medicine says that there’s no evidence yet that the bivalent vaccine is any better than the original COVID vaccines.

A new study from the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that misinformation about vaccine safety is responsible for the dramatic discrepancy between child and adult vaccination rates, with a quote from Dan Romer.

A study by Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and colleagues finds that even parents who have received COVID vaccines might hesitate to vaccinate their children.

A new study from the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that fears of COVID vaccines are influencing parents’ decisions not to vaccinate their children, featuring a quote from Dan Romer.