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Twin Cities patients must travel for monoclonal antibodies COVID-19 treatment
JP Leider, PhD comments on privilege and fairness regarding access to the increasingly in-demand treatment.
Thousands of COVID-19 doses wasted daily as Wisconsinites don't get vaccinated
Dr. Jennifer Needle, MD, MPH comments on the cause of the waste of vaccinations as the demand declines.
FDA panel to discuss COVID booster shots, experts split on when to give them out
Dr. Jennifer Needle MD, MPH comments on the confusing information around COVID-19 booster shots.
MDH announces new app to provide proof of vaccine
Dr. Jennifer Needle, MD, MPH describes the difference between vaccine passports and MDH's new vaccine report app.
Pandemic Ethics: How we think about the Rule of Rescue
As a public health researcher, I am deeply invested in promoting and protecting equity. In disaster response, operationalizing those commitments is highly complex.
New Article: COVID-19 Mortality At The Neighborhood Level: Racial And Ethnic Inequalities Deepened In Minnesota In 2020
JP Leider, PhD, along with his colleagues, used death certificate data to characterize the association of neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage with pre-2020 mortality, COVID-19 mortality, and 2020 excess mortality in the state of…
Study of NYC vaccination rates proves validity of new structural racism measurement tool
A new research brief on the successful test of measuring structural racism in the pandemic by University of Minnesota School of Public Health researchers, including Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH.
Returning to Campus in the COVID Era: Me or We?
I am a professor who has pre-existing medical conditions (some from birth) that put me at increased risk for complications should I contract SARS-CoV-2 -- the coronavirus or COVID-19. I am also a pharmacist who continues to spend a great…
The U.S. plans to authorize boosters—but many already got a third dose
JP Leider, PhD comments on the tension between personal responsibility and societal responsibility.
How to pick a better mask against COVID
Sarah Gollust, PhD seeks out more effective masks to stop the spread of the delta variant sweeping across the country.