In the News
A summary of COVID-19 related news and media featuring Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science faculty and staff
February - April 2022
Heart Inflammation Very Rare After COVID Vaccination
Faculty featured: Margaret Ryan, MD, MPH
02/03/2022
County officials say virus activity higher than lab-reported cases
Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
02/03/2022
In-Depth: Data shows omicron surge in San Diego fueled by high case rates, few severe outcomes
Faculty featured: David Bazzo, MD
December 2021-January 2022
Some GOP leaders are scornful or silent about booster shots seen as key to fighting omicron
Faculty featured: Richard Garfein, PhD, MPH
12/06/2021
The First Year of COVID: Filipinos Were Among Hardest Hit, But Hidden by Data
Faculty featured: Happy Araneta, PhD, MPH
October-November 2021
Is herd immunity still possible? CDC messaging suggests not
Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
11/03/2021
Was San Diego County's contact tracing program worth the effort?
Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
11/02/2021
Why You Should Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19 If You Take Statins
Faculty featured: Lori Daniels, MD
August 2021-September 2021
The Role of Statins in COVID-19, With a Focus on Patients With Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Faculty featured: Lori Daniels, MD
08/22/2021
Back-to-school stress? UCSD experts unmask strategies for keeping children healthy as they head to campuses
Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
08/22/2021
Uneasiness persists as kids return to school with Delta variant spreading
Faculty featured: Gretchen Bandoli, PhD
08/05/2021
Biden aims to vaccinate more kids through sports and PTAs
Faculty featured: Wael Al-Delaimy, MD, PhD
08/05/2021
How Public Health Experts Protect Their Kids From COVID-19
Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
08/02/2021
Statins may increase chance of COVID-19 survival among those with heart disease
Faculty featured: Lori Daniels, MD
June 2021-July 2021
07/29/2021
The Pandemic Is In A New Phase But Child Care Centers Still Struggling
Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
07/28/2021
Still planning summer travel? Here’s how to make it as painless as possible
Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
06/30/2021
COVID-19 Death Rate Disparities: A Look at the Hardest Hit Communities
Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
06/23/2021
COVID vaccines and breastfeeding: what the data say
Faculty featured: Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH
April 2021-May 2021
05/19/2021
In-Depth: Early data shows COVID-19 vaccine safe for pregnant women
Faculty featured: Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH
05/19/2021
New Mask Guidelines Make Sense in a Vacuum, But We Live in the Real World
Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD, Richard Garfein, PhD, MPH, Nancy Binkin, MD, MPH
05/18/2021
Honor system, paper cards won't cut it for COVID-19 vaccine verification, experts say. 'Vaccine passports' are coming
Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
05/17/2021
723 Epidemiologists on When and How the U.S. Can Fully Return to Normal
Faculty featured: Gretchen Bandoli, PhD
05/10/2021
School Reopenings ‘Substantially’ Increased Covid-19 Spread In Texas, Economic Study Finds
Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
05/03/2021
Can La Jolla reach herd immunity against COVID-19? UCSD expert says it’s ‘not realistic’
Faculty featured: Richard Garfein, PhD, MPH
05/03/2021
As Vaccine Demand Slows, Political Differences Go on Display in California Counties
Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
04/21/2021
Unions Use Their Advocacy Skills To Get COVID-19 Vaccines In Members’ Arms
Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
04/21/2021
Not all Asian Americans are being vaccinated at high rates. A Chinatown clinic shows why
Faculty featured: Happy Araneta, PhD, MPH
04/20/2021
How Churches Are Influencing Vaccine Decisions
Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
04/17/2021
Study: Regular exercise shielded COVID-19 patients from hospitalization, death
Faculty featured: James Sallis, PhD (Emeritus)
04/14/2021
Consistent Physical Activity Associated with Reduced Risk of Poor COVID-19 Outcomes
Faculty featured: James Sallis, PhD (Emeritus)
04/13/2021
Here's Why You Might Not Want to Laminate Your Vaccine Card
Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
04/08/2021
Opinion: Individual and organizational efforts against COVID-19 must continue. Here’s why we can’t let our guard down
Faculty featured: Cheryl Anderson, PhD, MPH, MS
04/08/2021
Vaccinated Mothers Are Trying to Give Babies Antibodies via Breast Milk
Faculty featured: Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH
04/06/2021
Move beyond your pandemic slump: Get up and get going
Faculty featured: James Sallis, PhD (Emeritus)
February 2021-March 2021
03/30/2021
Biden, CDC Director Warn Of Virus Rebound If Nation Lets Up
Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
03/29/2021
Concerns over low AAPI vaccination rates among elderly San Diegans
Faculty featured: Happy Araneta, PhD, MPH
03/20/2021
Without data, COVID-19’s impact on some San Diego minorities is overlooked, advocates say
Faculty featured: Happy Araneta, PhD, MPH
03/24/2021
COVID-19 Pandemic Inspiring People to Attend Public Health Schools
Faculty featured: Cheryl Anderson, PhD, MPH, MS
03/09/2021
Social Security and Medicare may experience their own COVID-19 side effects, experts say
Faculty featured: Richard Kronick, PhD
03/03/2021
Opinion: If San Diego wants an equitable vaccine distribution, racism should be addressed head-on
Faculty featured: Happy Araneta, PhD, MPH
02/28/2021
Arab Americans, deemed 'white' in government records, suffer an unseen COVID-19 crisis
Faculty featured: Wael Al-Delaimy, MD, PhD
02/25/2021
NIH Awards UC San Diego $33 Million for Five COVID-19 Diagnostic Projects
Faculty featured: Jesse Nodora, DrPH, Linda Hill, MD, MPH, and Elena Martinez, PhD
02/17/2021
Prep sports advocates grow in numbers, continue push for return-to-play
Faculty featured: Richard Garfein, PhD, MPH
02/11/2021
How Should Parents Decide to Send Their Children Back to School for In-Person Instruction?
Faculty featured: Andrea LaCroix, PhD, MPH
02/05/2021
Should you get the COVID-19 vaccine while pregnant? Here's what experts say
Faculty featured: Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH
02/01/2021
Covid-19 Vaccines Leave Pregnant Women in a Quandary
Faculty featured: Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH
02/01/2021
Filipino Residents Have Been Hit Hard by COVID – But No One Knows Just How Hard
Faculty featured: Happy Araneta, PhD, MPH
02/01/2021
Restaurant, Retail COVID-19 Outbreaks Decreased During Stay-At-Home Order
Faculty featured: Andrea LaCroix, PhD, MPH
02/01/2021
COVID: A ‘Stress Test’ for the Heart
Faculty featured: Lori Daniels, MD
November 2020-January 2021
01/28/2021
When will you feel safe to travel? 5 epidemiologists share hopes, fears, data and guesses
HWSPH Faculty featured: Nancy Binkin, MD, MPH
01/19/2021
Covid-19 vaccine guidance for those who are lactating is based on faulty assumptions, experts say
HWSPH Faculty featured: Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH
01/15/2021
Covid-19 deaths in San Diego County have doubled since Thanksgiving
HWSPH Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
01/07/2021
Commentary: Health experts and other San Diego leaders must unite to better coordinate pandemic response
HWSPH Faculty featured: Cheryl Anderson, PhD, MPH, MS
12/24/2020
Scientists rush to determine if mutant strain of coronavirus will deepen pandemic
HWSPH Faculty featured: Nancy Binkin, MD, MPH
12/21/2020
Op-Ed: A Better Way to End the Pandemic Quickly
HWSPH Faculty featured: Michael Criqui, MD, MPH
12/15/2020
35 Places You're Most Likely to Catch COVID
HWSPH Faculty featured: Andrea LaCroix, PhD, MPH
12/06/2020
Can you have the coronavirus vaccine if you're on statins?
HWSPH Faculty featured: Lori Daniels, MD
11/21/2020
UC San Diego health experts outline COVID-19's racial divide and offers suggestions for bridging it
HWSPH Faculty featured: Happy Araneta, PhD, MPH
11/21/2020
As Black Friday approaches, retailers lobby states to stay open
HWSPH Faculty featured: Wael Al-Delaimy, MD, PhD
11/17/2020
Breastmilk Harbors Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2
HWSPH Faculty featured: Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH
11/17/2020
"We shouldn't gather for Thanksgiving, but here's what to do if you're going to do it anyway."
HWSPH Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
September-October 2020
Commentary: Arab Americans had stress and mental health challenges before the pandemic piled on more
HWSPH Faculty featured: Wael Al-Delaimy, MD, PhD
9/28/2020
Statins could reduce COVID-19 severity and hospital stays, study finds
HWSPH Faculty featured: Karen Messer, PhD
9/21/2020
Midday Edition Special: COVID-19 And The Childcare Crisis 9/16/2020
Population Density Does Not Doom Cities to Pandemic Dangers
HWSPH Faculty featured: James Sallis, PhD (Emeritus)
9/15/2020
California Virus Infections Slow, but County Sees Cases Rise
HWSPH Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
9/7/2020
5 Places You're Most Likely to Catch COVID
HWSPH Faculty featured: Andrea LaCroix, PhD
July-August 2020
HWSPH Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
7/27/2020
Why urban density is good for health – even during a pandemic
HWSPH Faculty featured: James Sallis, PhD (Emeritus)
7/22/2020
7/13/2020
Historical Redlining Contributed To Health Disparities, UCSD Public Health Dean Says
Dean of HWSPH featured: Cheryl Anderson, PhD, MPH
7/7/2020
San Diego’s Contact Tracing Program Not Keeping Up With Virus Surge
HWSPH Faculty featured: Andrea LaCroix, PhD
7/6/2020
What We Know About Local Community Outbreaks – and What We Don’t
HWSPH Faculty featured: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
May-June 2020